Patent ID: 7379794
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: A63H,G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote control system comprising: a plurality of transmitters; a plurality of moving machines, which are configured to correspond respectively to the plurality of transmitters, said moving machines being individually controlled by the plurality of transmitters, and said system causing interactions between the moving machines based on communication between the moving machines, wherein a transmitter from the plurality of transmitters comprises: an operation data preparing device for preparing operation data including identification information which uniquely identifies each of the plurality of transmitters, operation control information for controlling an operation of one of the plurality of moving machines, and communication control information for controlling the communication between the moving machines; an operation data transmitting device for transmitting the operation data; an operation data receiving device for receiving the operation data transmitted from one of the other transmitters; a transmission timing setting device for setting a transmission timing of self operation data based on the identification information contained in the received operation data; and an operation data transmission controlling device for making the data transmitting device transmit the operation data according to the set transmission timing; wherein a moving machine from the plurality of moving machines comprises: a communication data preparing device for preparing communication data for making one of the other moving machines execute a predetermined process; a communication data transmitting device for transmitting the communication data; a data receiving device for receiving the operation data transmitted from each of the plurality of transmitters and the communication data transmitted from said one of the other moving machines; and a moving machine controlling device for controlling self-operation based on the operation control information in the operation data and for controlling preparation and transmission of the communication data based on the communication control information in the operation data after receiving the operation data from one of the transmitters, the operation data containing the identification information unique to the transmitter corresponded to oneself, and for executing the predetermined process corresponding to the communication data after receiving the communication data from said one of the other moving machines, wherein a common data transmission schedule is set for the plurality of transmitters and moving machines, the data transmission schedule stipulates that the transmission timing of each of the operation data and the communication data does not overlap, the transmission timing setting device of each of the plurality of transmitters refers to the identification information contained in the operation data from said one of other transmitters, and specifies the transmission timing of self operation data stipulated by the data transmission schedule, and the moving machine controlling device refers to a receiving timing of the operation data transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmitters, and specifies a transmission timing of self communication data stipulated by the data transmission schedule, and makes the communication data transmitting device transmit the communication data according to the specified transmission timing.