Control system and method for verifying remote operation of a motor vehicle

A method of controlling motion of a vehicle by a control system, the method comprising controlling, or providing input to a system to control, motion of a motor vehicle in response to a motion control signal received from a remote device, the method comprising performing a repeating verification cycle, the method comprising:

• transmitting multiple verification request signals in succession to the remote device;
• listening for verification request reply signals transmitted from the remote device in response to the multiple verification request signals transmitted;
• listening for a remote device state signal transmitted from the remote device providing remote device state information indicating in which one of a plurality of predefined states the remote device is currently operating, whereby the multiple verification request signals comprises information that includes operation information indicative of an operation to be performed, the operation information based on the remote device state information;
• determining whether information comprised by the verification request reply signals received from the remote device includes expected operation result information being operation result information corresponding to an expected result of the operation defined by the operation information provided in the multiple verification request signals;
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• controlling, or providing input to a system to control, motion of the motor vehicle in response to a motion control signal received from the remote device based on a correspondence between the received operation result information and the expected operation result information.

A remote device configured to communicate with a control system arranged to control, or provide input to a system to control, motion of a motor vehicle in response to a motion control signal received from the remote device, wherein the remote device is configured to:

• transmit to the control system a remote device state signal providing information indicating in which one of a plurality of predefined states the remote device is currently operating;
• listen for multiple verification request signals transmitted by the control system successively, wherein the multiple verification request signals comprise information that includes operation information indicative of an operation to be performed;
• in response to receipt of the multiple verification request signals transmitted by the control system, perform the indicated predefined operation;
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• transmit verification request reply signals in response to receipt of the multiple verification request signals after performing the predefined operation, the verification request reply signals comprising information indicative of a result of the indicated predefined operation.

A method of controlling motion of a vehicle having a control system, the method comprising, by a remote device, communicating with a control system arranged to control, or provide input to a system to control, motion of a motor vehicle in response to a motion control signal received from the remote device, the method comprising:

• transmitting to the control system a remote device state signal providing information indicating in which one of a plurality of predefined states the remote device is currently operating;
• listening for multiple verification request signals transmitted by the control system in succession, whereby the multiple verification request signals comprise information that includes operation information indicative of a operation to be performed;
• in response to receipt of the multiple verification request signals transmitted by the control system, performing the indicated predefined operation;
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• transmitting from the remote device the verification request reply signals in response to receipt of the multiple verification request signals after performing the predefined operation, the verification request reply signals comprising information indicative of a result of the indicated predefined operation.