Adaptive user interface for semi-automatic operation

摘要

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.

主权项

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.