Patent ID: 11866194
Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method for a visual system of an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
detecting, by a sensor of an exterior visual device attached to an underside of a fuselage of an electric aircraft, one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft in all directions;
capturing, by a four-dimensional (4D) scanner of the exterior visual device, a shape of at least a physical object in the one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft, wherein:
the 4D scanner comprises a topographic LIDAR system configured to use near-infrared light and a bathymetric LIDAR system configured to use water-penetrating green light; and
capturing the at least a physical object comprises generating point clouds of data from the surface of the at least a physical object;

receiving, by a flight controller, the one or more views of the exterior environment from exterior visual device;
generating, by the flight controller, an output of the one or more views of exterior environment of the electric aircraft as a function of the one or more views;
receiving, by a pilot display, the output of the one or more views of exterior environment of the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display comprises a head mounted display; and
displaying, by the pilot display, the output of the one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft to a user.