Remote Vehicle Control System and Method
    11.
    发明申请
    Remote Vehicle Control System and Method 有权
    远程车辆控制系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110301786A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-08

    申请号:US13106792

    申请日:2011-05-12

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00 G05D1/00

    摘要: A system increases an operator's situational awareness while the operator controls a remote vehicle. The system comprises an operator control unit having a point-and-click interface configured to allow the operator to view an environment surrounding the remote vehicle and control the remote vehicle, and a payload attached to the remote vehicle and in communication with at least one of the remote vehicle and the operator control unit. The payload comprises an integrated sensor suite including GPS, an inertial measurement unit, a stereo vision camera, and a range sensor, and a computational module receiving data from the GPS, the inertial measurement unit, the stereo vision camera, and the range sensor and providing data to a CPU including at least one of an autonomous behavior and a semi-autonomous behavior that utilize data from the integrated sensor suite.

    摘要翻译: 当操作员控制远程车辆时,系统增加操作者的情境意识。 该系统包括具有点对点接口的操作员控制单元,其被配置为允许操作者观看围绕远程车辆的环境并控制远程车辆,以及附接到远程车辆的有效载荷,并与至少一个 远程车辆和操作员控制单元。 有效载荷包括一个包括GPS,惯性测量单元,立体视觉摄像机和距离传感器的集成传感器套件,以及从GPS,惯性测量单元,立体视觉摄像机和距离传感器接收数据的计算模块,以及 向CPU提供包括使用来自集成传感器套件的数据的自主行为和半自主行为中的至少一个的数据。

    Method and device for controlling a remote vehicle
    12.
    发明授权
    Method and device for controlling a remote vehicle 有权
    用于控制远程车辆的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08019223B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-13

    申请号:US12463416

    申请日:2009-05-10

    IPC分类号: H04B10/00

    摘要: A system and method for controlling a remote vehicle comprises a hand-held controller including a laser generator for generating a laser beam. The hand-held controller is manipulable to aim and actuate the laser beam to designate a destination for the remote vehicle. The remote vehicle senses a reflection of the laser beam and moves toward the designated destination. The hand-held controller allows single-handed control of the remote vehicle and one or more of its payloads. A method for controlling a remote vehicle via a laser beam comprises encoding control signals for a remote vehicle into a laser beam that is aimed and sent to a designated destination for the remote vehicle, and sensing a reflection of the laser beam, decoding the control signals for the remote vehicle, and moving toward the designated destination.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制远程车辆的系统和方法包括:手持式控制器,包括用于产生激光束的激光发生器。 手持式控制器可操作以瞄准和致动激光束以指定远程车辆的目的地。 远程车辆感测激光束的反射并朝向指定的目的地移动。 手持控制器允许单手控制远程车辆及其有效载荷中的一个或多个。 一种用于经由激光束控制远程车辆的方法包括将远程车辆的控制信号编码成瞄准并发送到远程车辆的指定目的地的激光束,并感测激光束的反射,解码控制信号 用于远程车辆,并朝向指定的目的地移动。

    COMMUNICATIONS SPOOLER FOR A MOBILE ROBOT
    17.
    发明申请
    COMMUNICATIONS SPOOLER FOR A MOBILE ROBOT 有权
    通信移动机器人移动机器人

    公开(公告)号:US20120097783A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-26

    申请号:US13279962

    申请日:2011-10-24

    IPC分类号: B65H59/00 H02H7/085 B65H43/00

    摘要: A cable handling system mounted to a mobile robot to dispense and retrieve cable at zero tension includes a cable reel drive and a downstream tension roller drive that includes an idler. As a cable passes through the tension roller drive, position along the length of the cable and/or the cable speed is monitored accurately by a sensor attached to the idler. A system controller in communication with the sensor controls the cable reel drive and the tension roller drive for dispensing and retrieving cable downstream of the tension roller drive.

    摘要翻译: 安装到移动机器人以在零张力下分配和恢复电缆的电缆处理系统包括电缆卷筒驱动器和包括惰轮的下游张力辊驱动器。 当电缆穿过张紧辊驱动器时,沿着电缆长度的位置和/或电缆速度由安装在惰轮上的传感器精确地监测。 与传感器通信的系统控制器控制电缆卷轴驱动器和张紧辊驱动器,用于在张力辊驱动器的下游分配和回收电缆。

    Remote Vehicle Missions and Systems for Supporting Remote Vehicle Missions
    18.
    发明申请
    Remote Vehicle Missions and Systems for Supporting Remote Vehicle Missions 有权
    用于支持远程车辆任务的远程车辆任务和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120095619A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-19

    申请号:US13215846

    申请日:2011-08-23

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00

    摘要: An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle; a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements. Inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, inputting an action for the at least one controllable element, and requesting that the at least one controllable element performs the action.

    摘要翻译: 一种操作员控制单元,具有允许用户控制远程车辆的用户接口,所述操作者控制单元包括:发送单元,被配置为向所述远程车辆发送数据; 被配置为从所述远程车辆接收数据的接收器单元,从所述远程车辆接收的包括由所述远程车辆捕获的图像数据的数据; 以及显示单元,被配置为显示包括从远程车辆接收的图像数据的用户界面和表示远程车辆的多个可控元件的图标,并且被配置为允许用户输入控制命令以控制至少一个 多个可控元件。 输入控制命令以控制至少一个可控元件包括选择表示至少一个可控元件的图标,输入针对至少一个可控元件的动作,并请求该至少一个可控元件执行动作。

    Remote vehicle control system and method
    20.
    发明授权
    Remote vehicle control system and method 有权
    远程车辆控制系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08954194B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-10

    申请号:US13106792

    申请日:2011-05-12

    摘要: A system increases an operator's situational awareness while the operator controls a remote vehicle. The system comprises an operator control unit having a point-and-click interface configured to allow the operator to view an environment surrounding the remote vehicle and control the remote vehicle, and a payload attached to the remote vehicle and in communication with at least one of the remote vehicle and the operator control unit. The payload comprises an integrated sensor suite including GPS, an inertial measurement unit, a stereo vision camera, and a range sensor, and a computational module receiving data from the GPS, the inertial measurement unit, the stereo vision camera, and the range sensor and providing data to a CPU including at least one of an autonomous behavior and a semi-autonomous behavior that utilize data from the integrated sensor suite.

    摘要翻译: 当操作员控制远程车辆时,系统增加操作者的情境意识。 该系统包括具有点对点接口的操作员控制单元,其被配置为允许操作者观看围绕远程车辆的环境并控制远程车辆,以及附接到远程车辆的有效载荷,并且与至少一个 远程车辆和操作员控制单元。 有效载荷包括一个包括GPS,惯性测量单元,立体视觉摄像机和距离传感器的集成传感器套件,以及从GPS,惯性测量单元,立体视觉摄像机和距离传感器接收数据的计算模块,以及 向CPU提供包括使用来自集成传感器套件的数据的自主行为和半自主行为中的至少一个的数据。