Patent ID: 8330639
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A remote controller for controlling a remote controlled movable toy, the movement being in the air, on the ground or in water, the controller comprising a touch surface including at least two capacitive touch sensors, each touch sensor corresponding to drag whereby the movement of the toy is alterable in correspondence to the drag operation of at least one of the touch sensors, a control circuit connected to each of the touch sensors, the control circuit being operational digitally with the touch sensors and being such that dragging on the sensor causes a change in capacitance of a touch sensor and thereby acts to generate a control signal; and a transmitter connected to the control circuit wherein on receipt of a control signal by the transmitter, the transmitter transmits a direction or speed signal from the controller to a toy; wherein the change in the capacitance of the touch sensor caused by dragging is translated as the control signal corresponding to a change in a direction or speed of the toy, and including a left and right hand switch related to the control circuit, and a left hand designated touch sensor and a right hand designated touch sensor, and wherein operation of the left and right hand switch functions to switch to be either for a left hand person or for a right hand person operating convention, and renders the touch sensors responsive to the left hand person or the right hand person respectively thereby providing relatively similar operational effect and experience respectively for the left hand person and for the right hand person.