Patent ID: 8483270

Claim:
A method for adapting use of a wireless link by a remotely controlled device communicating a video stream to an operator control unit used to control the remotely controlled device, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining at the remotely controlled device a value for quality of the wireless link from measurements performed by the remotely controlled device; determining, at least in part, directly from the value of the quality of the wireless link, at least one of a value of frames per unit time, a value of frame resolution, and a level of compression; and providing the compressed video stream for transmission from the remotely controlled device to the operator control unit using at least one of the value of frames per unit time, the value of frame resolution, and the level of compression of each frame; wherein the remotely controlled device performs each step continuously and in real time; wherein the remotely controlled device self-determines how to perform each step independently without preset per device static parameters directing how the steps are performed; wherein the remotely controlled device performs each step without relying on feedback information from a network layer of a communication protocol; and wherein the operator control unit used to control the remotely controlled device via the wireless link controls at least one of the remotely controlled device's motion, physical location relative to the operator control unit, and functions separate and distinct from the steps performed by the remotely controlled device as it dynamically adapts the wireless link.