Patent ID: 7880413
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A controller for a model train, comprising: a rotatable input device; a sensor operatively coupled to the input device and adapted to provide a signal in correspondence with selective rotational movement of the input device by a user; a processor operatively coupled to the sensor, the processor deriving from the sensor signal a first measurement of an angular distance in which the input device is rotated and a second measurement of an angular velocity in which the input device is rotated, the first measurement determining an incremental amount of a desired speed change and the second measurement determining a multiplier of the incremental amount, the processor being adapted to generate at least one model train speed signal to be transmitted to the model train based on the first and second measurements, the at least one model train speed signal being operative to control a speed of the model train; wherein, the angular velocity of the input device correlates to a rate of increase of the model train speed such that the faster the input device is rotated, the faster the model train speed will increase.