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

Claim 0:
1. A visual system for an electric aircraft, the system comprising:
an exterior visual device attached to an underside of a fuselage of an electric aircraft, the exterior visual device comprising:
a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect one or more views of an exterior environment of the electric aircraft in all directions; and
a 4-dimensional (4D) scanner configured to capture-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 in the one or more views comprises generating point clouds of data from the surface of the at least a physical object;

a pilot display in the aircraft, wherein the pilot display comprises a head mounted display, and wherein the pilot display is configured to:
receive the one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft from the exterior visual device; and
generate an output of the one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft as a function of the one or more views; and
display the output of the one or more views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft to a user.