Patent ID: 8954195
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B25J

Abstract:
1. A method for remotely controlling a slave device, comprising: using a Hybrid Hand Controller (“HHC”) as a full haptic controller to control said slave device when said HHC is coupled to a docking station; detecting when said HHC transitions from said coupled condition to a de-coupled condition in which it is physically de-coupled from said docking station; in response to said detecting, automatically transitioning an operational mode of at least said HHC from (1) a full haptic control mode in which the slave device is controlled in accordance with physically-restricted movement of the HHC within a pre-defined area to (2) a gestural control mode in which the slave device is controlled in accordance with non-physically restricted movement of the HHC; and using at least said HHC as a portable gestural controller to control said slave device when said HHC is de-coupled from said docking station.