MXPA00000565A - Toy with remotely controlled security alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

A security alarm device (12, fig. 2) is replicated in a toy vehicle (10). The security alarm device (12) includes a remote control (30) which can also control vehicle functions. The remote control (30) may control alarm arm and disarm, alarm and vehicle sounds, such as arm, disarm, alarm set off, engine reversing and tire (14) screeching;motor drive;and vehicle lights (22). The security alarm device (12) includes an LED (26) which indicates whether the alarm is armed or unarmed, and a motion sensor (50) which sets the arm off (e.g., emitting a siren sound) when the toy vehicle (10) is moved in its armed state.

Description

TOY WITH REMOTE CONTROLLED SECURITY ALARM BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention described herein relates to a toy, such as a toy vehicle, which has a remote controlled security alarm. Toy designers seek to provide toys that reproduce real life because realistic toys have a high value of play, and typically, more realistic the toy, the greater its game value. Among the many toys for which this is evident are the toy vehicles. The realism of toy vehicles has been achieved in terms of appearance, sound and function. For example, miniature toy vehicles are sold which seek to reproduce the full-scale versions of real life in miniature details. Some small-scale toy vehicles still have functioning parts, such as doors that open, etc. Other small-scale toys, somewhat larger than the miniatures, provide more elaborate working parts and / or provide sound effects, although they retain many, if not all, of the miniatures. Other toy vehicles still provide functionality and / or remote-controlled sound effects. See, for example, the following United States Patents: 4,219,952; 4,242,107; 4,325,199; 4,580,994; 4,817,948; 4,946,416; 4,964,837; 5,024,626; 5,045,016; 5,195,920; and 5,306,197.

OBJECTS AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An object of the invention described herein is to reproduce some or all of the functions of a security alarm of a vehicle in a toy vehicle. Another object of the invention is to provide a security alarm device in a toy vehicle. Another object of the invention is to provide a security alarm device in a toy vehicle that is controlled remotely. The invention achieves these and other objects by reproducing one or more alarm functions of a vehicle in a toy vehicle. A toy vehicle which incorporates a security alarm device according to the invention comprises a controller having a control input, at least one sensor coupled to the controller, and a signaling device coupled to the controller. The safety alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and is responsive to at least one sensor in its armed state and to the control signal supplied to assume the armed and disarmed states. The controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and causes the signaling device to stop generating the signal when the alarm device is placed in its unarmed state. In another embodiment, the toy vehicle incorporates the security alarm device according to the invention comprising the controller and the signaling device described above, but does not necessarily include the sensor. In this mode, the controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to a change in the state of the security alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state. In the preferred embodiment, the security device includes the sensor and the controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to a change in the state of the security alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state. In the preferred embodiment, the signaling device comprises an audio device which generates a sound signal, but may instead comprise a visual device which generates a visual signal, or both.

The toy vehicle may comprise a propulsion system that includes an electric motor which drives the toy vehicle and a motor actuator which selectively supplies power to the electric motor, and the controller is coupled to the motor driver and deactivates the motor driver when the alarm device is in its armed state. In the preferred embodiment, the security alarm device and all or other selected vehicle functions are remotely controlled by a remote control device coupled to the control input of the controller. Preferably, the remote control device and the security alarm device are wirelessly coupled, and the toy vehicle comprises a receiver coupled to the control input of the safety alarm device controller operating to receive in a manner Wireless a signal from the remote control device. The controller responds to the receiver to make the security alarm device assume its armed and disarmed states. The sensor can be a motion sensor or a microswitch or magnetic switch, for example.

