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

Claim 6:
7. A method of operating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a remote control unit, the remote control unit comprising a plurality of control elements for controlling operation of at least one aspect of the UAV when the UAV is in a remote control unit mode during which a human operator provides control information to the UAV 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 UAV is in an autonomous operations mode during which the UAV operates without receiving control information from the human operator, the method comprising:
receiving by a processing system of the remote control unit a first control signal from the UAV indicative of a state of operation of the UAV; and
generating by the processing system 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 state of operation of the UAV to the human operator.