Remote controlled vehicle with a head-mounted display apparatus

摘要

In some embodiments, extemporaneous control of remote objects can be made more natural using the invention, enabling a participant to pivot, tip and aim a head-mounted display apparatus to control a remote-controlled toy or full-sized vehicle, for example, hands-free. If the vehicle is outfitted with a camera, then the participant may see the remote location from first-person proprioceptive perspective.

主权项

1. A remote controlled vehicle system, comprising a remote vehicle with an on-board camera and a head-mounted apparatus, wherein the head-mounted apparatus comprises a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, wherein the head-mounted apparatus is positioned on a person's face such that the visual display is positioned in front of the eye(s) of the person and the person's line of sight aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display, wherein the head-mounted apparatus is configured to:
a. generate a signal to display video from the remote vehicle's camera; b. generate a signal to control the movement of the remote vehicle; c. generate a signal to establish an orientation of the remote vehicle's camera; d. generate a signal to update the location of the remote vehicle along the axis of the orientation of the remote vehicle's camera using x-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot down or pivot up of the head-mounted apparatus and an x-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of x-axisometer sensor data to update the location of the remote vehicle is effectively decoupled from use of v-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling v-axisometer sensor data of the head-mounted apparatus to be used independently of x-axisometer sensor data of the head-mounted apparatus to update the orientation of the remote vehicle's camera; and e. generate a signal to update the orientation of the remote vehicle's camera using v-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot left or pivot right of the head-mounted apparatus and a v-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of v-axisometer sensor data to update the orientation of the remote vehicle's camera is effectively decoupled from use of x-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling x-axisometer sensor data of the head-mounted apparatus to be used independently of v-axisometer sensor data of the head-mounted apparatus to update the location of the remote vehicle.