Adaptive user interface for semi-automatic operation
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a portable control device for an unmanned vehicle, the portable control device configured to selectively provide manual control of the unmanned vehicle in a manual operation mode or semi-automatic control of the unmanned vehicle in a semi-automatic operation mode, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring parameters of an operational environment of the portable control device;
presenting, when in the manual operation mode, a manual operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device, wherein the manual operation graphical user interface comprises a first number of user interfaces for the manual operation mode presented by the portable control device;
automatically switching the portable control device, by the portable control device, from the manual operation mode to the semi-automatic operation mode in response to a measured and weighted combination of detected inputs and the monitored parameters within the operational environment; and
presenting, when in the semi-automatic operation mode, a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device, wherein the semi-automatic operation graphical user interface comprises a second number of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device, wherein the first number of user interfaces is greater than the second number of user interfaces.
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Abstract
A method is provided for semi-automatic operation of a portable control device for a remote-controlled, unmanned vehicle. The method includes the steps of monitoring parameters of an operational environment of the portable control device, switching from a manual operation mode to a semi-automatic operation mode in response to occurrence of predetermined criteria within the operational environment, and presenting a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device. The semi-automatic operation graphical user interface includes a reduced set of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a portable control device for an unmanned vehicle, the portable control device configured to selectively provide manual control of the unmanned vehicle in a manual operation mode or semi-automatic control of the unmanned vehicle in a semi-automatic operation mode, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring parameters of an operational environment of the portable control device; presenting, when in the manual operation mode, a manual operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device, wherein the manual operation graphical user interface comprises a first number of user interfaces for the manual operation mode presented by the portable control device; automatically switching the portable control device, by the portable control device, from the manual operation mode to the semi-automatic operation mode in response to a measured and weighted combination of detected inputs and the monitored parameters within the operational environment; and presenting, when in the semi-automatic operation mode, a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device, wherein the semi-automatic operation graphical user interface comprises a second number of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device, wherein the first number of user interfaces is greater than the second number of user interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable control device for an unmanned vehicle, the portable control device comprising:
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a graphic user interface (GUI) for presenting information to a user of the portable control device and for receiving user inputs thereby; and a controller coupled to the GUI and controlling the operational mode of the portable control device, wherein the controller is configured to; monitor an operational environment of the portable control device; automatically switch the portable control device from a manual operation mode to a semi-automatic operation mode in response to a measured and weighted combination of detected inputs and the monitored parameters within the operational environment of the portable control device; provide GUI operational signals to the GUI for presenting a manual operation graphical user interface to the user while in the manual operation mode, wherein the manual operation graphical user interface comprises a first number of user interfaces for the manual operation mode presented by the portable control device; and provide GUI operational signals to the GUI for presenting a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to the user while in the semi-automatic operation mode, wherein the semi-automatic operation graphical user interface comprises a second number of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device, wherein the first number of user interfaces is greater than the second number of user interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A surveillance system comprising:
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an unmanned vehicle comprising; communication circuitry configured to receive operational control signals and transmitting operational parameter signals and visual signals; a movement control module configured to control movement of the unmanned vehicle in response to movement control signals and to generate a first operational parameter signal in response to operation of the movement control module; an unmanned vehicle controller coupled to the movement control module and the communication circuitry, wherein the unmanned vehicle controller is configured to generate the movement control signals in response to a first operational control signal; and a visual recording module configured to record visual signals representative of one or more views from the unmanned vehicle in response to visual control signals and to generate a second operational control signal in response to operation of the visual recording module, wherein the unmanned vehicle controller is coupled to the visual recording module and is configured to generate the visual control signals in response to the second operational control signal; and a portable control device coupled to the unmanned vehicle configured to provide the operational control signals thereto and to receive the operational parameter signals and the visual signals therefrom, the portable control device comprising; communication circuitry configured to receive the operational parameter signals and the visual signals from the unmanned vehicle and to transmit the operational control signals to the unmanned vehicle; a graphic user interface (GUI) configured to present visual information to a user of the portable control device and to receive user inputs thereby; and a portable control device controller coupled to the GUI and configured to control the operational mode of the portable control device, wherein the portable control device controller is configured to; monitor an operational environment of the portable control device; automatically switch the portable control device from a manual operation mode to a semi-automatic operation mode in response to measured and weighted combination of detected inputs and monitored parameters within the operational environment of the portable control device provide GUI operational signals to the GUI for presenting a manual operation graphical user interface to the user while in the manual operation mode, wherein the manual operation graphical user interface comprises a first number of user interfaces for the manual operation mode presented by the portable control device; and provide GUI operational signals to the GUI for presenting a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to the user while in the semi-automatic operation mode, wherein the semi-automatic operation graphical user interface comprises a second number of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device, wherein the first number of user interfaces is greater than the second number of user interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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