Remote controllable toy

• US 5,452,901 A
• Filed: 06/29/1994
• Issued: 09/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Megahouse
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha B-AI
• Inventors: Nitobe, Masaaki, Nakada, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrison, Jessica J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Owens, Kerry
• Application Number:
  US08/267,372
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 273/310-316, 273/148 B, 273/85 G, 273/438, 273/85 R, 273/86 B, 446/175, 446/454-456, 345/158, 345/161
• US Class Current: 446/454
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

A remote controllable toy including a plurality of passive toy units, a plurality of transmitters for remotely controlling the passive toy units, and synchronizing signal transmitting means for transmitting a synchronizing signal to the passive toy units and the transmitters. Each of the transmitters of the passive toy units transmits a control signal for controlling the corresponding passive toy unit when identifying a transmission timing allocated thereto by referring to the synchronizing signal. Each of the passive toy units receives both the synchronizing signal and the control signal, and identifies the timing allocated thereto by referring to the received synchronizing signal, so that it is actuated in accordance with the control signal received within the timing allocated thereto.

Claims

1. A remote controllable toy including:

a plurality of passive toy units;

a plurality of transmitters for remotely controlling said passive toy units; and

synchronizing signal transmitting means for transmitting a synchronizing signal to said passive toy units and said transmitters, wherein each of said transmitters includes transmission timing identifying means for identifying a transmission timing allocated thereto by referring to the synchronizing signal, and transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to control the corresponding passive toy unit only when said transmission timing identifying means identifies the transmission timing allocated thereto, and wherein each of the passive toy units includes receiving means for receiving the synchronizing signal and the control signal, timing identifying means for identifying the timing allocated thereto by referring to the received synchronizing signal, and actuating means which is operated in accordance with the control signal received within the timing allocated thereto.

2. A remote controllable toy including:

a plurality of passive toy units; and

a plurality of transmitters for remotely controlling said passive toy units, wherein any one of said plurality of transmitters includes synchronizing signal transmitting means for transmitting a synchronizing signal to the other transmitters and said plurality of passive toy units, and wherein each of said transmitters has transmission timing identifying means for identifying a transmission timing allocated thereto by referring to the synchronizing signal and transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to control the corresponding passive toy unit only when said transmission timing identifying means identifies the transmission timing allocated thereto, and wherein each of the passive toy units includes receiving means for receiving the synchronizing signal and the control signal, timing identifying means for identifying the timing allocated thereto by referring to the received synchronizing signal, and actuating means which is operated in accordance with the control signal received within the timing allocated thereto.

3. A remote controllable toy including:

a plurality of passive toy units; and

a plurality of transmitters for remotely controlling said passive toy units, wherein any one of said plurality of passive toy units includes synchronizing signal transmitting means for transmitting a synchronizing signal to the other passive toy units and said plurality of transmitters, wherein each of the transmitters has transmission timing identifying means for identifying a transmission timing allocated thereto by referring to the synchronizing signal and transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to control the corresponding passive toy unit only when said transmission timing identifying means judges the transmission timing allocated thereto, and wherein each of said passive toy units includes receiving means for receiving the synchronizing signal and the control signal, timing identifying means for identifying the timing allocated thereto by referring to the received synchronizing signal, and actuating means which is operated in accordance with the control signal received within the timing allocated thereto.

4. A remote controllable toy, comprising:

a plurality of passive toy units, each passive toy unit including control and synchronizing signal receiving means, timing identifying means for identifying the period of time during which each toy unit is to respond to the simultaneous receipt of control and synchronizing signals and actuating means responding to the simultaneous receipt of control and synchronizing signals to cause the toy unit to perform a game function;

a plurality of transmitters each associated with one of said passive toy units, each transmitter including control signal transmitting means for simultaneously transmitting a control signal to all of said toy units and transmission timing identifying means for identifying the period during which each transmitter transmits said control signal;

synchronizing signal transmitting means for simultaneously transmitting a synchronizing signal to all of said toy units and to all of said transmitters; and

said transmitters and said synchronizing signal transmitting means transmitting said control and synchronizing signals at the same predetermined wavelength.

5. The remote controllable toy unit according to claim 4 wherein said synchronizing signal transmitting means is separate from said transmitters and said passive toy units.

6. The remote controllable toy unit according to claim 4 wherein said synchronizing signal transmitting means is included in one of said transmitters.

7. The remote controllable toy unit according to claim 4 wherein said synchronizing signal transmitting means is included in one of said passive toy units.