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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Peter Cyrus, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter M Maksymuk, IV, New York, NY (US);
Leo M Fernekes, New York, NY (US);
Stefan Rublowsky, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Eduard Kogan, Howard Beach, NY (US);
Scott J Kolb, New York, NY (US);
Eric S Moore, New York, NY (US);
Dmitriy Yavid, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Christopher S Cosentino, Staten Island, NY (US);
Parvia Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a control apparatus for guiding toy vehicles on a roadway. Preferably, a remote control hand unit is employed that is most preferably optoelectric. The hand unit includes a plurality of direction keys that transmit signals from the hand unit based on their electronic interconnection with an infrared LED and a laser transmitter in the hand unit. The hand unit transmits directional commands to control movement of a toy vehicle through the intersection of a roadway. These control commands are transmitted via a modulated infrared signal that is received by an infrared sensor adjacent the roadway. Additionally, the hand unit transmits a location laser signal to one of many reception points, i.e., laser detectors, located adjacent each road at an intersection.