US 11,899,451 B2
Remote control unit having active feedback
Stephen Yibum Chung, Keller, TX (US); Russell C. Peters, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Andrew Vincent Louis, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations, Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,530.
Application 18/061,530 is a division of application No. 16/284,164, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,543,819.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104255 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/005 (2013.01) [B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a remote control unit associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving by the remote control unit a first control signal, the first control signal indicative of an operational state of the vehicle;
processing by the remote control unit the received first signal to determine the operational state of the vehicle; and
generating a second control signal to an actuator, the actuator controlling a position of at least one control element of the remote control unit such that the position corresponds to and indicates to a human operator of the vehicle the operational state of the vehicle in accordance with the processing.