Touch-screen vehicle remote control
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1. A vehicle remote control device including:
- a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle;
a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen interface; and
a conversion component configured to convert the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals for transfer by the communications device,wherein the touch-screen interface is configured to allow a user to drag the graphical representation around a touch-screen in order to control movement of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle remote control device includes a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle and a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen. A conversion component converts the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals for transfer by the communications device.
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1. A vehicle remote control device including:
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a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle; a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen interface; and a conversion component configured to convert the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals for transfer by the communications device, wherein the touch-screen interface is configured to allow a user to drag the graphical representation around a touch-screen in order to control movement of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14)
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2. A method of remote control of a vehicle, the method including:
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presenting a graphical representation of the vehicle on a touch-screen interface of a remote device; detecting manipulation of the graphical representation on a touch-screen, wherein the graphical representation is dragged around the touch screen in order to control movement of the vehicle; converting the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals; and transferring the vehicle control signals to the remote vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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11. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable medium, having thereon computer program code instructions to make a computer execute a method of remote control of a vehicle comprising:
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presenting a graphical representation of the vehicle on a touch-screen interface of a remote device; detecting manipulation of the graphical representation on a touch-screen, wherein the graphical representation is dragged around the touch screen in order to control movement of the vehicle; converting the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals; and transferring the vehicle control signals to the remote vehicle.
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