Patent ID: 11887491
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving input data for identifying one or more landing site candidates along a vertical path for a vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle and an input data weight for each input data, wherein the input data includes historical pilot data for the one or more landing site candidates, terrain information acquired in real time, aerial vehicle information comprising rotary blade clearance and one or more of dimensions, weight, landing slope capabilities, weather tolerances, wind tolerances, and obstacle information acquired in real time and the input data weight is based on one or more mission parameters, one or more pilot information, or both the one or more mission parameters and the one or more pilot information;
identifying, in real time, the one or more landing site candidates based on the input data and the input data weight;
generating, in real time, a digital map displaying information regarding the identified one or more landing site candidates;
providing the digital map to the computer display with the one or more landing site candidates that are identified;
receiving, from an operator of the vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle, a selection of a particular one of the identified one or more landing site candidates provided on the digital map;
providing additional information regarding the selection, wherein the additional information comprises landing area coordinates and one or more of: landing difficulty level or landing clearance information; and
providing auto-pilot instructions based on the selection to land the vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle and the landing area coordinates.