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Remote controlled vehicle with a handheld display device

  • US 9,579,586 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2016
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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