Patent ID: 8760397

Claim:
A hand-held controller for operating a remote vehicle, the hand-held controller comprising: a controller body having right and left grips; a first set of input devices disposed in a left control zone adjacent the left grip, the first set of input devices including: a first analog joystick; a 4-way directional control adjacent the first analog joystick; and a left rocker control located adjacent the 4-way directional control; a second set of input devices disposed in a right control zone adjacent the right grip, the second set of input devices including: a second analog joystick; an array of at least four buttons adjacent the second analog joystick; and a right rocker control adjacent the button array; a mode changer disposed on the controller body and configured to receive an input to change between two or more function modes, each function mode assigning different functions to one or more of the input devices; and a speed toggle disposed on the controller body and configured to receive an input to change between two or more speed modes.