Patent ID: 9086757
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B25J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an input on an interface indicating a command for a directional orientation of a robotic device and a command for a speed of the robotic device, wherein the interface is provided on a device remote from the robotic device, and wherein particular pre-set locations on the interface at particular orientations with respect to a center of the interface correspond to commands for predetermined directional orientations of the robotic device with respect to a current orientation of the robotic device; providing an indicator on the interface representing a location of the input, wherein the interface includes a geometric shape, wherein the location of the input is within the geometric shape, and wherein the indicator includes a marking outside the geometric shape that is indicative of the command for the directional orientation of the robotic device; determining that the location of the input on the interface is within a predetermined threshold to one of the particular pre-set locations on the interface; and responsive to determining that the location of the input on the interface is within the predetermined threshold to the pre-set location, repositioning the marking outside the geometric shape to be at another location outside the geometric shape corresponding to the pre-set location.