CN100393383C - Toy vehicle wireless control system - Google Patents

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CN100393383C
CN100393383C CNB028215125A CN02821512A CN100393383C CN 100393383 C CN100393383 C CN 100393383C CN B028215125 A CNB028215125 A CN B028215125A CN 02821512 A CN02821512 A CN 02821512A CN 100393383 C CN100393383 C CN 100393383C
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詹姆斯·M·迪金森
弗兰克·W·温克勒
载维·V·汉尔姆林格
查尔斯·S·麦考尔
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A toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit wirelessly controls the movements of a programmable toy vehicle. The toy vehicle includes a motive chassis having a plurality of steering positions. A microprocessor in the transmitter unit emulates manual transmission operation of the toy vehicle by being in any one of a plurality of different gear states selected by manually operating a plurality of manual input elements mounted on the housing of the transmitter unit. Forward propulsion control signals representing different toy vehicle speed ratios associated with each of the gear states are transmitted from the transmitter unit to the toy vehicle. The motive chassis has a plurality of defined steering positions. The speed of changing from a current steering position of the motive chassis to a new steering position is dependent upon the physical relationship between the current and new steering positions.

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The toy car wireless control system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of toy car, more specifically, relate to a kind of remote-controlled electric toy car.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit, comprise a shell, a plurality of being installed in is used for manually mobile manual input element on the shell, the microprocessor that each manual input element in shell and on shell is operatively connected, and one be connected the signal projector that transmits the wireless control signal that is produced by microprocessor with microprocessor operation.The invention is characterized in, microprocessor is constructed with one first operator scheme, transmitting the push ahead control signal of representative by transmitter corresponding to the different toy vehicle velocity ratio of each different gear state, the manual transfer operation of an imitation toy car at least two different operator schemes.Microprocessor also further is configured to and can passes through a plurality of different continuous gear state at least by continuously manual at least one manual input element of transfer operation.
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Can understand above explanation and following detailed description of the preferred embodiment better below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.In order to explain the present invention, preferred embodiment is shown in the drawings.But, should be appreciated that concrete device and the structure shown in the invention is not restricted to.
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Figure 1A is the vertical view that is used for the present invention's a preferred remote control/transmitter;
Figure 1B is a preferred toy car by the remote control of Fig. 1/transmitter remote control;
Fig. 2 is a sequential chart, and it illustrates a simulation output of the toy car control circuit of the different motor speeds that are used to drive a preferred embodiment of the invention toy car;
Fig. 3 is a chart, and it illustrates the trapezoidal hodograph that turns to function that is used to control a toy car;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of a control circuit in the toy telecar, and it corresponds directly to the steering order that receives according to the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of a speed change transmitter circuit, and it sends turn signal to the vehicle control circuit of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 A, 6B, 6C and 6D combine and constitute a FB(flow block), and the operating process of the vehicle control circuit of Fig. 4 is shown; And
Fig. 7 A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G, 7H, 7I and 7J combine and constitute a FB(flow block), and it illustrates the operating process of remote control/transmitter circuit of Fig. 5.
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The present invention relates to a kind of toy car wireless control system, it comprises a remote control transmitter 100 (Figure 1A) that has a speed change (speedshifter) remote control/transmitter 500 (see figure 5)s, and one have a remote-controlled toy vehicle 20 (Figure 1B) based on the toy car control circuit 400 of the receiver of microprocessor, and toy car control circuit 400 is in the following speed change acceptor circuit (see figure 4) that is also referred to as.Remote control transmitter shown in Figure 1A 100, and comprise a shell 105, and a plurality of manual input element 110,115 that manually moves that is installed on the shell 105 and is used to control a toy car 20.Input component 110,115 is generally used for providing respectively propulsive force or movement instruction and steering order.They can also be provided at the selection (hereinafter referred to as " pattern 1 ", " pattern 2 " and " mode 3 ") between three different operations or the use operator scheme, and each operator scheme has different game functions.Power is supplied with the electric component in the remote control transmitter 100 selectively by off/on switches 135 (dotted line among Figure 1A).Vehicle 20 is shown in Figure 1B, and comprises a chassis 12, and car body 14 is operatively connected the rear drive sprocket 16 on driving/propulsion electric machine 420 (dotted line), and is operationally connected to the preceding free moving runner 18 on the steer motor 410 (dotted line).An antenna 30 receives and is sent on the vehicle control circuit 400 (dotted line) from the command signal of remote control transmitter 100 and with these signals.Open-close switch 450 for one and open and close circuit 400, and a battery supply 435 provides power to circuit 400 and motor 410,420.
