Electric Aircraft Flight Plan Reporting With Brokered Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Air traffic control towers face challenges in efficiently and safely routing electric aircraft due to the lack of automated and authenticated flight plan updates, which can lead to errors and inefficiencies in aircraft routing.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automated flight plan reporting in electric aircraft, where a computing device within the aircraft receives digital data from a remote device, generates plan adjustments, and transmits these adjustments to a pilot display, utilizing a brokered authentication system and digital radio frequency communication to ensure secure and timely updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated flight plan reporting is implemented, then productivity and safety are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flight plan reporting system automatically generates and transmits flight plan data without requiring manual pilot input. The computing device autonomously collects flight plan information, formats it according to specifications, and transmits it to air traffic control, allowing the system to serve itself in the reporting process.
Solution Approach 2:
The computing device in the electric aircraft performs multiple functions: it manages battery power distribution, monitors flight parameters, and handles flight plan reporting. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent reduces overall system complexity while improving productivity.
2Reliability
If real-time flight plan updates are transmitted, then reliability is improved, but loss of time in data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-formats flight plan data according to the required specification structure before transmission. The computing device prepares the data in the correct format in advance, including all necessary fields and information, so that when transmission is initiated, the data is ready for immediate sending without requiring additional processing time at the transmission stage.
3Reliability
If brokered authentication is implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a brokered authentication system where a third-party authentication broker verifies the identity of the aircraft system before allowing flight plan data transmission. The broker acts as an intermediary that validates credentials and grants access permissions, providing secure authentication without requiring the aircraft system to contain complex authentication logic internally.
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AI summary
A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system including a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft configured to receive a digital datum from a remote device, generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the digital datum, and transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display, a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller, display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and receive a confirmation datum from the user.