Aircraft System Simulation for Multi-Modal Ride-Sharing Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cities face challenges with traffic congestion and pollution due to limited transportation options, and integrating aerial transportation systems like VTOL aircraft can help alleviate these issues, but effective integration and management of multi-modal transportation services are needed to optimize their use.
Innovation Solution
A simulation system is developed to test and optimize multi-modal transportation services, including ground and aerial vehicles, by generating simulation instances with simulation agents and environments, allowing vehicles to access backend services and simulate real-time scenarios to improve integration and performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If VTOL aircraft are integrated into urban transportation networks, then travel time is reduced and traffic congestion is alleviated, but system complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a simulation system as an intermediary tool that bridges the gap between complex aerial transportation systems and urban planning decision-makers. The simulation environment acts as a mediator that translates complex multi-modal transportation scenarios into visualizable and analyzable models, enabling effective management despite system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of the urban transportation system through simulation agents and environments. These digital twins replicate real-world conditions, allowing the system to be tested, analyzed, and optimized without affecting actual operations, thus managing complexity through virtual modeling.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multi-modal transportation services are expanded, then transportation options and accessibility improve, but system management and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the multi-modal transportation system into distinct simulation agents (aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, passengers, infrastructure) that can be independently modeled and managed. This segmentation allows complex coordination problems to be broken down into manageable components for simulation and analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The simulation system serves multiple functions: it models various transportation modes, tests coordination scenarios, evaluates system performance, and supports decision-making. This multi-functionality consolidates management complexity into a single versatile platform rather than requiring separate tools for each function.
3Reliability
If simulation systems are used to test transportation scenarios, then safety and efficiency can be optimized, but computational resources and system setup requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary configuration of simulation agents, environments, and scenarios before actual testing. By pre-setting up the simulation framework with standardized templates and pre-configured parameters, the system reduces the complexity of setup requirements while maintaining safety and reliability in the simulation outcomes.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for simulating aircraft systems are provided. A system includes simulation entity agents defined to represent the behavior of multi-modal ride-sharing agents (e.g., aerial vehicle, ground vehicle, air traffic controllers, etc.) and world data representing a world environment within which the simulation entity agents may operate. The system obtains agent data indicative of a simulation aerial vehicle and world data indicative of a particular simulated world environment. The system determines scenario data including a scenario definition defining a simulation scenario and generates a simulation instance based on the scenario data. The simulation instance includes the simulation aerial vehicle within the simulated world environment. The simulation aerial vehicle can have access, within the simulation, to one or more backend services of a transportation services system configured to facilitate an aerial transportation service. The system can initiate the simulation instance and obtain data while the simulation is running.