CN102802746A - Remote-controlled toy vehicle - Google Patents

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CN102802746A
CN102802746A CN201180013297XA CN201180013297A CN102802746A CN 102802746 A CN102802746 A CN 102802746A CN 201180013297X A CN201180013297X A CN 201180013297XA CN 201180013297 A CN201180013297 A CN 201180013297A CN 102802746 A CN102802746 A CN 102802746A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A63H18/16Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track; Control of track elements by vehicles
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A remote-controlled toy vehicle (1) for operation on a track comprises a drive motor and steerable wheels. In order to be able to better simulate a real car race, the remote-controlled toy vehicle (1) comprises a sensor part (4) for detecting a property of the track and a control means for setting a property of the toy vehicle (1) in accordance with the detected track property.

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The remote-control toy vehicle
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of remote-control toy vehicle that is used on the track, moving, said remote-control toy vehicle has CD-ROM drive motor and has deflecting roller.The invention still further relates to the track that is used for this toy vehicle and have one or more this remote-control toy vehicles and the toy system that has a this track.
Background technology
Two kinds of systems that known Remote Control Vehicle combines with the track that is attached to it, however said track is based upon simply, in the system of unreality.First kind of known system processed by a plurality of single independent track modules (straight way, bend, circuit etc.) that are assembled into runway.On the module of track, have guide rail two intervals, parallel, vehicle ' is on said guide rail and by said rail guidance.Said vehicle has electrical contacts and by the electric conductor power supply, said electric conductor is installed near the track module the guide rail.There is not radio communication between control module and the vehicle.It is simple relatively that said toy system keeps, and be designed so that to such an extent that the user can compete each other.
Said system has following shortcoming: the track of vehicle on runway confirmed through the rail guiding.Though, has the possibility of conversion track here, and therefore have the possibility of overtaking process yet, yet said toy system does not relate to real automobile racing.Another major defect of said toy is, when vehicle is too fast in bend, and said vehicle derailing runway.
In another known track systems, runway is processed by the polyurethane sheet of black, and said polyurethane sheet is plug-in each other as the picture puzzle parts with modular connected structure type.At this, between control module and vehicle, there is radio communication, thus, vehicle can freely-movable on runway.At this, the recreation principle also is the basis with the mutual match of vehicle.
Though in said system, vehicle can freely-movable on runway.Said system has following shortcoming certainly: vehicle shows identical on whole runway.Vehicle wherein straight-line travelling and operator to have made which kind of mistake of going be unessential, this does not exert an influence to the match process.
Two kinds of known toy systems lack property: the stimulation that produces and improve the match simulation.Two systems are occurring and are existing in the reaction of all having given up vehicle under the situation of acting outside specified criteria in the real automobile racing.
The known toy vehicle that moves in the track from US 6 695 668 B2, the sensor that said toy vehicle has CD-ROM drive motor and deflecting roller and is used to discern the track on the track.Said track is identified through the sensor of toy vehicle, and deflecting roller is controlled according to this.Yet, before said, apply for that disclosed vehicle is not the remote-control toy vehicle.
US 3 130 803 A, DE 10 2,005 038 946 A1, FR 1 352 734 A and US 4 990117 A disclose other non-remote-control toy vehicle.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to propose Remote Control Vehicle, affiliated track and affiliated toy system, can simulate real automobile racing better by it.
According to the present invention, in the remote-control toy vehicle of the type of explanation, said purpose realizes through the characteristic of claim 1 when beginning.Said remote-control toy vehicle comprises the sensor and the control device that is used for regulating according to the track characteristic that identifies the characteristic of toy vehicle that is used to discern the track characteristic.Preferably, regulate the characteristic relevant toy vehicle with rideability toy vehicle.Through the present invention possible be that the specific characteristic that can be identified by the sensor of toy vehicle sets the part face to track or track.Can regulate one or more characteristics of toy vehicle according to the track characteristic that identifies, especially regulate the characteristic of the rideability that relates to toy vehicle.Therefore, can produce influence to game events or game event.Can simulate real game event better.
Favourable improved form is described in the dependent claims.
Sensor can be optical pickocff, especially color sensor, especially rgb color sensor (red/green/indigo plant-color sensor).
Another favourable improved form is characterised in that the light source that is used to illuminate the track.Preferably, said light source is LED.
Advantageously, control device has reduced the power of CD-ROM drive motor.According to the track characteristic, the full power of CD-ROM drive motor or the power of reduction can be provided also.Possible is, begins to adjust the power of CD-ROM drive motor downwards from the peak of confirming, therefore with the Power Limitation of CD-ROM drive motor on said peak.
Be used for being characterised in that said track has that have can be by the zone of the different qualities of sensor identification according to the track according to the present invention of toy vehicle of the present invention.
