JPH0630239Y2 - Radio control transmitter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Use The present invention relates to a radio control transmitter for transmitting steering data to a steered device, and in particular, it relates to a plurality of prestored steering data relating to a plurality of operation modes. The present invention relates to a radio control transmitter capable of easily selecting steering data related to an operation mode to be executed.

(b) Conventional Technology As a controlled device, for example, advanced model controlled devices such as model gliders are equipped with flaps, air brakes, etc. in addition to basic control members such as aileron, rudder and elevator. However, the two stick levers provided in the radio control transmitter are assigned to the above-mentioned basic operation of the control member, and it is necessary to provide another operation member for operating the flap and the air brake. Further, in the radio control transmitter, since the two stick levers are provided at positions where they can be easily operated by the left and right hands of the operator, there is no room to additionally provide another stick lever. Therefore, in the conventional radio control transmitter, a switch is provided as an operation member for operating the flap, the air brake, etc., and the switch is operated by turning on / off the switch.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention However, when remotely controlling a controlled device such as a glider, elevators, flaps, air brakes, etc. are used in each operation mode such as towing flight, airborne flight, distance flight, speed flight and landing. The direction in which the steering member should move and the appropriate amount of movement are different. Moreover, the flaps and air brakes require the operation of switches other than the stick lever that is mainly operated in the radio control transmitter, so the operator operates the switches and the like every time the operation mode is changed. It is necessary to provide operation data for operating each operation member by an appropriate amount, and the operation is complicated.

The purpose of this invention is to store in advance steering data such as a steering member to be operated in each operation mode and an appropriate operation amount thereof, and to provide a single or a plurality of switches so that the operation mode corresponding to the state of the switch can be set. An object of the present invention is to provide a radio control transmitter capable of simplifying the operation by transmitting the control data so that it is not necessary to operate a plurality of operation members when changing the operation mode.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems A radio control transmitter of the present invention is a radio control transmitter for transmitting control data corresponding to operation amounts of a plurality of stick levers to a controlled device from a transmission unit. A storage unit that stores in advance a plurality of operation data set by operating the plurality of stick levers for each of a plurality of operation modes of the steered device that are individually executed, and an operation mode that is executed from any one of the plurality of operation modes. A single or a plurality of changeover switches for selecting a desired operation mode, and a plurality of operation data setting means for reading out the plurality of operation data relating to the operation mode selected by operating the changeover switch from the storage means and supplying the operation data to the transmitting unit. , Are provided, and the steering data related to the operation mode selected by operating the selector switch And transmits to the control target device without operating the over.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation mode to be executed is selected from the plurality of operation modes by the changeover switch. For each of the plurality of operation modes, the storage means stores the operation data such as the operation member to be operated and the operation amount thereof, and the operation data setting means stores operation data related to the selected operation mode from the storage means. Select,
Output to the transmitter. The transmitting unit transmits this control data to the controlled device.

(e) Operation In this invention, when the changeover switch is operated, one of the plurality of operation modes is selected as the operation mode to be executed. The steering data setting means reads the steering data relating to this operation mode from the storage means, and this steering data is transmitted to the steered device. Therefore, one of the plurality of operation modes that the steered device can execute is selected by the changeover switch, and the steering data related to that operation mode is transmitted to the steered device. The operation mode is changed.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a front view of a radio control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

On the front of the radio control transmitter 1, stick levers 2 and 3 are provided. This stick lever 2,
The operation amount of 3 is detected by a volume not shown. Further, changeover switches SW1 and SW2 are provided on the upper left side of the front of the radio control transmitter main body 21.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit of the radio control transmitter.

Changeover switches SW1 and SW2 are connected to the CPU 21 via an I / O interface 24. Also, I /
Volume VR1, VR via O interface 24
The two outputs are digitally converted by the A / D converters 25 and 26 and input. This volume VR1 and VR
2 detects the operation amount of the stick levers 2 and 3, respectively. When the stick levers 2 and 3 are in the neutral position, the volumes VR1 and VR2 output a voltage value of 2.5 V, and this voltage value is 2 depending on the operation amount of the stick levers 2 and 3.
It varies in the range of ˜3V. Therefore, the volume VR1,
The operation amount from the neutral position of the stick levers 2 and 3 can be known from the value obtained by subtracting 2.5V from the voltage value of VR2.

