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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Beta Air, Llc, South Burlington, VT (US);

Inventors:

Collin Freiheit, Burlington, VT (US);

David L. Churchill, Winooski, VT (US);

Hamid-Reza Ossareh, South Burlington, VT (US);

Nicholas Moy, Burlington, VT (US);

Assignee:

BETA AIR LLC, South Burlington, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G08G 5/54 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G08G 5/54 (2025.01);
Abstract

A system for pilot-controlled position guidance configured for use in a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the system including a VTOL aircraft. The system including a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the VTOL aircraft, where the GUI is configured to receive an objective from a user as a function of the user's interaction with the GUI, transmit the objective to a controller, receive a control input from the controller, and display the control input to the user. The system also including a controller where the controller is configured to receive the objective for the GUI, calculate a control input as a function of the objective, and transmit the control input to the GUI.


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