The remote control device may include an infrared transmitter and the receiver correspondingly includes an infrared receiver. In the preferred embodiment, the controller includes a sound synthesizer and a signaling device comprising a speaker coupled to the controller to receive output signals thereof. The synthesizer generates buzzing sound signals that represent changes of state of the safety alarm device between its armed and disarmed states and a siren buzzer or car horn signal, and the controller causes the synthesizer to generate the signals in buzz form in response to a change in the state of the safety alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state and a siren or car horn sound in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device. The signaling device may be a visual device such as vehicle lights, or the signaling device may include audio and visual devices. The audio and visual devices may be lights and a horn which are typically provided with a vehicle, or audio and visual devices which are only part of the alarm device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention is illustrated in the figures of the accompanying drawings, which means that they are exemplary and not limiting, in which similar numbers in the different figures refer to similar or corresponding parts, and in which: Figure 1 shows a toy vehicle and a remote control incorporating a security alarm device according to the invention; Figure 2 is a block diagram of the safety alarm device, the vehicle headlights and the taillights and the vehicle engine; Y Figure 3 is a schematic circuit diagram of an implementation of the block diagram of Figure 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to Figure 1, a toy vehicle 10 includes a safety alarm device 12 shown in Figure 2. The vehicle 10 includes wheels 14 at least one of which is driven by a motor 16 (Figure 2) in a conventional manner except for the interaction between the alarm device 12 and the engine 16 (via the actuator of motor 18). The vehicle 10 may include headlights and taillights 22 and 23, which may also be conventional except for any interaction with the alarm device 12. The alarm device 12 may include an indicator 26 (e.g., a lamp or a light emitting diode). "LED" light) which indicates whether the alarm device 12 is in the armed state or a disarmed state. In the preferred embodiment, the alarm device 12 includes a remote control 30 and a receiver 32 (Figure 2) carried by the vehicle 10 which are wirelessly coupled together. In the preferred embodiment, the remote control 30 includes an infrared transmitter and the receiver 32 is an infrared receiver. However, the remote control 30 must be connected to the toy vehicle by one or more conduits, in which case the receiver 32 can be omitted. Also, the remote control 30 may include a transmitter to the IR transmitter, e.g., a radio transmitter or an ultrasonic sound transmitter, etc., and the receiver 32 will be compatible with the transmitter. Referring to Figure 1, the remote control 30 can control the following alarm and vehicle functions: arm alarm and disarm the alarm (push button switch # 1); sound of engine revolutions (push button switch # 2); motor drive (push button switch # 3); and vehicle lights (push button switch # 4). Referring to Figure 2, the remote control 30 transmits coded signals to the receiver 32 carried by the vehicle, which detects the transmitted signals and supplies the detected signals to a controller 40. The controller 40 decodes the signals supplied with the receiver 32 and selectively activates the actuator of the lamp 42 which activates the vehicle headlights 22 and the rear lights of the vehicle. vehicle 22, the actuator of the lamp 44, which activates the alarm indicator 26, the actuator of the horn 46 that activates the horn 48 and the activator of the motor 18 which activates the motor 16. One or more sensors 50, 51 they are coupled to the controller 40 to provide signals representing security breaches. In the preferred embodiment, the sensor 50 is a motion sensor. Additional sensors such as sensor 51 may be microswitches or magnetic switches which provide a signal to controller 40 when the switch is activated and / or deactivated, representing, for example, the opening or closing of a door or hood. The controller 40 is preferably a programmed computer which includes a sound synthesizer, and is programmed to perform the functions described herein and generate sound signals representing the sounds described herein in response to signals fed from the receiver 32 and the sensors 50, 51. Alternatively, a separate sound synthesis may be provided. Figure 3 shows an implementation of the block diagram of Figure 2. In the remote control 30, the push button switches ## 1, 2, 3 and 4 are coupled to a modulator 60, which modulates the driver of the transistor 62 differently in response to the activation of each of the switches ## 1, 2, 3 and 4, and therefore modulates the current to the IR emitter 64. The IR emitter 64 emits IR light modulated according to the different current modulation patterns provided by the modulator 60. The modulator 60 can be any conventional modulator and the IR emitter 64 can be any conventional IR emitter such as an IR LED.

