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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Booth, Chester, NJ (US);
Thomas D Heidt, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lionel Trains, Inc., Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104 84 ; 104297 ; 105-15 ; 434 63 ;
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.