Fig. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of a vehicle control circuit 400 in the toy car 20.The speed change acceptor circuit comprises a steer motor control circuit 405 and a propulsion electric machine control circuit 415, and wherein steer motor control circuit 405 is controlled steer motor 410, and propulsion electric machine control circuit 415 control drive motors 420.Microprocessor 4U1 and steer motor and drive motors control circuit 405,415 are communicated with, and are controlled at all other functions of carrying out in the toy car 20.Vehicle receiver circuit 430 receives the control signal of being sent by remote control/transmitter 100, and control signal is amplified and send microprocessor 4U1 to handle.Power circuit 440 is respectively to the control circuit in the vehicle 20 400 with turn to and propulsion electric machine 410,420 provides power.
Fig. 5 illustrates a circuit in remote control/transmitter 100, and it is by 505 power supplies of a battery that is connected with a two-position switch 135, and two-position switch 135 is used to open and close device 100 and is used to select an operator scheme.Remote control/transmitter 500 also comprises a microprocessor 5U1 who is arranged in shell 105.Microprocessor 5U1 and each manual input element 110,115 are operatively connected.Remote control transmitter 100 must at first be closed by switch 135, to change the operator scheme of using.Manual input element 110 is the rocking handle push-botton operation momentary contact switch 110a and the 110b of a center-biased preferably, sees Fig. 5.When depressing, rocking handle button 110 makes one or another switch 110a or 110b change state.This is by the microprocessor 5U1 perception of the circuit 500 of remote control/transmitter 100, thereby sends a signal by antenna 120, and makes the remote-controlled toy vehicle 20 that comprises receiver/microprocessor 4U1 to front or rear motion.Manual input element 115 also is the rocking handle push-botton operation momentary contact switch 115a and the 115b of a center-biased, see Fig. 5, when depressing, can toy car 20 can be turned to the left or to the right so that remote control transmitter 100 sends an instruction via antenna 120 to receiver/microprocessor 4U1.(do not mediate) when manual input element 115 is pressed down, toy car 20 is along straight-line travelling.When manual input element 110 was not pressed down, vehicle 20 stopped.
Operation or first operator scheme of using are that pattern 1 is a default action pattern, and it can be by the off/on switches among Fig. 5 135 is moved to " closure " position from " disconnection " position excites remote control/transmitter 100 obtains from a resting state.This operator scheme has (being three kinds of speed in the present embodiment) the manual gear speed change of speed more than one recreation operator scheme, wherein microprocessor 5U1 imitates a manual transfer operation of toy car 20, and produces broadcast on a corresponding sound and the loudspeaker 125 in remote control transmitter 100 by microprocessor 5U1.Pattern 1 has following characteristics and function:
(1) closes and change the nominal state of switch 110a on remote control transmitter 100 by depressing 110 to " advancing " button positions of manual input element, thereby make 20 motions of static toy car.Microprocessor 5U1 is configured to (for example by programming) in response to the pressing down of manual input element 110, and this response is to be sent to the predetermined instruction that advances of first on the toy car 20 and to finish by importing one first operated gear state and producing one.At first, toy car 20 travels forward at a high speed in response to first signal and with first of the maximal rate that can obtain less than vehicle.Microprocessor 5U1 produces one first sound, spreads out of by loudspeaker 125, thus first gear drive operation of imitation toy car.
(2) when toy car 20 travels forward a period of time (by microprocessor 5U1 timing) with first gear state, can send visible indication (for example Shan Shuo red LED 130) and/or the sound that can hear (for example independent loudspeaker beeping sound) by microprocessor 5U1 from remote control/transmitter 100, thereby show to a user and to move to one second gear state.By instantaneous relase in a preset time window and again with manual input element 110 close switch 110a forwarding button engagement position can speed change to a higher gear drive in.If after time window runs off, when the button positions 110 of advancing is excited (switch 110a closes), toy car 20 will be got back to first gear state.When in second state, microprocessor 4U1 indication vehicle 20 is with greater than first at a high speed but move forward at a high speed less than second of maximal rate, and preferably microprocessor 5U1 produces second sound that is sent by loudspeaker 125, with second operated gear of imitation vehicle 20.After toy car 20 moves forward a period of time with second gear state, can send visible indication (for example Shan Shuo red LED 130) and/or the sound that can hear (for example independent loudspeaker beeping sound) by microprocessor 5U1 from remote control transmitter 100, thereby show to a user and to move to one the 3rd gear state.The forwarding button position of closing switch 110a of input component 110 in a preset time window again by instantaneous relase and combination again.If after time window runs off, when the button positions 110 of advancing is excited, toy car 20 will be got back to first gear state.When in the 3rd gear state, vehicle 20 is moving forward at a high speed greater than second at a high speed one the 3rd, and preferably microprocessor 5U1 produces the 3rd sound that is sent by loudspeaker 125, with the 3rd gear drive operation of imitation vehicle 20.The motion of toy car 20 finishes by the forwarding button position of closing switch 110a that discharges input component 110 or by depressing the rewind button position of closing switch 110b that discharges input component 110 then.
