Systems and methods for remote viewing of self-driving vehicles

1. A system for remote viewing and control of self-driving vehicles, comprising:

an execution subsystem for deployment at an execution location containing a self-driving vehicle, the execution subsystem including:

(i) a capture assembly configured to capture multimedia data depicting the execution location;

(ii) a server configured to receive the multimedia data and to transmit the multimedia data for presentation at an operator location remote from the execution location; the server further configured to relay operational commands and operational status data between the self-driving vehicle and the operator location; and

an operator subsystem for deployment at the operator location, the operator subsystem including:

(i) a display assembly;

(ii) an operator enclosure supporting the display assembly; and

(iii) a computing device configured to:

(a) establish a connection with the server;

(b) receive the multimedia data from the server and control the display assembly to present the multimedia data on the interior of the operator enclosure; and

(c) receive the operational commands and transmit the operational commands to the server for execution by the self-driving vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the capture assembly includes a camera.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operator subsystem further comprises an input device; the computing device configured to receive the operational commands via the input device.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operator subsystem further comprises a command device including the input device.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the command device includes a tablet computer configured to receive the status data from the computing device and configured to receive the operational commands for transmission to the computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 , the server configured to receive the status data from the self-driving vehicles and to relay the status data to the computing device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly includes a plurality of display devices controllable by the computing device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of display devices include an auxiliary display device mounted on an exterior wall of the operator enclosure.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein controlling the display assembly further comprises controlling the auxiliary display to present a portion of the multimedia data.

10. The system of claim 1 , the computing device further configured to generate an overlay corresponding to the self-driving vehicle and present the overlay with the multimedia data via the display assembly.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the capture assembly includes a microphone.

12. A method for remote viewing and control of self-driving vehicles, comprising:

at an execution location containing a self-driving vehicle, controlling a capture assembly of an execution subsystem to capture multimedia data depicting the execution location;

transmitting the multimedia data from a server of the execution subsystem, for presentation at an operator location remote from the execution location;

at a computing device of an operator subsystem at the operator location, establishing a connection with the server, receiving the multimedia data from the server and controlling a display assembly of the operator subsystem to present the multimedia data on an interior of an operator enclosure of the operator subsystem, the operator enclosure supporting the display assembly;

at the computing device, receiving operational commands and transmitting the operational commands to the server;

at the server, receiving the operational commands and deploying the operational commands to the self-driving vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the capture assembly includes a camera.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the operator subsystem further comprises an input device; and wherein receiving the operational commands includes receiving the operational commands via the input device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the operator subsystem further comprises a command device including the input device.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving the status data from the computing device at the command device;

receiving the operational commands at the input device; and

transmitting the operational commands to the computing device.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: receiving the status data at the server from the self-driving vehicles; and

relaying the status data to the computing device.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the display assembly includes an auxiliary display device mounted on an exterior wall of the operator enclosure; and

wherein controlling the display assembly further comprises controlling the auxiliary display to present a portion of the multimedia data.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

at the computing device, generating an overlay corresponding to the self-driving vehicle and presenting the overlay with the multimedia data via the display assembly.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the display assembly includes a plurality of display devices.