Remote control ball assembly

• US 20110294397A1
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fun Tram Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fun Tram Corporation
• Inventors: Tsai, Lin Wei
• Granted Patent: US 8,137,152 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/454
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/005 Motorised rolling toys
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0033 by having the operator tracking the vehicle either by direct line of sight or via one or more cameras located remotely from the vehicle

Abstract

A remote control ball assembly includes a housing, an actuating device having a circuit board disposed in the housing and having a processing device and a signal receiving device attached to the circuit board, two motors each include a wheel attached to a spindle and contacted with the housing, and a radio transmitter includes another processing device and an angle detector and a signal emitting device attached to another circuit board for detecting a status of the radio transmitter and for emitting the status signal to the signal receiving device, which then actuates the motors and the wheels to operate or to move the housing on land and on water without being operated by the fingers of the user.

Claims

1. A remote control ball assembly comprising:

a housing including a chamber formed therein,

an actuating device including a first circuit board disposed in said chamber of said housing, a first processing device attached to said first circuit board, and at least one signal receiving device attached to said first circuit board and electrically coupled to said first processing device,

two motors attached to said first circuit board and electrically connected to said first processing device, said motors each including a spindle and a wheel attached to said spindle, and said wheels being contacted with said housing for allowing said housing to be actuated by said wheels, and

a radio transmitter including a second circuit board, a second processing device attached to said second circuit board, an angle detector attached to said second circuit board and electrically coupled to said second processing device for transmitting a detected signal to said second circuit board which processes the detected signal to a processed signal, and a signal emitting device attached to said second circuit board and electrically connected to said second processing device for emitting the processed signal processed by said second processing device to said at least one signal receiving device, and then to said first processing device, in order to actuate said motors and said wheels to operate said housing.

2. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said radio transmitter includes a gyro detector attached to said second circuit board and electrically connected to said second processing device.

3. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one signal receiving device is selected from an infrared ray receiving device.

4. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal emitting device is selected from an infrared ray signal emitting device.

5. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said angle detector is selected from a G-sensor.

6. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said radio transmitter includes a weight member for balancing purposes.

7. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein said weight member is attached to said motors.

8. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein said weight member is attached to said circuit board.

9. The remote control ball assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing includes a spherical structure.