The CPU 21 outputs control data according to a program previously written in the ROM 22 based on the states of the switches SW1 and SW2 and the voltage values of the volumes VR1 and VR2. This control data is converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 27 and input to the PCM transmission unit 28. The PCM transmitting unit 28 outputs a PCM signal based on this control data. Further, each of the memory areas M1 to M5 of the RAM 23 corresponds to the storage means of the present invention, and as shown in FIG. 3, stores the operation data in each operation mode of towing flight, airborne flight, distance flight, speed flight and landing. To do. The steering data in each of these operation modes is input by operating the stick levers 2 and 3 when operating a setting switch (not shown). RAM23 is backed up by battery,
The maneuvering data stored in the memory areas M1 to M5 is saved even when the power of the radio control transmitter body 1 is turned off. Further, the switch SW1 is UP, N
Takes 3 positions of T and DWN, switch SW2 is UP
And take two positions of DWN.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control unit of the radio control transmitter.

During remote control of the controlled device by the radio control transmitter, the CPU 21 checks the state of the changeover switch SW2 at a predetermined timing (n1). When the changeover switch SW2 is in the UP position, the towing flight control data stored in the memory area M1 of the RAM 23 is output to the PCM transmission unit 28 (n2). Changeover switch S
When W2 is in the DWN position, the voltage value of the volume VR2 is checked (n3), the stick lever 3 is operated, and when the power value of the volume VR2 is not 2.5V, it is stored in the memory area M5. The flight control data at the time of landing is output to the PCM transmission unit 28 (n4). When the changeover switch SW2 is at the DWN position and the voltage value of the volume VR2 is 2.5 V, the state of the changeover switch SW1 is checked (n5, n7) and each of the UP position, the NT position and the DWN position. The flight control data for airborne flight, distance flight and speed flight stored in each of the memory areas M2 to M4 when
It is output to the transmission unit 28 (n6, n8, n9). In the above processing, n2, n4, n6, n8 and n9 correspond to the control data setting means of this invention.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the two selection switches SW are used to select the operation data relating to the five operation modes of towing flight, airborne flight, distance flight, speed flight and landing.
1, SW2. As a result, the number of switches to be operated when changing the operation mode can be reduced, operability can be improved, and erroneous operation by the operator can be prevented.

Although the model glider has been described as an example of the steered device in the present embodiment, the invention can be similarly applied to other steered devices having a plurality of operation modes, for example, a model helicopter. In this case, a single changeover switch can be used to select either one of two types of operation modes, that is, a static action (hovering, etc.) and a moving action (somersault, roll, etc.), by operating the single changeover switch.

Further, in this embodiment, the operation mode to be executed is selected from a plurality of operation modes of two or three by each of the two changeover switches, but a single operation is performed by operating each of the changeover switches. The mode may be set. In this case, the same number of changeover switches as the number of executable operation modes are provided.

(g) Effect of the Invention According to this invention, the operation data configured by the operation of the plurality of operation members related to the plurality of operation modes is stored in advance, and the operation mode to be executed is selected by operating the changeover switch. Control data relating to the operation mode can be transmitted. As a result, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to operate a large number of operating members when changing the operation mode, and operability can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a front view of a radio control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit of the radio control transmitter, and FIG. 3 is a part of a control unit of the radio control transmitter. FIG. 4 is a memory map of the main part of the RAM constituting the device, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing procedure of the control part of the radio control transmitter, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the present invention. SW1, SW2 ... Changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A radio control transmitter for transmitting, to a steered device, steering data according to operation amounts of a plurality of stick levers from a transmission section, wherein a plurality of operation modes of the steered device are individually executed. Storage means for storing in advance a plurality of maneuvering data set by operating the plurality of stick levers for each, and a single or a plurality of changeover switches for selecting an operation mode to be executed from any of the plurality of operation modes , Operation data setting means for reading the plurality of operation data relating to the operation mode selected by operating the changeover switch from the storage means and supplying the operation data to the transmitting unit, and the operation mode selected by operating the changeover switch. A radio controller that sends control data related to the vehicle to the controlled device without operating the stick lever. Roll transmitter.