Advantageously, said track has the zone of different colours.So especially advantageously, sensor is an optical pickocff.
Said track can or be dressed up by a plurality of module groups by a plurality of module assemblings.
Advantageously, be provided with a plurality of different module types.For example, straight way, bend, edge block and/or hornblock can be set to module type.
At last, the present invention relates to a kind of toy system, said toy system is characterised in that one or more according to remote-control toy vehicle of the present invention with according to track of the present invention.
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Below will at length illustrate embodiments of the invention according to accompanying drawing.Shown in the drawings
Fig. 1 illustrates the isometric exploded view of chassis, vehicle body, sensor element and the cover plate of toy vehicle,
Fig. 2 illustrates the amplification three-dimensional view of observing from the bottom according to the sensor element of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 illustrates the longitudinal sectional drawing that runs through according to the toy vehicle of Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 illustrates the view of observing from the bottom according to the previous section of the toy vehicle of Fig. 1 and 3,
Fig. 5 illustrates the view of observing from top of the track module of straight way form,
Fig. 6 illustrates the view of observing from top of the track module of bend form,
Fig. 7 illustrates the track of being dressed up by a large amount of tracks module groups.
The specific embodiment
In Fig. 1, comprise chassis 2, vehicle body 3, sensor element 4 and cover plate 5 with the toy vehicle shown in the isometric exploded view 1.Other assemblies, especially CD-ROM drive motor, the axletree of toy vehicle 1 and the wheel and the remote control that comprise deflecting roller especially transmitter and receiver and the miscellaneous part of beeper are drawn in Fig. 1.
As in Fig. 2, seeing ground, sensor element 4 comprises circuit board 6, connector 7, sensor housing 8, the light source 10 that constitutes the sensor 9 of rgb color sensor and constitute LED.Circuit board 6 comprises control device, especially comprises the electronic-controlled installation of the toy vehicle that is used for radio controlled control device.Through connector 7 foundation and power supply device is being connected of battery pack or battery, is being connected of motor with motor, and with being connected of the miscellaneous part of toy vehicle.
Sensor housing 8 has the cross section of U-shaped.The base plate 11 of sensor housing 8 is connected with the downside of circuit board 6.Sidewall 12 through sensor housing 8 surrounds sensor 9 and light source 10.Said sidewall 12 ratio sensors 9 are higher with light source 10.In addition, through cross wall 13 sensor 9 and light source 10 are separated each other.Cross wall 13 equally also ratio sensor 9 is higher with light source 10.Said cross wall 13 has the height identical with sidewall 12.Through sidewall 12 and cross wall 13, sensor 9 optically separates each other with light source 10.
Fig. 3 illustrates the rigging position of sensor element 4 in the noseplate 14 on chassis 2.Transparent cover plate 5 is arranged in the besieged opening 15 (Fig. 1) of the noseplate 14 on chassis 2.Besieged opening 15 is located at before the axletree of the steering front wheel of toy vehicle 1 on the travel direction.In confined state, sensor 9 is positioned on the transparent cover plate 5 with light source 10.Possible by this way is, light source 10 passes transparent cover plate 5 and illuminates the track, and passes transparent cover plate 5 by the light of track reflection and impinge upon on the sensor 9, and can be received by this sensor.
Fig. 4 illustrates the view from following observation of the cover plate 5 in the noseplate 14 on chassis 2.
Fig. 5 illustrates the track module 16 of straight way form.Track module 16 has foursquare shape.Be provided with the protuberance 17 of swallow-tail form and the recess 18 of swallow-tail form on the edge of, said protuberance 17 and recess 18 replace with the arrangement of rule and its profile conforms to each other, makes protuberance 17 can be inserted in the recess 18 of adjacent track module.
Track module 16 has the part face 19 of straight way form.Part face 19 has the surface of grey.The middle part of part face 19 module 16 in the track extends to opposed side from a side.The edge of module 16 extends to opposed edge from the track in parallel with each other and at each interval in the line of demarcation 20 of part face 19.Through line of demarcation 20 part face 19 is separated with edge surface 21 on both sides.Edge surface 21 has the surface of another kind of color.For example, edge surface 21 has green surface.
Fig. 6 illustrates the track module 22 of bend form.The external dimensions that comprises protuberance 17 and recess 18 is consistent with the external dimensions of track module 16.Track module 22 has curved part face 23.Curved part face is defined by the line of demarcation 24 that constitutes quadrant shape line, and wherein the center 25 of quadrant is arranged in an angle of track module 22.Part face 23 has the surface of grey, and edge surface 26 has green surface.