(3) in the embodiment of these three kinds of speed, when being easy to act as most in first gear state, the maximum speed of toy car is 62.5% of a maximal rate, and in second gear state time, maximum speed is 75% of a maximal rate, and in the 3rd gear state, maximum speed is 100% of a maximal rate.Also can use other ratio and/or other ratio that four kinds, five kinds, six kinds or multiple speed more, the speed change that is used to imitate other passenger vehicle or lorry are provided.
(4) if the gear state of toy car 20 arrives before the gear drive maximum speed of its fronts by instantaneous relase at toy car 20 and the forwarding button position that engages input component 110 has again just changed, open before the preset time window carries out speed change at microprocessor 5U1, microprocessor 5U1 produces the different voice signal that can hear (noise for example rubs), this sound is preferably sent by the loudspeaker 125 of remote control/transmitter 100, shows that to the user speed change too early.Maximum speed can not increase.
(5) preferably by remote control/transmitter 100 in response on transmitter 100, trigger manual input element 110,115 send the various voice signals that can hear (for example, peel off, the screaming of tire, stiff braking, the acceleration of motor, or the like).For example, when toy car 20 is still mobile, turn to button input component 115 to transmit a steering order and then make microprocessor 5U1 by the loudspeaker 125 output sound that can hear (for example shriek of tire) to close switch 115a (for example progressive position switch 110 is depressed and changes the state of switch 110a) by depressing.A very little delay is arranged when producing sub-audible sound, and the very little like this corrigendum that turns to just can not make sub-audible sound be spread out of by loudspeaker 125.Though discharge manual input element 110 advance and the position of falling back all preferably makes microprocessor 5U1 by the loudspeaker 125 output sound that can hear (for example, stiff braking, the sound of bringing to a halt of tire).Then preferably by the sound of microprocessor 5U1, up to transmitting next propelling/driving instruction by loudspeaker 125 outputs one " idle running ".
(6) speed of toy car 20 is by remote control transmitter 100 controls, and its output has the boost control signal of PWM feature (pulse width modulation), and wherein dutycycle approximately is the velocity ratio of selecting, for example 56%, 75%, and 100% (part Fig. 2).Best, binary element signal that has two or more numerical value of remote control transmitter 100 outputs, these numerical value branches are tasked the advancement finger order.Can use two binary bits to discern halted state and three speed numerical value forward.Vehicle microprocessor 4U1 preferably is programmed to can provide power to each motor 410,420 according to a dutycycle by binary bits identification.Referring to Fig. 2, a regular time section (for example 16 milliseconds) can be splitted into several sections (for example 16 sections, 1 millisecond every section), and supply with motor and split the described time period (for example 0/16,10/16,12/16,16/16) power (Vhi) is sent by two binary bits.One 8/16 dutycycle shown in the figure, wherein Vhi offers 8 parts, and Vlow (for example 0 volt) offers all the other 8 parts in whole circulation cycle.If three bits are tasked the advancement finger order by branch, can to a halt instruction different with seven advance and the speed command that falls back is encoded.Best, for the purpose of the control and reality of toy car, inverted speed is less than 100%.
By open at switch 135 remote control transmitter 100 simultaneously hold button 110 on remote control transmitter 100, be in the movement position (changing the state of switch 110a) of " advancing ", up to by making loudspeaker 125 send the sound that can listen (for example beeping sound of loudspeaker) and/or red LED130 flicker makes microprocessor 5U1 obtain instruction, thereby obtain pattern 2.This operator scheme allows the user to handle toy car under normal conditions, does not have variable speed gear operation but wherein can sound.Microprocessor 5U1 is preferably to a required default speed programming, for example 100% advance and 50% or 100% fall back.
Hold button 110 is in the movement position (changing the state of switch 110b) of " falling back " on remote control transmitter 100 simultaneously, the LED130 flicker that makes loudspeaker 125 send the sound that can listen (for example beeping sound of loudspeaker) and/or redness up to microprocessor 5U1 obtains mode 3 by open remote control/transmitter 100 at switch 135.This operator scheme allows the user to handle toy car in due form, is not sounded or variable speed gear operation by controller 5U1 in this mode.Microprocessor 5U1 is to a required default speed programming, for example 100% advance and 50% or 100% fall back.
