Personal camera for a remote vehicle

Abstract

The present invention provides for the field of remote control vehicles with a camera. The images taken by the camera is sent to the user where they may view the images by a visual device. The vehicle may be a remote control car, boat, or aircraft. The visual device may be goggles, glasses, or some other eye piece. Also, the invention may have a split screen within the projection onto the glasses that may be toggled between the car view and a listing of the car's position on the race track. Moreover, the projection may have the race car's information. There also may be a surrounding view where a camera could show an overhead view of the whole racetrack.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 918,412 filed Dec. 19, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a personal video camera that is mounted to remote control vehicles such as cars, boats, and helicopters and that camera sends the images remotely to a pair of glasses, goggles, screen or any other viewing medium.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Remote control vehicles have long been known in the toy industry. The remote control is a term referring to the control of a vehicle by an operator who is located in an area away from the vehicle and who does not have physical contact with the vehicle. Remote control have been used for the control of vehicles and processes that involve environments that are dangerous or hazardous for the operator, such as military, law enforcement, nuclear and chemical applications. Remotely...

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Benefits of technology

The invention aims to provide affordable and reliable elements that can effectively achieve their intended purposes.

Problems solved by technology

It is also known that video display devices are limited in their realism because they present a two dimensional image.

The visual experience provided by such prior art techniques is limited because the view of the event is too small, the quality of the image may be distorted or partially blocked, or the view selected by a director is not necessarily a view desired by the particular observer.

While such devices provide the fans with additional information concerning the race, they fail to make the fans feel as though they are actually participating in the race because they provide only audible information.

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