Touch-screen vehicle remote control
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsAnthony James Waldock, Gemma Anne Innes-Jones, Peter Stephen Day
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Abstract
A vehicle remote control device includes a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle and a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen. A conversion component converts the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals for transfer by the communications device.
Claims14
A vehicle remote control device including:
- a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle;
- a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen interface;
- and
- a conversion component configured to convert the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals for transfer by the communications device,
- wherein the touch-screen interface is configured to allow a user to drag the graphical representation around a touch-screen in order to control movement of the vehicle.
A method of remote control of a vehicle, the method including:
- presenting a graphical representation of the vehicle on a touch-screen interface of a remote device;
- detecting manipulation of the graphical representation on a touch-screen, wherein the graphical representation is dragged around the touch screen in order to control movement of the vehicle;
- converting the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals;
- and
- transferring the vehicle control signals to the remote vehicle.
A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable medium, having thereon computer program code instructions to make a computer execute a method of remote control of a vehicle comprising:
- presenting a graphical representation of the vehicle on a touch-screen interface of a remote device;
- detecting manipulation of the graphical representation on a touch-screen, wherein the graphical representation is dragged around the touch screen in order to control movement of the vehicle;
- converting the manipulation of the graphical representation into vehicle control signals;
- and
- transferring the vehicle control signals to the remote vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.