Patent ID: 11873115
Assignee: ZSM HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 25:
26. A computer program product, comprising a tangible, non-transient computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code comprising program code configured to:
generate one or more optimized payload orientations of one or more representative payloads to be carried in a cargo bay of a cargo aircraft;
generate a keep out volume containing the one or more optimized payload orientations by:
sweeping a 3D geometry of each of the one or more representative payloads in their respective one or more optimized payload orientations through at least one of a simulated loading movement along a known path or a simulated unloading movement along the known path to generate a swept 3D geometry of a volume swept through by the one or more representative payloads, and
generating a union of the swept 3D geometries of the one or more optimized payload orientation;

and
generate a space reservation volume based on the keep out volume, the space reservation volume being dimensioned greater than or equal to the keep out volume such that the space reservation volume is suitable for use in sizing interior dimensions of the cargo bay and the cargo bay being suitable for at least one of loading, unloading, or holding a payload represented by the one or more representative payloads in their respective optimized payload orientations.