TOY VEHICLE WITH TELEMETRICS AND TRACK SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A remote control vehicle is presented that has a telemetry sensor, which detects wheel rotation, and a track sensor that reads track indicators found on a track over which the vehicle is driven. The vehicle receives commands from a mobile device to control its operation. Wheel rotation data and track sensor data are transmitted from the vehicle back to the mobile device for storage along with the commands that were transmitted to the vehicle. The commands, rotation data, and track sensor data are transmitted to a server computer over a wide area network, and thereafter shared with another user as run data. When downloaded by the other user, the run data can be used to compare the other user's ability to control their vehicle with the run data. The run data can further be used to control the other user's vehicle.

主权项

1. A remote control vehicle system comprising:
a) a remote control vehicle having;
i) a wireless vehicle communication interface for receiving commands and transmitting data,ii) wheels,iii) a motor to control wheels in response to the received commandsiv) a wheel sensor to create wheel rotation data, andv) a vehicle processor to transmit wheel rotation data across the wireless vehicle communication interface b) a mobile computing device having:
i) at least one wireless mobile device communication interface for
(1) transmitting commands to the vehicle,(2) receiving wheel rotation data from the vehicle,(3) communicating with a remote server computerii) a user interface to receive commands to be transmitted to the vehicle,iii) mobile device memory to store commands and received wheel rotation data, andiv) a mobile device processor to manage commands and received wheel rotation data and to direct transmission of commands and data to the remote server computer; c) the remote server computer having;
i) a server communication interface for receiving commands and wheel rotation data from the mobile computing device,ii) a server memory containing a database of structured data, andiii) a server processor for receiving commands and wheel rotation data over the server communication interface and for storing the input commands and wheel rotation data in the database.