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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Lionel L.l.c., Chesterfield, MI (US);
Jon F. Zahornacky, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timothy Dellas Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Lionel LLC, Concord, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for using load data to control a feature in a model vehicle. In one embodiment of the present invention, a model vehicle includes a controller in communication with a remote control, a motor module, a smoke module, a sound module, and a memory device. While the model vehicle is operated under test conditions, calibration data is collected and stored in the memory device. While the model vehicle is operated under normal conditions, the controller receives a speed step instruction from the remote control and instructs the motor module to operate the motor at a corresponding speed. The data used to propel the model vehicle at the corresponding speed it then provided to the controller, where it is compared to the calibration data to identify a delta therebetween. The delta is then used by the controller to control, for example, the smoke and sound modules.