Fig. 7 A-7J illustrate be included in the remote control transmitter circuit 500, the firmware among for example microprocessor 5U1 or each step of an operation sequence 700 in the software so that with multiple modes of operation and speed change state operating and remote controlling transmitters 100 different in first operator scheme.And microprocessor 5U1 preferably is configured to can be with binary form move instruction, and wherein propelling and/or steering order are encoded with binary bits or several groups of such bits.
Fig. 6 A-6C illustrate be included in remote control/transmitter circuit 400, each step of an operation sequence 600 in the firmware in microprocessor 4U1 or the software for example so that with multiple modes of operation and speed change state operation toy cars 20 different in first operator scheme.Fig. 6 D illustrate a subprogram 604 ' step, this subprogram is transfused to (Fig. 6 A-6C) four times in main program 604, so that the state of the timer (for example counter) of increase and test pulse width modulator (PWM), thereby power is provided and disconnects power to any one motor 410,420.Operation sequence 600 must so that the PWM counter is increased to 16 times altogether, thereby be finished a PWM power cycle (16 parts) to any one motor 410,420 through four circulations.Turning to also must be by a PWM dutycycle control, in case spline is to system's oversteering.For example, when from a left side or right when turning to another direction, steer motor 410 can be driven with higher dutycycle by microprocessor 4U1, and when turning to the right side or a left side or opposite turning to from a centre position, steer motor 410 can be with less dutycycle driving.
Microprocessor 4U1 also is configured to can be with one first speed and the second speed control steer motor 410 greater than first speed, wherein in first speed, a current steering position of a contiguous toy car of new steering position in steering controling signal, and in second speed, the not contiguous current steering position of new steering position.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that under the prerequisite that does not deviate from inventive concept of the present invention and can change the foregoing description.Therefore, should be appreciated that, the invention is not restricted to specific embodiment disclosed herein, but can cover the various variations in the scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.

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1. toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit comprises:
A shell;
A plurality of being installed in is used for manually mobile manual input element on the shell;
The microprocessor that each manual input element in shell and on shell is operatively connected;
One is connected the signal projector that transmits the wireless control signal that is produced by microprocessor with microprocessor operation; And
It is characterized in that, microprocessor is constructed with one first operator scheme, can imitate the manual transfer operation of toy car by any one that is in a plurality of different gear state, and by the advance boost control signal of transmitter transmission representative corresponding to the different toy vehicle velocity ratio of each different gear state, microprocessor also further is configured to and can passes through a plurality of different continuous gear state at least by the continuously manual transfer operation of at least one manual input element.
2. toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit according to claim 1 is characterized in that, microprocessor also is configured to produce in response to the manual transfer operation of a manual input element control signal of advancing to toy car.
3. toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, microprocessor also be configured to can a preset time in the cycle two continuums of states in response to a manual input element change, and one of microprocessor present gear delivery status is changed to next continuous gear delivery status.
4. toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise a sound generating circuit that has by the loudspeaker of this microprocessor control, and microprocessor is programmed to and can produces to the sound effect of small part by the current state control of microprocessor.
5. toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, microprocessor is configured to advance input component can produce the boost control signal that advances to toy car in response to one of a plurality of manual input element, and microprocessor is configured at least one second operator scheme, wherein microprocessor responds is in advancing input component only to produce an independent boost control signal that advances, and wherein this control signal has the velocity ratio forward of the maximum of toy car.
6. according to claim 1 or 4 described toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit, it is characterized in that, the boost control signal that advances that is produced by microprocessor comprises the dutycycle composition that at least one is variable, and the dutycycle composition that each is transmitted is corresponding to one in a plurality of predetermined speeds ratios of toy car.
7. toy car that is equipped with toy vehicle remote control transmitter unit according to claim 6, wherein toy car comprises an acceptor circuit, a toy car microprocessor that is connected with acceptor circuit, the propulsion electric machine of the steer motor of a variable-ratio and a variable-ratio, each motor is connected with the toy car microprocessor operation, and the toy car microprocessor is configured to the variable duty ratio composition corresponding to boost control signal, under a dutycycle, operates the propulsion electric machine of this variable-ratio.
8. toy car according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, the microprocessor of remote emitter unit is configured to produce and transmits steering controling signal to toy car, and the toy car microprocessor is configured to and can controls steer motor in response to the current steering position of a steering controling signal and a toy car.
9. toy car according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, microprocessor also is configured to can be with one first speed and the second speed control steer motor greater than first speed, wherein in first speed, a current steering position of a contiguous toy car of new steering position in steering controling signal, and in second speed, the not contiguous current steering position of new steering position.
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