Abstract: A radio control toy incorporating a module containing a compact television camera, radio frequency transmitter and radio control receiver is described. The camera incorporates a lens system designed to record point of view impressions from the toy and a microphone to provide impressions of the audio environment for transmission by the radio frequency transmitter to a remote television module. The television module incorporates means to receive the video and audio transmissions from the camera and reproduce them via a television system and audio speaker associated with the television module. A control module allows an operator, viewing the television screen and hearing the audio sounds reproduced, to operate a set of controls associated with a control module and control signals derived from the position of the controls are transmitted by a radio control transmitter in the television module to the radio control receiver in the camera module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 1994
Date of Patent:
January 2, 1996
Assignee:
Curtis M. Brubaker
Inventors:
Curtis M. Brubaker, Harry B. Wykes, Harold D. Pierce, Robert C. Dixon, Lawrence H. Post