{
  "patent_number": "US 11513606",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Autonomous Air Taxis Use Hand Gestures and 3D Mapping",
  "original_title": "Air transportation systems and methods",
  "summary": "A system for operating air taxis that uses hand gestures for control and crowd-sourced 3D mapping to navigate urban environments.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a method for operating personal air vehicles, specifically focusing on how a passenger interacts with the craft and how the craft perceives its surroundings. It features a propulsion unit that moves between a lift-off position and a lateral flight position to transition from vertical takeoff to forward movement. The system interprets specific hand, palm, or finger gestures captured by internal cameras to issue flight commands. Simultaneously, it builds a 3D map of the airspace by combining sensor data from multiple vehicles and 5G infrastructure, allowing for real-time navigation in a 3D environment.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover voice-activated flight controls or physical joystick-based steering systems.",
    "Does not cover ground-based autonomous vehicles that lack the specific propulsion-shifting mechanism described.",
    "Does not cover traditional aircraft that rely solely on pre-programmed flight paths without dynamic gesture-based input.",
    "Does not cover flight systems that operate without the use of 5G or edge-based processing for mapping."
  ],
  "filed": "2020-10-08",
  "granted": "2022-11-29",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Ha Tran",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ha-tran"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "aerospace",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "Systems and methods are disclosed for transporting people using air vehicles.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11513606/universal-control",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11513606/universal-control/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11513606",
  "relatedPatents": []
}