Patent ID: 11899451
Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. A method of operating a remote control unit associated with a vehicle, the remote control unit comprising a plurality of control elements for controlling operation of at least one aspect of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a remote control unit mode during which a human operator provides control information to the vehicle using the plurality of control elements and at least one actuator connected to the control elements for controlling positions of the control elements when the vehicle is in an autonomous operations mode during which the vehicle operates without receiving control information from the human operator, the method comprising:
receiving by the remote control unit a first control signal from the vehicle, the first control signal indicative of an operational state of the vehicle;
processing by the remote control unit the received first signal to determine the operational state of the vehicle and a corresponding position of at least one control element; and
generating by the remote control unit a second control signal to the at least one actuator to cause the at least one actuator to control the positions of the control elements such that they correspond to and indicate the operational state of the vehicle to the human operator.