Mobile device control system
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1. A method of mobile device control comprising:
- moving a surrogate under wireless control by a user;
during the moving, detecting unsuitable degradation of wireless communications of the wireless control; and
in response to the detecting and while the surrogate is still receiving the wireless communications, autonomously moving the surrogate to provide suitable wireless communications of the wireless control;
wherein the detecting comprises comparing a performance parameter associated with the wireless communications with a threshold.
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Abstract
A system of mobile device control is provided, which includes moving a surrogate under wireless control, and autonomously moving the surrogate to regain wireless control when the wireless control is lost.
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1. A method of mobile device control comprising:
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moving a surrogate under wireless control by a user; during the moving, detecting unsuitable degradation of wireless communications of the wireless control; and in response to the detecting and while the surrogate is still receiving the wireless communications, autonomously moving the surrogate to provide suitable wireless communications of the wireless control; wherein the detecting comprises comparing a performance parameter associated with the wireless communications with a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of mobile telepresencing comprising:
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moving a surrogate under real-time wireless control by a user; autonomously moving the surrogate to an area with adequate wireless coverage to regain wireless control when the wireless control is lost for a period of time; while the surrogate is autonomously moving, activating a human perceptible indicator which is perceptible to humans in the presence of the surrogate; and prior to autonomously moving the surrogate, determining that the loss of the wireless control has persisted for the period of time, wherein the period of time is at least two seconds. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device control system comprising:
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a surrogate movable under wireless control by a user; and a computer/transceiver system on the surrogate to move the surrogate to regain wireless control independently of the wireless control after passage of a nonzero amount of time following a loss of the wireless control; wherein the computer/transceiver system is configured to move the surrogate after the computer/transceiver system has determined that the loss of wireless control has persisted for the non-zero amount of time; and the computer/transceiver system is configured to detect the loss of the wireless control, to configure the surrogate to loiter for the non-zero amount of time following the loss of the wireless control near a location at which the loss of the wireless control was detected, and to monitor for return of the wireless control during the non-zero amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile telepresencing system comprising:
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a surrogate movable under wireless control by a user; and a computer/transceiver system configured to determine when the wireless control is lost and, responsive to the determining, to autonomously move the surrogate to an area not currently receiving adequate coverage of the wireless control, but in which the surrogate previously experienced adequate coverage of the wireless control, and wait in the area until adequate coverage of the wireless control is regained. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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