Rotatable Control Units for Toy Remote Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toy construction systems are not child-friendly and lack intuitive remote control functionality, limiting younger children's ability to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct spatial structures without technical knowledge of signal transmitters and receivers, and offer limited variation in play possibilities.
Innovation Solution
A remote control device with adjustable control units that can change orientation, allowing users to adapt the device for different uses by rotating control bases, which are connected to electromechanical interfaces and a transmitter, enabling production of different control signals for various functions, such as movement directions, through a touch screen interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the remote control device has fixed control units, then the device structure is simple, but the adaptability for different uses is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The control units are made rotatable relative to the housing, allowing dynamic reconfiguration of the control device for different uses. The control units can be rotated to different angular positions (e.g., 90-degree rotations) to adapt the control layout for different applications such as airplanes, ships, or other remote controllable devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device is divided into separable components: the housing and the control units mounted on control bases. This segmentation allows the control units to be independently rotated and repositioned, providing adaptability while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the control units are fixed in orientation, then the device is easier to manufacture, but the user cannot adapt the device for different uses
Solution Approach 1:
The control units are designed to be rotatable on control bases within the housing, enabling users to adapt the device configuration for different uses. This dynamic feature allows the same device to be configured for various applications without requiring multiple different devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote control device is designed as a universal control system that can be adapted for controlling different types of devices (airplanes, ships, etc.) through the rotatable control units, making a single device serve multiple functions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the control units are made rotatable, then the adaptability increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control units are mounted on control bases that can rotate within the housing, providing dynamic reconfiguration capability. The rotation mechanism allows the control units to be positioned at different angular orientations, increasing control configuration variability while using a relatively simple rotational mechanism.
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AI summary
A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements (60) and at least one remote control device (10) and one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said remote control device (10) being configured for transmitting signals for controlling said one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said toy construction elements (60) comprising coupling members for detachably interconnecting the toy construction elements to create spatial structures comprising said one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said remote control device comprising one or more control units (21) configured such that a user may activate the remote control device by activating said one or more control units (21); wherein said one or more control units (21) are adjustable, such that a user can change the orientation of the control unit with respect to the housing of the remote control device.