Abstract:
A system may include a plurality of grid elements, an analytic system, and a control system. The plurality of grid elements are installed in a dynamic driving area in an attraction and are configured to perform based on command instructions received from the control system to control the movement of a vehicle disposed on the plurality of grid elements. The analytic system may be configured to track, via one or more sensors, vehicle information and to send the vehicle information to the control system via a communication module, and the control system may be configured to receive the vehicle information, to determine, via one or more processors, which of the grid elements to actuate and a corresponding manner of actuation based on a desired movement of the vehicle, and to send command instructions including performance data to each of the grid elements identified for actuation.
Abstract:
Remote controlled simulator system by computer acting experience with devices moving on external site, which system, in addition to the usual features of the well know simulation games, utilizes various means, such as land vehicles, water vehicles and aircraft in real physical situations, to be controlled remotely, and which is suitable for giving the player a sense of rear experience. The simulator system according to the invention includes mobile units (2) with mounted cameras (3), which are connected to the informatics system of the simulator system, which mobile units are manipulated on a real model layout of race track (1), so that the direction and control of mobile units (2), and the signals of one or more cameras (3) mounted on them are transmitted in a wireless manner to a local centre (4) on site, which local centre is in direct or indirect data transmission link with the game centre (5) controlling and handling the centre of the game e.g. through the internet, and furthermore, local players (6) or additional remote players (7) are linked to the game centre (5) also with direct or indirect data transmission link, e.g. through the internet. It is characterised by that, there are one or more cameras (3) mounted on the mobile unit (2), the video signal of which are transmitted to the local centre (4) on site, and from here to the game centre (5), and the mode of wireless transmission could be radio frequency, in the given case wifi, or mobile phone or optical data transmission, the players (6) connected to the game centre (5) are staying together or separately in a simulator cabin (8) created for this purpose to provide an audio-visual experience, on the wall of which cabin (8) the images of the cameras (3) mounted on the mobile units (2) are displayed or projected on monitors (9) or screens, with which the images are shown corresponding to the movement and locations of the mobile unit (2), thus ensuring a local "in situ" experiment for the players.
Abstract:
A robot adapted to operate in association with an interface surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of a plurality of reference points of the interface surface, the robot comprising: movement means to allow the robot to move over the interface surface; a sensing device which senses at least some of the coded data and generates indicating data indicative of a position of the robot on the interface surface; communication means to transmit the indicating data to a computer system running a computer application, and to receive movement instructions from the computer application; and, a marking device adapted to selectively mark the interface surface in response to marking instructions received from the computer application.
Abstract:
A robot adapted to operate in association with an interface surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the interface surface and of a plurality of reference points of the interface surface, the robot comprising: (1) movement means to allow the robot to move over the interface surface; (2) a sensing device which senses at least some of the coded data and generates indicating data indicative of the identity of the interface surface and of a position of the robot on the interface surface; (3) communication means to: (A) transmit the indicating data to a computer system, the computer system programmed to select and execute a computer application based on at least the identity of the interface surface; and, (B) receive movement instructions from the selected computer application, whereby, the behaviour of the robot is at least in part controlled by the selected computer application.
Abstract:
A haptic feedback remote control device provides control signals to a toy device. The remote control device includes: a housing (24), a layer of compliant foam (62), a rechargeable battery (60), and an actuator assembly (50). The layer of compliant foam (62) reduces the inertial contribution of the battery (60) to the system and allows a user to feel stronger tactile sensations with the actuator assembly (50).
Abstract:
A robot adapted to operate in association with an interface surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of a plurality of reference points of the interface surface, the robot comprising: movement means to allow the robot to move over the interface surface; a sensing device which senses at least some of the coded data and generates indicating data indicative of a position of the robot on the interface surface; communication means to transmit the indicating data to a computer system running a computer application, and to receive movement instructions from the computer application; and, a marking device adapted to selectively mark the interface surface in response to marking instructions received from the computer application.
Abstract:
A haptic feedback remote control device provides control signals to a toy device. The remote control device includes: a housing (24), a layer of compliant foam (62), a rechargeable battery (60), and an actuator assembly (50). The layer of compliant foam (62) reduces the inertial contribution of the battery (60) to the system and allows a user to feel stronger tactile sensations with the actuator assembly (50).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a haptic remote-control unit which offers further interactive experience to users and can significantly improve the control of a remote toy device and the ease of an interface. SOLUTION: The haptic feedback remote-control unit gives a control signal to the toy device. The remote-control unit is equipped with a housing body (24), a corresponding foamed object (compliant foam) layer (62), a charged battery (60) and an actuator assembly (50). The corresponding foamed object layer (62) reduces inertial contribution to the system of the battery (60) and enables users to feel haptic sense more strongly with the actuator assembly (50). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A robot apparatus 1 is to be electrically charged autonomously. An electrical charging device 100 is provided with two markers, namely a main marker 118 and a sub-marker 119 , and the heights of the markers are pre-stored in the robot apparatus. When the robot apparatus 1 is to find the direction and the distance to the electrical charging device 100 , a CCD camera 20 finds the direction vector of the marker from the photographed image. This direction vector is transformed into a position vector of a camera coordinate system {c} and further into a position vector of the robot coordinate system {b}. The coordinate in the height-wise direction in the robot coordinate system {b} is compared to the pre-stored height to find the distance between the markers and the robot apparatus and the direction of the robot apparatus.