Remote controlled toy vehicle, toy vehicle control system and game using remote controlled toy vehicle
First Claim
1. A tag and toy vehicle combination comprising:
- a tag having an exposed outer surface with a predetermined pattern of reflectance, the pattern containing coded information and being formed on the tag by a series of concentric rings, substantially concentric non-reflective portions separated by a series of more highly reflective portions concentric with the non-reflective portions, the substantially non-reflective portions being implemented by a rough textured surface to scatter light and the more highly reflective portions being implemented by a smooth surface to reflect light, such that the pattern can be scanned and read in any direction crossing a center of the rings to obtain the coded information; and
a toy vehicle including a downward looking reader attached thereto, the reader being configured to irradiate at least a portion of the tag and receive the predetermined pattern reflected therefrom while the toy vehicle passes the reader in any direction across a center of the concentric rings of the tag.
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Abstract
A vehicle toy combination includes a wireless controlled toy vehicle having a mobile platform configured to move over a surface. A central controller on the platform is configured to control at least one aspect of the toy vehicle. A hand-held manually actuable wireless controller is configured to remotely control user selected movement of the toy vehicle. An optical receiver is attached to the platform to look downward on the surface and is coupled to the central controller. The receiver is configured to read a predetermined reflective pattern located on the surface over which the toy vehicle moves. Multiple vehicles can be controlled simultaneously with multiple wireless, manually operated controllers operating at the same frequency by initially synchronizing the controllers to transmit in non-overlapping windows.
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17 Claims
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1. A tag and toy vehicle combination comprising:
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a tag having an exposed outer surface with a predetermined pattern of reflectance, the pattern containing coded information and being formed on the tag by a series of concentric rings, substantially concentric non-reflective portions separated by a series of more highly reflective portions concentric with the non-reflective portions, the substantially non-reflective portions being implemented by a rough textured surface to scatter light and the more highly reflective portions being implemented by a smooth surface to reflect light, such that the pattern can be scanned and read in any direction crossing a center of the rings to obtain the coded information; and a toy vehicle including a downward looking reader attached thereto, the reader being configured to irradiate at least a portion of the tag and receive the predetermined pattern reflected therefrom while the toy vehicle passes the reader in any direction across a center of the concentric rings of the tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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