US 12,455,669 B2
Virtual tools for supported tele-operations
Mathias Franzius, Offenbach (DE); and Dirk Ruiken, Offenbach (DE)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/593,955.
Prior Publication US 2025/0278165 A1, Sep. 4, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user interface for instructing a tele-operating system to perform an action, the user interface comprising:
an output device configured to output plural virtual tool representations of a plurality of tools to an operator of the tele-operating system;
an input device configured to receive a selection instruction from the operator for selecting one of the output plural virtual tool representations;
a control circuit configured to
determine a task on the selected virtual tool representation,
control displaying the selected virtual tool representation to the operator via the output device,
acquire an action instruction from the operator via the input device,
interpret the acquired action instruction based on the determined task, and
control the tele-operating system to perform an action using at least one tool of the plurality of tools based on the interpreted action instruction and the selected virtual tool representation,
wherein the action approximates using a tool that corresponds to the selected virtual tool representation by using a different tool of the plurality of tools.