Patent ID: 9466219
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G05D,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A system for communicating regarding unmanned vehicle operations, comprising: a mission information device at a facility located remotely from unmanned vehicle operations, the mission information device being configured to receive mission planning and tracking information regarding unmanned vehicle operations directly from one or more local communication and control consoles, each controlling operations of one or more unmanned vehicles; a situational awareness display at the facility configured to graphically depict mission planning and tracking information for the one or more unmanned vehicles; an operating input device configured to receive user inputs of a graphical depiction on the situational awareness display of an unmanned vehicle mission profile for one or more unmanned vehicles to provide separation from operations of other vehicles in a vicinity of each of the one or more unmanned vehicles, the operating input device being configured as a user interactive input device by which a user at the facility draws the graphical depiction of the unmanned vehicle mission profile on the situational awareness display; and a mission command device that is programmed to the graphical depiction of the unmanned vehicle mission profile being a series of points defining a closed area within which a particular unmanned vehicle is commanded to operate exclusively separated from the other vehicles.