JPH07178235A - Control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a maneuvering sense same as that of a real object and to perform maneuvering at a remote place by arranging an image pickup camera at a mobile machine, and displaying an image image-picked up by the image pickup camera on the image display part of a maneuvering member in a control device for a radio control toy, etc. CONSTITUTION:This control device is applied to, for example, the radio control toy, etc., and is constituted of the mobile machine 2 consisting of a model like the one whose size is reduced of a helicopter, and the maneuvering member 1 which performs the remote maneuvering of the mobile machine 2. In such a case, a small image pickup camera 20 like, for example, a CCD camera is loaded on the mobile machine 2. While, a maneuvering operating part 12 consisting of plural levers is arranged on the outer plane of the maneuvering member 1, and also, the image display part 11 which displays the image image-picked up by the image pickup camera 20 is arranged in the center part of the upper plane of the member. A user performs the remote maneuvering of the mobile machine 2 by the maneuvering operating part 12 as observing the image display part 11. In this way, it is possible to secure the maneuvering sense same as that of the real object and to perform the maneuvering at the remote place.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device for remotely controlling a mobile device such as a reduced scale model.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A radio-controlled toy for remotely controlling a model of a racing car, an airplane, a helicopter, a ship, etc. by radio waves is composed of a mobile unit composed of the above model and a control member for operating the mobile unit. Has been done. The control member is miniaturized so that it can be carried, and a radio control signal is output from the antenna by operating an operation member such as a lever or a button. The mobile unit receives the radio control signal by the antenna, and the driving members such as wheels, propellers, screws, steering, rudder, and rudder operate to move in a designated direction at a designated speed. Such radio-controlled toys of high performance that operate by making full use of 8 to 9 wireless channels are commercially available, but all of them are designed to be operated while visually observing a mobile device.

[0003]

Since a conventional radio-controlled toy is operated while visually observing the mobile device, the user must get on the mobile device.
I couldn't experience the driving feeling that I was seeing from a mobile device, and it was far from the actual driving feeling of driving a real thing. Therefore, there is a limit to the improvement of hobby.
In addition, since it is necessary to operate while looking at the mobile device, it is only possible to operate within the range in which the mobile device can be seen, and there is an inconvenience that it is not possible to operate from a range beyond obstacles or from a distance. .

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and when an actual object is operated, the same operation feeling can be experienced,
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a control device capable of maneuvering at a distance.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile device with an image output function,
An image display function is added to a control member for controlling a mobile device. Therefore, the control device of the present invention includes an imaging camera, a transmission unit that converts image information from the imaging camera into a radio signal and transmits the radio signal, a reception unit that receives the radio operation signal, and a radio operation signal received by the reception unit. A mobile unit having a drive unit for driving based on the above, a display unit for displaying an image, a receiving unit for receiving a radio signal transmitted from the mobile unit, and a signal received by the receiving unit. An image signal processing unit for converting the image signal into an image signal and outputting the image signal to the display unit, an operation unit for operating the mobile device, and an operation of the operation unit for converting the operation signal into a radio operation signal and transmitting the signal to the mobile device. And a steering member having a transmitter.

[0006]

1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the construction of a control member 1 in a toy incorporating the control device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the construction of a mobile unit 2. The control member 1 is a general TV broadcast wave A in the VHF / UHF band.
And a receiving antenna 5 for receiving the wireless signal B of the camera image transmitted from the mobile device 2,
A transmission antenna 14 for transmitting a radio control signal C to the mobile device 2 is provided, and the mobile antenna 2 is shaped so as to be portable.

The television broadcast radio wave A received by the receiving antenna 3 is detected and amplified by the television broadcast receiving tuner 4, and a video signal and an audio signal are taken out and output to the video signal processing circuit 8. The video signal processing circuit 8 takes out horizontal synchronizing signals, vertical synchronizing signals, and video signals for display from these signals, separates the video signals into luminance signals and color signals, and corrects, amplifies, and shapes these signals. And outputs it to the image superimposing / processing circuit 9. The image superimposing / processing circuit 9 converts the R (red), G (green), and B (blue) luminance signals for liquid crystal driving and color filter type liquid crystal display, and outputs the luminance signals to the display driving circuit 10.
The display drive circuit 10 controls the image display of the image display unit 11, and as the image display unit 11, a liquid crystal display device of color dots is used. The image display unit 11 is controlled by the display drive circuit 10 to display an image of television broadcast. The image superimposing / processing circuit 9 performs an operation of switching a video signal so as to output a game image signal to the display drive circuit 10 in place of a television image when a game image described later is displayed. And the television image or the camera image are superimposed to operate as a superimposed image.

The wireless signal B of the camera image transmitted from the mobile unit 2 is received by the receiving antenna 5, detected and amplified by the wireless receiving circuit 6, and output to the image signal processing circuit 8. As in the case of the above-mentioned television broadcasting, the image signal processing circuit 8 takes out the video signal for display and each synchronizing signal, separates them into a luminance signal and a color signal, and outputs them to the image superimposing / processing circuit 9. Image display unit 1 as in broadcasting
1 displays a camera image.

