Patent ID: 9513631
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B62D,G05D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling the driving of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle comprising a tractor unit and at least one trailer, the tractor unit comprising a steering system, a drive train, and an electronically-actuated controller configured to allow automatically driving the motor vehicle by remote control from a touchscreen device wirelessly linked to the electronically-actuated controller, the method comprising: displaying on the touchscreen device a first graphical representation of the tractor unit and a second graphical representation of the at least one trailer, wherein one of the first graphical representation and second graphical representation is an active part configured for responding to user touch inputs and another of the first graphical representation and second graphical representation is a passive part unresponsive to user touch inputs, wherein during remote control of driving in a forward direction the first graphical representation is said active part, and wherein during remote control of driving in a reverse direction the second graphical representation is said active part; and responding to said user touch input to said active part of the touchscreen device which the active part is moved on the touchscreen display relative to the passive part by communicating commands from the touchscreen device to the electronically-actuated controller over a wireless link for remotely controlling driving of the motor vehicle.