In the vehicle 10, an IR receiver 32 detects the modulated IR light emitted by the IR emitter 64 and supplies the detected signal to a demodulator 70, which demodulates and decodes the received signal and provides an output signal on the appropriate output. Output 1 , Output 2 or Output 3 depending on the modulated signal received by the IR receiver 32. The outputs 1-3 of the demodulator 70 are coupled to trigger inputs TG 1-3 of a controller circuit 74. The motion sensor 50 is coupled to a fourth input of the controller circuit 74. An LED alarm indicator 26 is coupled to the output STA of the controller circuit 74, and when the light indicates that the alarm is armed. In the embodiment of Figure 3, the LED 80 replaces the separate headlights 22 and the rear lights 23 of Figure 2. The IR receiver 32, the demodulator 70 and the controller circuit 74 may be conventional. In the preferred embodiment, the controller circuit 74 is an integrated circuit of the 528x Series available from Windbond Electronics Corp. (Republic of China), and includes an ADPCM speech synthesizer (adaptive differential pulse code modulation). The controller circuit 74 includes a programmed processor, which can be programmed by one skilled in the art to carry out the functions described herein.

Although the invention has been described and illustrated in relation to the preferred embodiments, many variations and modifications may be made, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The invention as set forth in the appended claims is not limited in this way to the precise details of construction set forth above but to the variations and modifications that are intended to be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the defined claims. It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known to the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is that which is clear from the present description of the invention.

Claims (37)

