REMOTE CONTROLLED VEHICLE WITH A HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE

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 handheld display device to control a remote-controlled toy or full-sized vehicle, for example. 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 handheld computer comprising a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, configured to, while the visual display is oriented in a person's hand(s) such that a horizontal line of sight of the person aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display:
a. generate a signal to display video and/or audio 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 handheld computer and an x-axisometer sensor reference data; 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 handheld computer and a v-axisometer sensor reference data.