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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Conway Badalamenti, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jon David Petersen, Austin, TX (US);

Ian Villa, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

JOBY AERO, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); E04H 6/44 (2006.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B64C 29/00 (2013.01); E04H 6/44 (2013.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing system for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can be configured to receive aircraft data, passenger data, or environment data associated with a VTOL aircraft and determine a landing pad location within a landing facility based on the aircraft data, passenger data, and/or environment data. The landing facility can include a lower level and an upper level. The lower level can include a lower landing area and a lower storage area. The upper level can include an upper landing area. At least a portion of the upper level can be arranged over the lower storage area. The landing pad location can include a location within the lower landing area or the upper landing area of the landing facility. The computing system can communicate the landing pad location to an operator or a navigation system of the VTOL aircraft.


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