1. CLAIMS Having described the invention as above, the content of the following claims is claimed as property: 1. A toy vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the security alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and responds to at least one sensor in its armed state and to the input of the control signal to selectively assume the armed and unarmed states; a signaling device coupled to the controller that responds to it to provide an audio or visual alarm signal; the controller that causes the signaling device to provide an activation response signal of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and cause the signaling device to cease providing the alarm signal when the alarm device assumes its unarmed state.
2. 2. A toy vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and having an armed state and a disarmed state, and the controller responding to the input of the control signal to make it the security alarm device assumes the armed and unarmed states; a signaling device coupled to the controller; the controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to a change in status to the security alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state.
3. 3. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the safety alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and responds at least one sensor in its armed state and at the input of the control signal to selectively assume the armed and unarmed states; a signaling device coupled to and responding to the controller to provide an audio or visual alarm signal; the controller causes the signaling device to provide the alarm signal in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and cause the signaling device to cease providing the alarm signal, when the alarm device assumes its disarmed state.
4. The toy according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the signaling device comprises an audio device coupled to the controller, which projects a sound as the audio alarm signal.
5. The toy according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the signaling device comprises a visual device coupled to the controller, which projects a light as the visual alarm signal.
6. 6. The toy according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a propulsion system that includes an electric motor which drives the toy and a motor actuator which is selectively supplies power to the electric motor, the controller is coupled to the motor actuator and selectively supplies drive signals to it in response to signals at the control input thereof.
7. The toy according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device coupled to the controller, the controller operates to cause the alarm device to assume its armed and unarmed states in response to the remote control device .
8. The toy according to claim 7, characterized in that the toy comprises a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device, the receiver is coupled to the control input of the controller and is operable to receive signals wirelessly from the device of remote control and provide signals in response to this to the control controller input, the controller responds to the signals by the control input causes the safety alarm device to assume its armed and disarmed states.
9. The toy according to claim 8, characterized in that the remote control device includes an infrared transmitter and the receiver includes an infrared receiver.
10. The toy according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device and a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device coupled to the control controller input, and a drive system that includes a electric motor which drives the toy, the electric motor is coupled to and controlled by the controller, the controller operates in response to the signals provided by the receiver to make the alarm device assume its armed and disarmed states and to provide signals from When the motor is actuated, the receiver provides signals to the control input in response to signals received wirelessly from a remote control device.
11. The toy according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the controller provides armed / disarmed signals to the signaling device which represents changes of state of the safety alarm device between its armed and disarmed states and an alarm signal in the signaling device in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device, the signaling device provides armed / disarmed signals and audio or visual alarm in response thereto.
12. 12. The toy according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises a receiver coupled to the control input of the controller and the remote control wirelessly coupled to the receiver, and wherein the remote control device comprises a first control which when activated it causes the remote control device to transmit signals wirelessly in response to which the security alarm device assumes its armed and disarmed states and the signaling device provides armed / disarmed audio signals, and a second control which when it is activated means that the remote control device transmits signals wirelessly in response to which the controller causes the signaling device to provide audio typically associated with a vehicle such as an engine operating sound.
13. 13. The toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor comprises a motion sensor.
14. 14. A toy vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the safety alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and responds to at least one sensor in its armed state and to the input of the control signal to selectively assume the armed and disarmed states; an audio device coupled to the controller that responds to it to provide an alarm sound; the controller causes the audio device to provide the alarm sound in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and causes the audio device to cease providing the alarm sound when the device alarm assumes its disarmed state, the controller further makes the audio device provide arm and disarm sounds when the state of the alarm device changes from armed to disarmed and from disarmed to armed.
15. 15. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the safety alarm device has a armed state and a disarmed state and responds at least one sensor in its armed state and at the input of the control signal to selectively assume the armed and disarmed states; an audio device coupled to the controller that responds to it to provide an alarm sound; the controller causes the audio device to provide the alarm sound in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and causes the audio device to cease providing the alarm sound when the device alarm assumes its disarmed state, the controller further makes the audio device provide arm and disarm sounds when the state of the alarm device changes from armed to disarmed and from disarmed to armed.
16. 16. The toy according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises a propulsion system including electric motor which drives the toy and a motor actuator which selectively supplies energy to the electric motor, the controller is coupled to the motor driver and selectively supplies drive signals to it at least in response to the signals from the control input.
17. 17. The toy according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device coupled to the controller, the controller operates to cause the alarm device to assume its armed states and disarmed in response to the remote control device.
18. 18. The toy according to claim 17, characterized in that the toy comprises a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device, the receiver is coupled to the control input of the controller and operates to wirelessly receive a signal from the remote control device and provide signals in response to this to the control input of the controller, the controller responds to the signals at the input of control to make the security alarm device assume its armed and disarmed states.
19. The toy according to claim 18, characterized in that the remote control device includes an infrared transmitter and the receiver includes an infrared receiver.
20. 20. The toy according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device and a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device and coupled to the control input of the controller, and a drive system that includes a motor electrical which drives the pilot, the electric motor is coupled to and controlled by the controller, the controller operates in response to the signals provided by the receiver to the control input to cause the alarm device to assume its armed and disarmed status for providing drive signals to the engine, the receiver provides signals to the controller input in response to signals received wirelessly from the remote control device.
21. The toy according to claim 14, characterized in that the controller provides arm / disarm signals to the signaling device representing changes of state of the safety alarm device between its armed and disarmed states and an alarm signal to the signaling in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device, the signaling device provides arm / disarm signals and audio or visual alarm in response thereto.
