Race car system

• US 7,402,964 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2006
• Issued: 07/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bradley Calhoun
• Original Assignee: Bradley Calhoun
• Inventors: Calhoun, Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): Duda; Rina I
• Application Number:
  US11/433,717
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 318/16, 318/9, 318/11, 318/14, 318/6, 463/6, 446/454, 446/456, 446/460, 446/468
• US Class Current: 318/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

A race car system is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the race car system includes at least one car, at least one video camera provided on the at least one car, a car transmitter/receiver connected to the at least one video camera, a remote control transmitter/receiver adapted to exchange transmission signals with the car transmitter/receiver, a remote control central processing unit having a screen connected to the remote control transmitter/receiver and a speed control unit and a steering control unit connected to the remote control central processing unit.

Claims

1. A race car system, comprising:

at least one car;

a car central processing unit carried by said at least one car;

a speed control and a steering control provided on said at least one car and connected to said car central processing unit;

at least one video camera carried by said at least one car and connected to said car central processing unit;

a car transmitter/receiver connected to said car central processing unit;

a remote control transmitter/receiver adapted to exchange transmission signals with said car transmitter/receiver;

a remote control central processing unit having a screen connected to said remote control transmitter/receiver; and

a speed control unit and a steering control unit connected to said remote control central processing unit and adapted to control said speed control and said steering control on said at least one car said steering control unit comprises a base and a steering wheel carried by said base or a joystick control.

2. The race car system of claim 1 wherein said at least one video camera comprises at least one front video camera provided at a front end of said at least one car and at least one rear video camera provided at a rear end of said at least one car.

3. The race car system of claim 2 wherein said at least one video camera further comprises at least one directional video camera.

4. The race car system of claim 1 wherein said speed control unit comprises a base and an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal carried by said base.

5. The race car system of claim 1 further comprising at least one virtual contact damage sensor provided on said at least one car and connected to said car transmitter/receiver.