US 12,001,206 B2
Methods and systems for remote operation of vehicles using hands-free functionality
Narayanan Srinivasan, Chennai (IN); Kiran Gopala Krishna, Bangalore (IN); Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Madurai (IN); and Hariharan Saptharishi, Trichy (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/921,699.
Prior Publication US 2021/0223773 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0061 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of autonomously enabling remote operation of a vehicle, the method comprising:
autonomously detecting an event with respect to manual operation of the vehicle based at least in part on output from one or more systems onboard the vehicle;
identifying a hands-free functionality of a vehicle system to be activated based at least in part on a characteristic of the event;
autonomously initiating activation of the hands-free functionality of the vehicle system;
deactivating a second hands-free functionality of a second vehicle system to be deconflicted with the hands-free functionality of the vehicle system;
receiving, from an external system via an onboard communications system, a command for operating the vehicle; and
providing the command to the vehicle system using the hands-free functionality.