22. 22. The toy according to claim 21, characterized in that it comprises a receiver coupled to the control input of the controller and a remote control wirelessly coupled to the receiver, and where the remote control device comprises a first control which, when is activated causes the remote control device to wirelessly transmit signals in response to which the security alarm device assumes its armed and disarmed states and the signaling device provides arm / disarm audio signals, and a second control the which, when activated, causes the remote control device to transmit signals in response to which the controller causes the signaling device to provide audio typically associated with a vehicle such as the engine revolution sound.
23. 23. The toy according to claim 14, characterized in that the sensor comprises a motion sensor.
24. 24. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a security alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the security alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and responds to at least one sensor in its armed state, the controller causes the safety alarm device to selectively assume the armed and disarmed states in response to the signals at the control input; a wireless remote control device coupled to the controller which in response to signals from the remote control device causes the alarm device to assume its armed and disarmed states a signaling device coupled to the controller and responding to it to provide a signal from audio or visual alarm; the controller causes the signaling device to provide the alarm signal in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and causes the signaling device to cease providing the alarm signal when it causes the alarm device assumes its disarmed state.
25. The toy according to claim 24, characterized in that the toy comprises a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device, the receiver is coupled to the control input of the controller and operates to wirelessly receive a signal from the device Remote control and provides signals in response to this to the control input of the controller, the controller responds to the signals in the control input to make the safety alarm device assume its armed and disarmed states.
26. 26. The toy according to claim 25, characterized in that the controller provides arm / disarm signals to the signaling device which represent changes of state of the safety alarm device between its armed and disarmed states and an alarm signal in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device, the signaling device provides arm / disarm signals and audio or visual alarm in response to this.
27. 27. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and at least one sensor coupled to the controller, the safety alarm device has an armed state and a disarmed state and responds to at least one sensor in its armed state, the controller causes the safety alarm device to selectively assume the armed and disarmed states in response to the signals at the control input; a wireless remote control device coupled to the control input of the controller which in response to the signals of the remote control device causes the alarm device to assume its armed states and disarmed an audio device coupled to the controller that responds to it for provide an alarm sound; the controller causes the audio device to sound an alarm in response to the activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device and causes the audio device to cease providing the alarm sound when it causes the device to When the alarm assumes its disarmed state, the controller further makes the audio device provide arm and disarm sounds when the state of the alarm device changes from armed to disarmed and from disarmed to armed.
28. The toy according to claim 27, characterized in that the toy comprises a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device, the receiver is coupled to the control input of the controller and operates to wirelessly receive a signal from the device Remote control and provides signals in response to this to the control input of the controller, the controller responds to the signals in the control input to make the safety alarm device assume its armed and disarmed states.
29. 29. The toy according to claim 28, characterized in that the controller provides arm / disarm signals to the audio device which represent changes of state of the security alarm device between its armed and disarmed states and an alarm signal in response to activation of at least one sensor in the armed state of the security alarm device, the audio device provides arm / disarm and alarm sounds in response to this.
30. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a security alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and having a armed state and a disarmed state, and the controller responding to the input of the control signal to make that the security alarm device assumes the armed and disarmed states; a signaling device coupled to the controller; the controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to a change in the state of the security device between its armed state and its disarmed state.
31. 31. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input having an armed state and a disarmed state, and the controller responding to the input of the control signal to cause the security alarm device assumes the states armed and disarmed; a speaker coupled to the controller; the controller causes the speaker to reproduce a first audio sound in response to a change of state in the security alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state, the controller also causes the speakers to reproduce a second sound of audio sound in response to an input signal supplied to the controller when the security alarm device is in its disarmed state but not when the security alarm device is in its armed state.
32. 32. A toy, characterized in that it comprises: a security alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and having an armed state and a disarmed state, and the controller responding to the input of the control signal to make that the security alarm device assumes the armed and disarmed states; a speaker coupled to the controller; an illuminated light coupled to the controller; the controller causes the speaker to reproduce a first audio sound in response to a change in the state of the security alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state, the controller also causes the light to change from illuminated to extinguished or vice versa in response to an input signal supplied to the controller when the security alarm device is in its disarmed state but not when the security alarm device is in its state armed.
33. 33. A toy vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a safety alarm device comprising a controller having a control input and having an armed state and a disarmed state, and the controller responding to the input of the control signal for make the security alarm device assume the armed and disarmed states; a signaling device coupled to the controller; a drive system which is moved by the toy under the control of the controller; the controller causes the signaling device to generate a signal in response to a change in the state of the safety alarm device between its armed state and its disarmed state, the controller also causes the drive system to move the toy in response to a Input signal supplied to the controller with the safety alarm device is in its disarmed state but not when the alarm device is in its armed state.
34. 34. The toy according to claim 31 or 32, characterized in that the toy is a vehicle.
35. 35. The toy according to claim 30, 31, 32 or 33, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device coupled to the controller, the controller operates to cause the alarm device to assume its armed and disarmed states in response to the device. remote control.
36. 36. The toy according to claim 35, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device coupled to the controller, the controller operates to cause the alarm device to assume its armed and disarmed state in response to the remote control device and where the toy comprises a receiver wirelessly coupled to the remote control device, the receiver is coupled to the control input of the controller and operates to wirelessly receive signals from the remote control device and provides signals in response to this to the control input of the remote control device. controller, includes the input signal, the controller responds to the signals at the control input.
37. 37. The toy according to claim 36, characterized in that the remote control device comprises a first control which when activated causes the remote control device to transmit signals wirelessly in response to which the security alarm device it assumes its armed and disarmed states and the horn reproduces armed / disarmed audio signals, and a second control which when activated causes the remote control device to wirelessly transmit signals which result in the input signal being provided to the controller.