In this embodiment, the image display section 11 also displays a video image, and therefore the video signal input terminal 7 is arranged. The terminal 7 is connected to an external image reproducing device such as a VTR or a CD-ROM player so that a video image from the image reproducing device is displayed on the display driving circuit via the image signal processing circuit 8 and the image superimposing / processing circuit 9. The video image is output to the image display unit 11 and the video image is displayed on the image display unit 11. Of the various images described above, the control circuit 15 controls which image is displayed by the image display unit 11.

Reference numeral 12 is a control operation section for controlling the mobile unit 2. A signal from the operation section 12 is output to the wireless transmission circuit 13 via the control circuit 15. Radio transmitter circuit 1
Reference numeral 3 generates a plurality of channels of steering signals corresponding to the steering operation on the operation unit 12, and the transmitting antenna 14 transmits the steering signals C
To send.

In addition to the above functions, this embodiment has a game function. 17 is external game software RO
M, which contains game software, display characters, and the like. The game software ROM 17 is connected to the game processing circuit 18 so that the soft signal is output to the game processing circuit 18. The game processing circuit 18 is controlled by the soft signal and the signal of the game operating section 16 to perform the game processing. Further, an image generation signal such as a display character required for each step of the game is output from the game software ROM 17 to the game image processing circuit 19 via the game processing circuit 18. The game image processing circuit 19 temporarily stores this signal as screen information. This screen information is sequentially read from the circuit 19,
The image is output to the image superimposing / processing circuit 19 similarly to the television image, and the image display unit 11 displays the game image under the control of the display drive circuit 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile unit 2 has an outer shape molded into a radio control model (in the illustrated example, a radio control helicopter) and is equipped with a small image pickup camera 20 composed of a CCD image pickup device or the like. ing. Reference numeral 21 is a video processing circuit connected to the image pickup camera 20. The image picked up by the image pickup camera 20 is captured as image information for each predetermined sampling time for each frame, amplified, shaped, and then converted into a video signal, Output to the wireless transmission circuit 22. The wireless transmission circuit 22 is the transmission antenna 2
3 and transmits this signal to the control member 1 as a radio signal B. Accordingly, the image display unit 11 of the control member 1
Displays as a camera image.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a receiving antenna, which receives radio control signals of a plurality of channels transmitted from the transmitting antenna 14 of the control member 1. The received radio control signal is detected and amplified by the radio reception circuit 25 for each channel. The control registers 26-1 to 26-n corresponding to the respective channels
Command information such as forward / backward or ladder or aileron
It is stored as an operation amount of the throttle or the like. The stored signals actuate the motors, gears, wires, etc. of the drive / steering systems 27-1 to 27-n to remotely control the mobile unit.
In this case, the diaphragm, zoom, focus, etc. of the image pickup camera 20 are similarly controlled by the radio control signal.

In this embodiment, the mobile unit 2 has an image pickup camera, and the image display section 11 of the control member 1 displays the image in real time by the radio signal of the camera image transmitted from the mobile unit 2. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy the same control feeling as when a user is operating on a mobile device, and it is possible to perform an interesting control. In addition, even if the mobile device cannot be seen due to an obstacle or a distant place, the maneuver can be performed. In addition, in this embodiment, since the control member can display television broadcasts and video images, and further has a game function,
It can be adapted to a wide variety of entertainment.

FIGS. 3 to 5 respectively show application examples of the above embodiment. In Fig. 3, the mobile unit 2 is applied to a radio control helicopter.
A compact imaging camera 20 such as a CD camera is attached. Since the control member 1 controls this helicopter 2,
The manipulating operation unit 12 including a plurality of levers is provided on the outer surface, and the image display unit 11 that displays an image is provided substantially at the center of the upper surface portion. The user can operate the helicopter 2 with the operation control unit 12 while looking at the image display unit 11. On both sides of the image display unit 11, game operation units 16 for performing game operations and television operations are arranged.

FIG. 4 shows the mobile unit 2 applied to a radio control racing car. The racing car 2 runs on a model course 30. This racing car 2
As shown in FIG. 5, a small image pickup camera 20 is mounted on the upper part of the. The control member 1 is provided with a control operation section 12 for controlling the racing car 2 and a game control section 16 for performing a game operation, as well as an image display section 11 and a transmission antenna 14, so that a feeling equivalent to an actual control feeling can be obtained. It is possible to control the racing car 2.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the mobile device is provided with the image pickup camera, and the control member receives the camera image from the mobile device and displays the image, the same feeling as if the user is on the mobile device. It can be operated with and the hobby is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a control member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an application example.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another application example.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a mobile device according to another application example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control member 2 Mobile device 5 Reception antenna 6 Radio receiving circuit 11 Image display part 13 Radio transmission circuit 14 Transmission antenna 20 Imaging camera

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An imaging camera, a transmission unit for converting image information from the imaging camera into a radio signal and transmitting the radio signal, a reception unit for receiving a radio operation signal, and a movement based on the radio operation signal received by the reception unit. A mobile unit having a drive unit for driving for, a display unit for displaying an image, a receiving unit for receiving a radio signal transmitted from the mobile unit, and an image signal for the signal received by the receiving unit. An image signal processing unit for converting and outputting to the display unit, an operating unit for operating the mobile unit, and a transmitting unit for converting an operation of the operating unit into a wireless control signal and transmitting the signal to the mobile unit. A control device comprising: a control member having the control device.