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Remote control electronic toy and teaching aidRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Toys, Rolling Or Tumbling (e.g., Wheeled), Remotely Controlled, By Radio SignalRemote control electronic toy and teaching aid description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060105670, Remote control electronic toy and teaching aid. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention generally relates to devices used with circuits that may be easily and quickly connected together or assembled. More particularly, the present invention relates to circuits that may be constructed by children or students learning the underlying principles of electronics as incorporated into remote control vehicles and the like. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Quick connect electronic toys currently available typically consist of a box of electronic devices mounted to quick connect modules. Diagrams for hundreds of circuits are included to educate a student or entertain a child. When these circuits are assembled, the child or student can listen to a radio station, send a flying saucer on a mission, or create and store sounds to name just a few. Further, there are educational toys that require use of a mechanical connector, which connector enables users to quickly and easily assemble electronic circuits. Many of these circuits may then also be used to amuse a child and/or teach some mechanical or electronic principle. [0003] Notably, during the construction of remote control vehicles a skill such as soldering is also often required to assemble the components. It is on object of this invention to minimize the assembly requirements while at the same time enhancing the educational benefits of the invention. By cooperatively associating touch tones with the wireless microphone the user can harness the use of vocal frequencies or voice transmissions along with touch tone frequencies to control the motion of the invention. Since decoding and motor controls are handled by easy to connect modules, assembly is quick and simple. [0004] Remote control toys that exist on the market today are often preassembled and require no more than insertion of batteries before operation. There is very little, if anything, being taught on how the toy functions. Thus, it is a further object of this invention to utilize quick connect modules in combination with additional quick connect modules to construct an educational, remote controlled toy. The educational, remote controlled toy, through its assembly and operation, man effectively function to teach the user how the controls operate and other underlying mechanical and electronic principles. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] To achieve these and other readily apparent objectives, the present invention provides a remote control electronic toy and teaching aid comprising a touch tone decoder module, a wireless FM microphone with touch tone generator, a motor and steering module, and an inventive base capable of mounting components on both a top surface and a bottom surface. [0006] The new base of the present invention provides for electrical current to pass from the top face of the base to the bottom face of the base. In this way the motor and steering module or modules attached to the bottom face of the base may be controlled from the snap together circuits on the top face of the base. At the same time the new base provides for mechanical means of attachment between the base platform and the motor and steering module or modules. Further, the present invention provides a novel module designed to decode the standard touch tone frequencies and provide up to 16 digital output combinations depending on the combination of the tones transmitted. This feature allows 15 different functions on the remote vehicle and an off position when all outputs are zero. This module requires only a single audio input that may be driven by the output of an FM radio, cellular telephone, cordless telephone, a memory circuit, or any other device that can receive or can reproduce the standard touch tone frequencies. [0007] An additional novel module is provided to process the output of the touch tone decoder and provide appropriate power to the driving motor and/or the steering mechanism. This module also reverses the output of the voltage polarities to provide for reverse direction or turning in the opposite direction when the output of the touch tone decoder indicates these are the desired commands. [0008] A further component of the present invention is a wireless microphone that contains a touch tone keypad to allow the transmission of speech and touch tone frequencies. The microphone may be tuned to any allowed radio frequency to match the receiver module on the remote unit. In one embodiment an FM radio receiver is utilized and an FM wireless microphone with crystal controlled frequency in the FM band provides the transmission of both voice and touch tone frequency. A standard touch tone keypad is designed into the microphone to allow up to 12 different tone combinations. It is contemplated that the receiver could be a cellular phone with auto answering and a special earphone connector to electronically connect the output of the phone to the decoder. If the cellular phone is equipped with a camera, visual feedback of the vehicular environment is possible from distances limited only by the cellular phone capability. Since all cellular phones produce touch tone frequencies, a user could also control the remote control vehicle from the calling phone and view the remote vehicular environment if the user's phone is so equipped. [0009] Other objects of the present invention, as well as particular features, elements, and advantages thereof, will be elucidated in, or apparent from, the following description and the accompanying drawing figures. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0010] Other features of my invention will become more evident from a consideration of the following brief description of patent drawings, as follows: [0011] FIG. 1 fragmentary perspective view of a motor and steering module 100 with parts broken away to show a battery compartment 103, a motor 105 and steering mechanism 110. [0012] FIG. 2 is an electrical schematic of electronic components enclosed in the motor and steering module 100. [0013] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an insulative base panel 300. [0014] FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a motor control module 400 with parts broken away to show spaced connectors 410-414 and a circuit board 450. [0015] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of motor control module 400, insulative base 300, and motor and steering module 100. [0016] FIG. 6 is an electrical schematic of the electronic components enclosed in control module 400. [0017] FIG. 7 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of a power source module assembly showing a power source module 700 designed to hold one 9 volt battery 750. [0018] FIG. 8 is an electrical schematic of the electronic components enclosed in the power source module 700. [0019] FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of a touch tone decoder module 900 with parts removed to show a binary output 911 and an electronic circuit board 925. [0020] FIG. 10 is an electrical schematic of the electronic components enclosed in the touch tone decoder module 900. Continue reading about Remote control electronic toy and teaching aid... Full patent description for Remote control electronic toy and teaching aid Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Remote control electronic toy and teaching aid patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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