Methods and apparatus for leveraging a mobile phone or mobile computing device for use in controlling model vehicles
First Claim
1. A mobile computing device for interfacing with a model vehicle, comprising:
- a processor;
a memory for storing a computer program having computer instructions executable by the processor;
a screen configured to present a graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with the mobile computing device; and
a communications interface configured to receive an image or video from the model vehicle, the image or video being captured by an image capture device within the model vehicle;
wherein the mobile computing device relays the received image or video to another computing device via the communications interface or via a wireless interface.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for utilizing a mobile computing device (e.g., such as a mobile phone) for use in controlling a model vehicle are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a mobile computing device provides various user controls for generating signals that are communicated to a radio transmitter device coupled with the mobile computing device, and ultimately broadcast to a receiver residing at a model vehicle. With some embodiments, the mobile computing device may be integrated with a controller housing which provides separate user controls, such that a combination of user controls present on the mobile computing device and the controller housing can be used to control a model vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile computing device for interfacing with a model vehicle, comprising:
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a processor; a memory for storing a computer program having computer instructions executable by the processor; a screen configured to present a graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with the mobile computing device; and a communications interface configured to receive an image or video from the model vehicle, the image or video being captured by an image capture device within the model vehicle; wherein the mobile computing device relays the received image or video to another computing device via the communications interface or via a wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for interfacing a mobile computing device with a model vehicle, the method comprising:
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presenting, on a screen of the mobile computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with the mobile computing device; establishing a communications interface from the mobile computing device to the model vehicle; receiving an image or video from the model vehicle via the communications interface, the image or video being captured by an image capture device within the model vehicle; presenting the image or video on the screen; receiving via the GUI a selection of a computing device of a person as a destination for the image or video; and transmitting the received image or video to the selected computing device via the communications interface or via a wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for interfacing a mobile computing device with a model vehicle, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:
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program instructions for presenting, on a screen of the mobile computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with the mobile computing device; program instructions for establishing a communications interface from the mobile computing device to the model vehicle; program instructions for receiving an image or video from the model vehicle via the communications interface, the image or video being captured by an image capture device within the model vehicle; program instructions for presenting the image or video on the screen, program instructions for receiving via the GUI a selection of a computing device of a person as a destination for the image or video; and program instructions for transmitting the received image or video to the selected computing device via the communications interface or via a wireless interface.
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