Remote vehicle missions and systems for supporting remote vehicle missions

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An operator control unit comprising:
a transmission unit configured to transmit data to a 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 receive an input for a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements, the plurality of controllable elements comprising:
one or more motor control nodes of an articulated manipulator arm having multiple coupled portions, each motor control node causing movement of one coupled portion relative to another coupled portion; wherein receiving a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises:
receiving a selection of an icon representing at least one controllable element;receiving a move command comprising a movement of the icon from a first position to a second position on the display unit, the icon constrained to move only in directions of possible movement of the corresponding at least one controllable element, movement of the selected icon causing movement on the display unit of any other icons representing any controllable elements movably coupled to the at least one controllable element of the selected icon, the movement of the any other icons corresponding to a change in pose of the remote vehicle resulting from the move command; andwhen the selected icon represents a motor control node of the manipulation arm and when the move command comprises a corresponding linear movement of the selected icon, the corresponding linear movement causing movement of other icons representing other motor control nodes of the manipulation arm with respect to the selected icon.