Autonomous vehicle remote teleoperations system with virtual path suggestion constraints

A method, comprising:

• in a teleoperations system in communication with an autonomous vehicle operating in an environment and remote from the teleoperations system, receiving context data collected by the autonomous vehicle from the environment in which the autonomous vehicle operates;
• presenting the received context data to a teleoperations system operator using a teleoperations user interface representing at least a portion of the environment to provide situational awareness to the teleoperations system operator;
• presenting, within the teleoperations user interface, a virtual path suggestion constraint that constrains movement of the autonomous vehicle within the environment based upon a physical attribute of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the virtual path suggestion constraint corresponds to a minimum turning radius of the autonomous vehicle;
• receiving a virtual path suggestion input defining a virtual path of travel from the teleoperations system operator through the teleoperations user interface;
• in the teleoperations system and in response to the virtual path suggestion input that defines the virtual path of travel, communicating path data to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to generate a path for the autonomous vehicle and to autonomously operate the autonomous vehicle;
• presenting the virtual path suggestion constraint as a visual guide prior to receiving the virtual path suggestion input;
• in response to receiving the virtual path suggestion input after presenting the virtual path suggestion constraint, determining a violation of the virtual path suggestion constraint by the virtual path of travel defined by the virtual path suggestion input;
• and
• presenting a notification of the violation of the virtual path suggestion constraint proximate the visual guide to notify the teleoperations system operator of the violation of the virtual path suggestion constraint.