Remote controlled vehicle with a handheld display device
First Claim
1. A remote controlled vehicle system, comprising a remote vehicle with an on-board camera and a handheld computer comprising a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, configured to, while the visual display is oriented in a person'"'"'s hand(s) such that a horizontal line of sight of the person aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display:
- a. generate a signal to display video from the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera;
b. generate a signal to control the movement of the remote vehicle;
c. generate a signal to establish an orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera;
d. generate a signal to update the location of the remote vehicle along the axis of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using x-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot down or pivot up of the handheld computer and an x-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of x-axisometer sensor data to update the location of the remote vehicle is effectively decoupled from use of v-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; and
e. generate a signal to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using v-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot left or pivot right of the handheld computer and a v-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of v-axisometer sensor data to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is effectively decoupled from use of x-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the location of the remote vehicle.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, extemporaneous control of remote objects can be made more natural using the invention, enabling a participant to pivot, tip and aim a handheld display device to control a remote-controlled toy or full-sized vehicle, for example. If the vehicle is outfitted with a camera, then the participant may see the remote location from first-person proprioceptive perspective.
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20 Claims
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1. A remote controlled vehicle system, comprising a remote vehicle with an on-board camera and a handheld computer comprising a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, configured to, while the visual display is oriented in a person'"'"'s hand(s) such that a horizontal line of sight of the person aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display:
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a. generate a signal to display video from the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; b. generate a signal to control the movement of the remote vehicle; c. generate a signal to establish an orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; d. generate a signal to update the location of the remote vehicle along the axis of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using x-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot down or pivot up of the handheld computer and an x-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of x-axisometer sensor data to update the location of the remote vehicle is effectively decoupled from use of v-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; and e. generate a signal to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using v-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot left or pivot right of the handheld computer and a v-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of v-axisometer sensor data to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is effectively decoupled from use of x-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the location of the remote vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A remote controlled vehicle system, comprising a remote vehicle with an on-board camera and a handheld computer comprising a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, configured to, while the visual display is oriented in a person'"'"'s hand(s) such that a horizontal line of sight of the person aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display:
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a. generate a signal to display video from the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; b. generate a signal to control the movement of the remote vehicle; c. generate a signal to establish an orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; and d. generate a signal to update the location of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using z-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating tip left or tip right of the handheld computer and a z-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of z-axisometer sensor data to update the location of the remote vehicle is effectively decoupled from use of v-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of z-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera, and; i. the location of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is established in the direction perpendicularly left of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera if the z-axisometer data indicates a tip left posture relative to the z-axisometer sensor reference data; and ii. the location of the remote vehicle is established in the direction perpendicularly right of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera if the z-axisometer data indicates a tip right posture relative to the z-axisometer sensor reference data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A remote controlled vehicle system, comprising a remote vehicle with an on-board camera and a handheld computer comprising a microprocessor, a visual display and one or more sensors, configured to, while the visual display is oriented in a person'"'"'s hand(s) such that a horizontal line of sight of the person aligns more closely with the z-axis of the visual display than with the y-axis of the visual display:
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a. generate a signal to display video from the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; b. generate a signal to control the movement of the remote vehicle; c. generate a signal to establish an orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera; d. generate a signal to update the location of the remote vehicle along the axis of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using x-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot up or pivot down of the handheld computer and an x-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of x-axisometer sensor data to update the location of the remote vehicle is effectively decoupled from use of v-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera, and; i. the location of the remote vehicle is established in the direction of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera if the x-axisometer data indicates a pivot down posture relative to the x-axisometer sensor reference data; ii. the location of the remote vehicle is established in the opposite direction of the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera if the x-axisometer data indicates a pivot up posture relative to the x-axisometer sensor reference data; and iii. the magnitude of remote vehicle location change is based on x-axisometer data relative to x-axisometer sensor reference data; and e. generate a signal to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera using v-axisometer data from at least one of the sensors indicating pivot left or pivot right of the handheld computer and a v-axisometer sensor reference data, wherein said use of v-axisometer sensor data to update the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is effectively decoupled from use of x-axisometer sensor data, thereby enabling x-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to be used independently of v-axisometer sensor data of the handheld computer to update the location of the remote vehicle, and; i. the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is established left if the v-axisometer data indicates an aim left posture relative to a v-axisometer sensor reference data; and ii. the orientation of the remote vehicle'"'"'s camera is established right if the v-axisometer data indicates an aim right posture relative to the v-axisometer sensor reference data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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