Remote Vehicle Missions and Systems for Supporting Remote Vehicle Missions
First Claim
1. An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising:
- a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle;
a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and
a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements,wherein inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, inputting an action for the at least one controllable element, and requesting that the at least one controllable element performs the action.
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Abstract
An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle; a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements. Inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, inputting an action for the at least one controllable element, and requesting that the at least one controllable element performs the action.
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17 Claims
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1. An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising:
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a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle; a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements, wherein inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, inputting an action for the at least one controllable element, and requesting that the at least one controllable element performs the action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for conducting a remote vehicle mission, the method comprising:
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selecting among teleoperation, waypoint-guided, and endpoint-guided piloting strategies for driving a remote vehicle around an area; initiating a mission consisting of at least one mission phase, a mission phase being a temporal, task grouping, or other mission subdivision having a beginning and an end or defined criteria, in which known rules of engagement, procedures, and preferred tactics are followed; creating and/or using a top-down coordinate map including one or more of coordinates, an occupancy map, a free space map, a connectivity success map, and a photographic map; marking the top-down coordinate map with identifiers capable of being selected and interpreted to recall photographs or video taken by the remote vehicle at the coordinates; following a tactical approach to a known suspicious object; recording and transmitting one or more of real-time or recorded video, real-time or recorded sensor data or telemetry, and real-time or recorded map data, to one or more of a local data storage, local IF repeater, and remote data storage; recording and receiving one or more of real-time or recorded video, real-time or recorded sensor data or telemetry, and real-time or recorded map data, from another remote vehicle or group of sensors, to one or more of a local data storage, local IF repeater, and remote data storage; using autonomous behaviors to perform exploring and mapping functions; using a set of sequenced behaviors to form an autonomous sequence; recording and receiving real-time or recorded connectivity information, to one or more of a local data storage, local IF repeater, and remote data storage, for a variety of frequency bands, to provide identification of areas of secure upload or data streaming for the remote vehicle to return to or proceed to in mission planning, retrotraverse, or sequence, connectivity information being transmitted from the same or a different remote vehicle or sensor group and/or from a local data storage, local IF repeater, or remote data storage; and marking the top-down coordinate map with identifiers capable of being selected and interpreted to recall CBRNE and/or sensor data or sweep mapping taken by the remote vehicle at or near coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for performing an EOD mission using a robotic system comprising an operator control unit with which an operator can interact and a remote vehicle having a robot head including a processor, the method comprising:
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transferring data needed to support the EOD mission from the operator control unit to the robot head processor; transferring data needed to support the EOD mission from the remote vehicle to the robot head processor; checking, with the operator control unit, for other available remote vehicles with which the operator control unit can communicate to share data and commands for the EOD mission; checking, with the robot head, for hardware on the remote vehicle to which it is attached and for other available remote vehicles with which it can communicate and share data; retrieving information regarding the other available remote vehicles; determining, from the retrieved information regarding the other available remote vehicles, which missions each of the other available remote vehicles can perform; informing the operator regarding available remote vehicles and supported missions; allowing the operator to select a remote vehicle and a mission via interaction with the operator control unit; loading a user interface configuration onto the operator control unit based on the operator control unit hardware, the remote vehicle hardware, and the selected EOD mission. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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