Toy vehicle assembly with video display capability
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1. A toy vehicle assembly, comprising;
- track means for receiving an electrical video signal and transmitting said electrical video signal,a toy vehicle having wheel means on said track means for moving said vehicle along a path defined by said track means,said vehicle including optical sensing means for sensing an optical image as said vehicle moves along said path and for producing the electrical video signal representative of said sensed image and transmitter means for supplying said electrical video signal to said track means, andreceiver means coupled to said track means for receiving said electrical video signal therefrom and producing a video output signal to be received by a monitor to visually reproduce the sensed image as said vehicle moves along said track means for viewing by the user of said toy vehicle assembly.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a toy vehicle such as a train, for moving about a track and which includes an optical sensing apparatus. The vehicle includes a charge coupled device to sense radiant energy external of the vehicle. The vehicle includes sensing circuitry to convert the image into a video signal. The video signal is FM modulated and supplied to the track by a transmitter on the vehicle for transmission to a receiver. The receiver receives the FM signal and demodulates same to produce a video signal adapted to be received by a monitor for viewing by the user of the toy vehicle as the vehicle moves along the track.
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1. A toy vehicle assembly, comprising;
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track means for receiving an electrical video signal and transmitting said electrical video signal, a toy vehicle having wheel means on said track means for moving said vehicle along a path defined by said track means, said vehicle including optical sensing means for sensing an optical image as said vehicle moves along said path and for producing the electrical video signal representative of said sensed image and transmitter means for supplying said electrical video signal to said track means, and receiver means coupled to said track means for receiving said electrical video signal therefrom and producing a video output signal to be received by a monitor to visually reproduce the sensed image as said vehicle moves along said track means for viewing by the user of said toy vehicle assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22)
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20. A toy vehicle assembly, comprising;
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track means for receiving an electrical video signal and a power signal and transmitting said electrical video signal and said power signal, a toy vehicle having electrical motor means powered by said power signal and wheel means disposed on said track means and driven by said motor means for moving said vehicle along said track means, said vehicle including optical sensing means for sensing an optical image formed of radiant energy external of said vehicle as said vehicle moves along said track means and for producing the electrical video signal representative of said sensed image and transmitter means for supplying said electrical video signal to said track means, said optical sensing means including a charge coupled device for receiving said radiant energy forming said optical image and producing lines of the image serially in said electrical signal, and receiver means coupled to said track means for receiving said electrical video signal therefrom and producing a video output signal to be received by a monitor to visually reproduce the sensed image as said vehicle moves along said track means for viewing by the user of said toy vehicle assembly. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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