US 11,747,802 B2
Ruggedized remote control display management system for harsh and safety-critical environments
Robert Jay Myles, Reseda, CA (US); Thomas C. Ruberto, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Christopher L. Sommerville, Encino, CA (US); Harout Markarian, Porter Ranch, CA (US); and Kelly P. Ambriz, Newbury Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Mason Electric Co., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Mason Electric Co., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,574.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,639, filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,987, filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0191389 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/0489 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote control apparatus for unmanned systems comprising:
a display screen for displaying graphic elements;
a memory device storing a file for a graphic element and display parameters for displaying the graphic element;
a communication interface including an application programming interface (“API”) communicatively coupled to the memory device that enables a host computer to (i) store the graphic element to the memory device, (ii) specify the display parameters and values for the display parameters, and (iii) cause the graphic element to be displayed;
a processor configured to:
receive a command message from the host computer via the API, the command message including at least one parameter value;
determine the command message is related to the graphic element stored in the memory device;
cause the graphic element to be displayed on the display screen by applying the at least one parameter value to the display parameters;
receive a second command message from the host computer via the API, the second command message including at least one of
(a) at least one location parameter value to change a display location of the graphic element, or
(b) a data value for a specified display parameter for display within the graphic element;
determine the second command message is related to the graphic element stored in the memory device;
for (a), cause the graphic element to be displayed on the display screen at the specified display location by applying the at least one location parameter value to the display parameters; and
for (b), cause the graphic element to be displayed on the display screen with the data value using the specified display parameter.