Communication control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026305-B2
Application number	US-201715461524-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2017
Priority date	Apr 19, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A communication control device is used for a radio control model equipped with a plurality of receiving devices configured to receive operation signals from corresponding transmitting devices and a drive control device configured to perform drive control with respect to a driving target based on the operation signals. The communication control device includes an input unit for inputting signals including the operation signals from the receiving devices, and a switching processing unit for performing a process of switching an operation signal to be transmitted to the drive control device from any one of the operation signals inputted by the receiving devices to another operation signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication control device for a radio control model equipped with a plurality of receiving devices configured to receive operation signals from corresponding transmitting devices and a drive control device configured to perform drive control with respect to a driving target based on the operation signals, the communication control device comprising:
an input unit configured to input signals including the operation signals from the receiving devices; and
a switching processing unit configured to perform a process of switching any one of the operation signals inputted from the receiving devices to another operation signal, wherein said another operation signal is to be transmitted to the drive control device.

2. The communication control device of claim 1 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching based on a specific operation signal transmitted by one of the transmitting devices in response to a specific operation input and received by the receiving device corresponding to the one of the transmitting devices.

3. The communication control device of claim 2 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to, in response to the specific operation signal transmitted by the transmitting device of a switching source, perform switching to an operation signal transmitted from a transmitting device other than the transmitting device of the switching source.

4. The communication control device of claim 2 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform switching to an operation signal transmitted from the transmitting device which has transmitted the specific operation signal.

5. The communication control device of claim 1 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching based on a reception state of the operation signal transmitted by each of the transmitting devices.

6. The communication control device of claim 5 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching based on the duration of a state in which an operation signal transmitted by the transmitting device of a switching source is unreceivable.

7. The communication control device of claim 1 , wherein each of the receiving devices is configured to be able to perform bidirectional communication with each of the transmitting devices and the communication control device, and the communication control device further comprises:
a notification processing unit configured to perform information transmission to the receiving device corresponding to one of the transmitting devices serving as a subject for transmitting an operation signal to the drive control device so that notification information is transmitted to the one of the transmitting devices serving as the transmission subject for the operation signal.

8. The communication control device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an information transmission processing unit configured to perform information transmission to the receiving device corresponding to another transmitting device so that reception level information on the operation signal transmitted by the another transmitting device is transmitted to one of the transmitting devices.

9. The communication control device of claim 1 , wherein each of a first signal transmission path as a signal transmission path leading to each of the receiving devices and a second signal transmission path as a signal transmission path leading to the drive control device has a plurality of transmission channels, and the communication control device further comprises:
an extraction unit configured to extract a transmission signal of a part of the transmission channels allocated to each of the receiving devices from transmission signals inputted to the receiving devices by the input unit via the first signal transmission path; and
a mixed transmission unit configured to allocate the transmission signal extracted by the extraction unit to a corresponding part of the transmission channels of the second signal transmission path and transmit the allocated transmission signal to the drive control device.

10. The communication control device of claim 1 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching based on a driving amount of a driving target represented by an operation signal transmitted by one of the transmitting devices and received by the receiving device corresponding to the one of the transmitting devices.

11. The communication control device of claim 10 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching under a condition that a difference between a driving amount represented by an operation signal transmitted by the transmitting device of a switching source and received by the receiving device corresponding to the transmitting device of the switching source and a driving amount represented by an operation signal transmitted by the transmitting device other than the switching source and received by the receiving device corresponding to the transmitting device other than the switching source is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.

12. The communication control device of claim 10 , wherein the switching processing unit is configured to perform the switching on a condition that a driving amount represented by an operation signal transmitted by the transmitting device of a switching source and received by the receiving device corresponding to the transmitting device of the switching source is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.

Assignees

• Futaba Denshi Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Saegusa Masahiro
• Uemura Chihiro

Classifications

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• A63H30/04 Primary

  using wireless transmission · CPC title

• G08C2201/70

  Device selection · CPC title