Patent ID: 11858649
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 16:
17. A method to control a plurality of external power (“EP”) sources, the method comprising:
determining a plurality of EP states, each EP state of the plurality of EP states being associated with one EP source from the plurality of EP sources;
determining a highest EP state of the plurality of EP states;
determining that a first EP source from the plurality of EP sources has been plugged in; and
in response to determining that the first EP source has been plugged in, setting an EP state that is associated with the first EP source based on the highest EP state; and
in response to setting the EP state that is associated with the first EP source, controlling power distribution of the plurality of EP sources based on the EP state associated with each EP source from the plurality of EP sources,
wherein the plurality of EP sources are each capable of being in an off state, an available state, a ground handling state, and a general operations state, and
wherein the general operations state is a higher state than the ground handling state, which is a higher state than the available state, which is a higher state than the off state.