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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

May. 27, 2009
Applicants:

Michael Christian Dorneich, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Stephen Whitlow, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

William Rogers, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Karen Feigh, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert E. DE Mers, Elk River, MN (US);

Inventors:

Michael Christian Dorneich, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Stephen Whitlow, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

William Rogers, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Karen Feigh, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert E. De Mers, Elk River, MN (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for semi-automatic operation of a portable control device for a remote-controlled, unmanned vehicle. The method includes the steps of monitoring parameters of an operational environment of the portable control device, switching from a manual operation mode to a semi-automatic operation mode in response to occurrence of predetermined criteria within the operational environment, and presenting a semi-automatic operation graphical user interface to a user of the portable control device. The semi-automatic operation graphical user interface includes a reduced set of user interfaces for the semi-automatic operation mode presented by the portable control device.


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