Track module 16,20 can be assembled into the track, for example is assembled into the track 27 shown in Fig. 7.Track 27 is processed by the track module that forms straight way 16 and track module 22 that forms bend and other the track module 28 with complete green surface.In track 27, the part face of grey 19,23 forms runways, and green part face 21,26,28 form runways around.
Additionally, in track 27, also there are other modules, i.e. edge block 29 and hornblock 30.
When utilization was of the present invention, two or more remote-control toy vehicles 1 can be competed on track 27.At run duration, sensor 9 is measured, and whether vehicle is positioned on the part of runway, promptly is positioned on the gray face 19,23 in the track 27 that forms runway or is positioned on the zone 21,26,28 on the green surface that surrounds runway.Therewith relatively, regulate the characteristic of the rideability that relates to toy vehicle 1 of toy vehicle 1 by control device.For example, when sensor 9 identifies surface green, reduce the power of the CD-ROM drive motor of toy vehicle 1.Thus, can produce near real recreation behavior.
Through the present invention, proposed the remote-control toy vehicle and be its special track that constitutes.Toy vehicle has circuit board 6 in the region in front of bottom, said circuit board 6 is equipped with sensor 9, i.e. rgb color sensor, and light source 10, i.e. LED.Circuit board 6 is arranged to, and it directly is positioned on the base plate 14 on chassis 2.Said chassis has opening 15 on said position, said opening 15 is arranged for by the transparent cover plate of being processed by glass or plastics 5 protects sensor 9.The track that is attached to it is dressed up by each module groups.Said module has definite background color (for example green) and along with different runway outward appearances is painted other colors (for example grey).
When connecting toy vehicle, the LED on the circuit board 6 is luminous, and shines on the surface, track through the opening in the chassis 2 15.Light reflects herein and arrives the rgb color sensor.Sensor converts reverberation to information, and it is delivered on the main electronic system, in said main electronic system, realizes control.By means of said information, can confirm exactly now which kind of color the ground that toy vehicle just in time is positioned at has.
Toy vehicle now can be independent ground and irrespectively determined ground color is made a response with the remote control input.Thus, correspondingly influenced rideability, this can realize real heat is simulated.
For example, can on the grey runway in track 27, normally and with maximal rate control toy vehicle.Outside said zone, promptly in the green area in track 27, only can control said toy vehicle with remarkable little power.Thus, simulated clear the runway in sandy gravel stratum or to the meadow.Through assessment, can expand toy system with different possibilities to the surface, track.For example, can the mark or the different surface of colour be applied on the track, the mark of said colour or different surface have been simulated oil slick, puddle, barrier or maintenance station passage or analog.By this way, can correspondingly influence toy vehicle, and therefore also influence game process.
Possible is that control device is regulated steering behaviour according to the track characteristic that identifies.For example, when toy vehicle crossed the simulation oil slick regional the time, can regulate the quick reciprocating jerking movement that turns to.It for example is on time interval of confirming of two seconds that the said reciprocal jerking movement that turns to can be limited to.In addition, it is feasible outside lane markings being set.When crossing said lane markings, control device can be regulated the lasting damage of toy vehicle or malfunctioning fully.Thus, can simulate the collision with fence, wherein vehicle suffers lasting damage or malfunctioning fully.
The present invention can realize externalities and specified criteria in the real automobile racing are transformed on the toy system that has the remote-control toy vehicle.The track can fully freely constitute.Corresponding mark can be realized different conditions of a competition.

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1. be used for the remote-control toy vehicle (1) that (27) are upward moved in the track, said remote-control toy vehicle has CD-ROM drive motor and deflecting roller,
It is characterized in that,
Be used to discern the sensor (9) of the characteristic in said track (27), and be used for regulating the control device of the characteristic of said toy vehicle (1) according to the track characteristic that identifies.
2. toy vehicle according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said sensor (9) is an optical pickocff, especially color sensor, especially rgb color sensor.
3. toy vehicle according to claim 2 is characterized in that, is used to illuminate light source (10), the especially LED in said track.
4. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described toy vehicle, it is characterized in that said control device reduces the power of said CD-ROM drive motor.
5. according to the described toy vehicle of one of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that said track has the zone (19,23 that has different qualities; 21,26), said different qualities can be discerned by said sensor (9).
6. track according to claim 5 is characterized in that, said track (27) have the zone (19,23 that has different colours; 21,16).
7. according to claim 5 or 6 described tracks, it is characterized in that, said track (27) be can be assembled into by a plurality of modules (16,22,28) or be assembled into by a plurality of modules (16,22,28).
8. track according to claim 7 is characterized in that, is provided with a plurality of different module types (16,22,28).
9. toy system is characterized in that one or more toy vehicles according to the described remote control of one of claim 1 to 4 (1) and according to the described track of one of claim 5 to 8 (27).
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