Patent ID: 11934185
Assignee: FORT ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method comprising, at a safety system:
operating a system-under-control in a supervised mode based on input received from a remote control unit;
in response to receiving, from a first remote control unit, a command requesting a mode switch from the supervised mode to an autonomous mode of operating the system-under-control based on input received from an autonomous control system, transmitting a request for a mode switch confirmation, confirming the mode switch from the supervised mode to the autonomous mode, to a second remote control unit; and
in response to detecting absence of the mode switch confirmation confirming the mode switch from the supervised mode to the autonomous mode from the second remote control unit within a time window, aborting the mode switch from the supervised mode to the autonomous mode.