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AssigneePeter Maegdefrau
InventorAndreas Koenig
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The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the accurate, realistic automatic or semiautomatic control of track-guided toys, in particular electrically operated model railways and trains. In accordance with the invention type- and/or geometry-specifying memory components, readable by non-contact means, are disposed at or in each track, track piece, buffer, signal and/or switch that is to be included in the structure, such that each memory component and hence each track in addition exhibits an identification code that is not repeated within the series of such codes. Furthermore the rolling stock, preferably the locomotives, are equipped with a memory-reading device as well as a data-transmission means for revertive communication. After a first trip around the route, an electronic representation of the route configuration is available and can be preserved in a central memory. During subsequent trips around the route, the momentary position on the roadway or of the train is determined by reading memory components and revertive signalling to the central memory or a central control system, such that on the basis of prespecifiable tasks associated with operation of the railway, taking into account the route and velocity information as well as special functions, one or more machines are independently monitored and controlled.
Method for the accurate, realistic automatic or semiautomatic control of track-guided toys, in particular electrically operated model railways and trains, with the following steps:
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Arrangement for the accurate, realistic automatic or semiautomatic control of track-guided toys, in particular electrically operated model railways and trains, comprising the following means:
Method of controlling a toy with at least one toy vehicle that can be driven along a roadway under guidance by a track, with the following steps:
Method of determining the position of a toy vehicle and/or obtaining information about the course of a roadway with at least one toy vehicle that can be driven along a roadway under guidance by a track, with the following steps:
Arrangement for the realistic automatic or semiautomatic control of track-guided toys, in particular electrically operated toys, comprising the following means:
Arrangement for the realistic automatic or semiautomatic control of track-guided toys, in particular electrically operated toys, comprising the following means:
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