EP1806166A2 - System de localisation intégré a la piste, pour modèles réduits, de véhicules électriques commandés numériquement - Google Patents

System de localisation intégré a la piste, pour modèles réduits, de véhicules électriques commandés numériquement Download PDF

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EP1806166A2
EP1806166A2 EP06126549A EP06126549A EP1806166A2 EP 1806166 A2 EP1806166 A2 EP 1806166A2 EP 06126549 A EP06126549 A EP 06126549A EP 06126549 A EP06126549 A EP 06126549A EP 1806166 A2 EP1806166 A2 EP 1806166A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/12—Electric current supply to toy vehicles through the track
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/16—Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track; Control of track elements by vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00—Model railways
    • A63H19/24—Electric toy railways; Systems therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00—Model railways
    • A63H19/30—Permanent way; Rails; Rail-joint connections
    • A63H19/32—Switches or points; Operating means therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H30/00—Remote-control arrangements specially adapted for toys, e.g. for toy vehicles
    • A63H30/02—Electrical arrangements

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  • the present invention refers to an on-track localization system for digitally controlled, model electric vehicles, such as racing vehicles (slots), electric trains and similar model vehicles.
  • model electric vehicles such as racing vehicles (slots), electric trains and similar model vehicles.
  • toys which consist in model vehicles with road or track-guided movement are known, racing vehicles (slots) and electric trains being the most well known.
  • These tracks or roads comprise a pair of metallic strips or continuous parallel electrodes on which brushes or vehicle parts make contact and from which they dynamically take the necessary electric power to drive a direct-current motor fitted to the vehicle, and, in some cases, lighting.
  • each track comprises a groove flanked by both electrodes; in this groove, the brush-fitted vehicle guide is inserted and slides along it.
  • This problem has been solved by means of digital control.
  • This control is based on supplying each vehicle with a decoding/regulating circuit capable of reading individualized control signals sent by means of pulse modulation in the power supply of the vehicles through the electrodes in the tracks, the power supply of which becomes continuous in this case, equal to the nominal engine rate, and common to all tracks and vehicles.
  • the circuit decoding part for each vehicle interprets the commands that the vehicle receives (speed level, switching on/off of lighting) and the regulating part executes them, either regulating the voltage reaching the motor or switching the lighting.
  • Control signal individualization is carried out by giving a single code to each vehicle in the commands, so that, out of all the commands emitted to the electrodes for all the vehicles on the tracks, each vehicle is capable of discriminating its own. This allows the traffic of all vehicles along all the tracks, enabling the choice of the most suitable route and permitting track changes for overtaking by means of suitable track-changing electromechanical devices.
  • the power supply and control signals are supplied by a micro-processed control console to which the controls that the users operate are connected.
  • the track-changing electromechanical devices are the same as the traditional electric train track changes or split-switches and are activated in the chosen direction on each vehicle passing, according to the orders that the user gives from his control, suitably processed and transformed into commands by the digital control, namely in the console.
  • the digital control also comprises the fitting of a vehicle localization system to synchronize certain events, such as the selection of a road or track change in one direction or the other or the logging of a time (timing), with the passing of a specific vehicle and not another one.
  • a vehicle localization system to synchronize certain events, such as the selection of a road or track change in one direction or the other or the logging of a time (timing), with the passing of a specific vehicle and not another one.
  • this localization system has been carried by means of a network of sensors suitably distributed along the route.
  • a user When a user generates a command for their vehicle that needs external synchronization, for example a track change, the vehicle receives the command and emits a signal that, on going past any sensor, is picked up by the sensor, locating the vehicle and used by the control to synchronize the corresponding action, for example track-change activation for that vehicle without affecting others.
  • the invented system has an optimum embodiment to implement the effective localization of digitally controlled model vehicles along the route they make, avoiding the disadvantages described above.
  • each sensor comprising a short-length conductor section that is inserted into an electrode.
  • This section has the suitable shape to match the profile of the electrode and is interconnected by means of a bridge that inserts a resistance with a considerable ohmic value.
  • the invention likewise provides for the integration in each vehicle of a circuit generating a signal suitable to be detected by the sensors.
  • a circuit includes a derivation, parallel to the normal charges (motor, lighting, decoding/regulating circuit) of the vehicle.
  • the aforementioned derivation is fitted with a resistance of an ohmic value considerably less than that of the previous resistance, but in turn considerably larger than the resistance of the normal charges of the vehicle so as not to weaken the power capable of being reached by them.
  • the derivation includes a switch controlled by the decoding/regulating circuit that the vehicle is equipped with.
  • track change for example, its decoding/regulating circuit turns the derivation switch off.
  • a voltage divider circuit comprising both serial resistances is switched off. Given that the resistance value of the sensor is considerably larger than that in the resistance of the signal-generating circuit fitted to the vehicle, a voltage variation in the sensor is produced at that moment that will trigger the signal of the vehicle passing the position of the sensor. This signal is picked up by the digital control to synchronize the event, for example, track-changing activation, or the logging of a time.
  • the invented system comprises the insertion in the earth electrode 1, out of the couple 1, 2 that make up the tracks 3 where a model racing vehicle (slot) runs and gets its power, of a number of sensors 4 made up of short-length conductor sections 4a that are interconnected to the electrode 1 by means of bridges 6 fitted with a resistance 7 with a considerably high ohmic value, so that, under normal conditions, these sections have the same potential as the electrode 1.
  • the sections 4a have the same profile as that of the electrode itself to minimize rubbing or unbraiding of the brushes, and in this example of the invention they are inserted into interrupts fitted to the electrode, taking advantage of the bridge 6 to ensure electrical continuity between its open ends 5a, 5b, as seen in figure 2.
  • a detecting network By distributing the sensors 4 around interesting places along the tracks, before track changes 10, or at the finishing line, for example, a detecting network will have been configured capable of informing the digital control about the passing of a specific vehicle from its position.
  • the digital control includes a console 12 to which the controls 22 of different users are connected, as well as the sensors 4 through adapter circuits 13.
  • the invention also includes fitting each vehicle 14 with a circuit 15 prepared to generate a suitable signal to be picked up by the sensors 4.
  • Said circuit comprises a derivation 16 parallel to the motor 17, lighting 18 and decoding/regulating circuit 19 of the vehicle.
  • a resistance with an ohmic value considerably less than that in the bridge resistance 7 is included at this derivation, as well as a serial switch 21 controlled by the circuit 19.
  • the voltage divider circuit comprising the serial resistances 7 and 20 closes, causing a variation in the normal voltage of the section 4a, an event that is detected by the digital control through the adapter circuit 13. This signal will be picked up by the digital control for the synchronized activation of the track-changing electromechanical device 22, on the vehicle going past.
  • the circuit 15 is completed with the insertion of a condenser 23 parallel to the normal charges of the vehicle (motor, lighting, and circuit 19), a condenser that stores power to supply these elements during the brief space of time elapsing during the passing by of the sensor, where their voltage supply drops, a diode 24 preventing the discharging of the condenser through the sensor.

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