Automatic position-based guide toy vehicle apparatus

• US 8,108,091 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2008
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Central University
• Original Assignee: National Central University
• Inventors: Chou, Li-Der, Chan, De-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming, Faye M.
• Application Number:
  US12/124,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20090138150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• Field of Search: 701/23, 701/25, 701/28, 446/409
• US Class Current: 701/23
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; convertible into other toys A63H33/003; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0261 using magnetic plots
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/028 using a RF signal

Abstract

An apparatus uses a guide toy vehicle and has a smart floor environment. The smart floor environment is filled with location tags. Data can be found in a back-end database for location tags of an exhibit unit through a wireless network. The data comprise multimedia information to improve learning. Thus, with the present invention students can have better learning for achieving a default teaching goal.

Claims

1. An automatic position-based guide toy vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a scene model, said scene model comprising a sensing pad, a scene map and a plurality of exhibit units, said sensing pad building a smart floor environment to provide positioning and guiding;

a vehicle model, said vehicle model comprising a guide toy car, a wireless reader and a wireless network, said guide toy vehicle carrying said wireless reader;

a guidance system model, said guidance system model comprising a display unit and a wireless network, said guidance system model playing audio, video and pictures;

a service model, said service model comprising a system service and a mobile vehicle control service; and

an application model, said application model comprising a teaching function, a learning function and an add-on function.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said system service comprises a positioning service, an account service, a multimedia service, a web service, a database service and an event log service.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said mobile vehicle control service comprises a wireless control service and a vehicle behavior control service.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said teaching function comprises a system configuration model, an instruction test model and a system maintenance model.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said learning function comprises an achievement test model a prepared teaching plan model, and a self-learning model.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said add-on function comprises a log model and a positioning model.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein said automatic error correction obtains an azimuth angle θ

^t+1 of an estimated position and coordinates P^t+1=(x^t+1,y^t+1) of said estimated position through steps of;

(a) obtaining said azimuth angle θ

^t+1 of said estimated position by adding an azimuth angle θ

^t of a position with a turning angle φ

^t of a guide toy car, whose formula is θ

^t+1=θ

^t+φ

^t; and

b) obtaining coordinates P^t+1=(x^t+1,y^t+1) of said estimated position through trigonometric functions with a distance V of a last move and said azimuth angle θ

^t and coordinates P^t=(x^t,y^t) of said position, whose formulas are x^t+1=x^t+V cos(θ

^t) and y^t+1=y^t+V sin(θ

^t).

8. The apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein said estimated position is taken as present position on reading no location tag in said automatic error correction.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein coordinates of a pre-stored position of a location tag are taken as coordinates of present position on reading said location tag in said automatic error correction.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said apparatus physically comprises a physical layer, a communication layer, a service layer and an application layer.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein said physical layer comprises a physical world layer and a sensor platform layer.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said smart floor environment has a scenario filled with said sensing pad.

13. An automatic position-based guide toy vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a scene model, said scene model comprising a sensing pad, a scene map and a plurality of exhibit units, said sensing pad building a smart floor environment to provide positioning and guiding;

a vehicle model, said vehicle model comprising a guide toy car, a wireless reader and a display unit, said guide toy vehicle carrying said wireless reader;

a service model, said service model comprising a system service and a mobile vehicle control service; and

an application model, said application model comprising a teaching function and a learning function.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said system service comprises a positioning service and a multi media service.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said mobile vehicle control service comprises a wireless control service and a vehicle behavior control service.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said teaching function comprises an instruction test model.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said learning function comprises an achievement test model a prepared teaching plan model and a self-learning model.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said apparatus physically comprises a physical layer, a communication layer, a service layer and an application layer.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18,

wherein said physical layer comprises a physical world layer and a sensor platform layer.

20. The apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein said smart floor environment has a scenario filled with said sensing pad.