IP Library Granted Patent US 11,833,442
Granted Patent B2
US 11,833,442 · App. 18/179,461 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Remote control

Inventors: Huihua Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Zhiying Liang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
A63H30/04G05G9/04796G05G9/06G08C17/02G05G2009/04744G05G2009/04777
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Patent No.
US 11,833,442
App. No.
18/179,461
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote control includes a body, a first rocker device, a second rocker device, a processor, and a signal transmission device. The first rocker device and the second rocker device are installed on the body. The processor connects to the first rocker device, the second rocker device, and the signal transmission device. The first rocker device includes a joystick component. The second rocker device includes a second joystick component. When the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control a movable object to move in a horizontal plane. When the second joystick component moves straightly relative to the body along a first direction or a second direction, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move upward or move downward in a vertical direction of the movable object.

Claims (45)

1. A remote control, configured to remotely control a movable object, the remote control comprising:

a body;

a first rocker device being installed on the body, wherein the first rocker device comprises a first joystick component;

a second rocker device being installed on the body, wherein the second rocker device comprises a second joystick component; and

a processor being connected to the first rocker device and the second rocker device;

wherein:

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move in a horizontal plane of the movable object; or

when the second joystick component moves straightly relative to the body along a first direction or a second direction, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move upward or move downward in a vertical direction of the movable object.

2. The remote control according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control further comprises a signal transmission device, wherein the signal transmission device is connected to the processor, and configured to receive the remote control instruction generated by the processor, and send the remote control instruction to the movable object.

3. The remote control according to claim 1 , wherein when the first joystick component of the first rocker device moves in parallel relative to the body, any two points on the first joystick component move in a same direction and move by a same distance.

4. The remote control according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control instruction is used to control the movable object to move in the horizontal plane along a direction corresponding to the direction in which the first joystick component moves.

5. The remote control according to claim 1 , wherein the first rocker device further comprises:

a first shell, wherein the first shell is fixedly installed on the body of the remote control, and when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body, the first joystick component also moves in parallel relative to the first shell;

a first magnetic element, wherein the first magnetic element is installed on the first joystick component; and

a first circuit board, comprising a first magnetic sensor, wherein the first magnetic sensor is configured to sense a magnetic field change of the first magnetic element, wherein

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the first shell, the first magnetic element is driven by the first joystick component to move relative to the first magnetic sensor in a plane along any direction.

6. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first joystick component and the plane intersect.

7. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first magnetic sensor sends information indicating the magnetic field change to the processor, and the processor generates the remote control instruction according to the magnetic field change.

8. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first shell is fixedly installed on the body of the remote control by using screws.

9. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first magnetic element is fixedly installed on the first joystick component, and when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the first shell, the first magnetic element moves in parallel relative to the first magnetic sensor.

10. The remote control according to of claim 1 , wherein the first rocker device further comprises a restoring mechanism, wherein

when the first joystick component is deviated from an initial position, the restoring mechanism generates a force that restores the first joystick component to the initial position.

11. The remote control according to claim 10 , wherein the restoring mechanism comprises a first restoring component and a second restoring component, wherein

when the first joystick component is deviated from the initial position, the first restoring component and the second restoring component generate a composite force that restores the first joystick component to the initial position.

12. The remote control according to claim 11 , wherein the first restoring component can generate a force that pushes the first joystick component along a first axis, and the second restoring component can generate a force that pushes the first joystick component along a second axis; and

when the first joystick component is deviated from the initial position, at least one of the first restoring component and the second restoring component generates a force that pushes the first joystick component along a corresponding axis, so that after the first joystick component is loosened, the first joystick component is restored to the initial position, wherein

the first axis is not parallel to the second axis.

13. The remote control according to claim 12 , wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.

14. The remote control according to claim 12 , wherein

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body along a positive direction of the first axis, the movable object is controlled to move to the right side in the horizontal plane;

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body along a negative direction of the first axis, the movable object is controlled to move to the left side in the horizontal plane;

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body along a positive direction of the second axis, the movable object is controlled to move to the front side in the horizontal plane; and

when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body along a negative direction of the second axis, the movable object is controlled to move to the back side in the horizontal plane.

15. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first shell is provided with a first through hole, and the first through hole is a reserved moving space for the first joystick component to move in parallel relative to the body and move in parallel relative to the first shell.

16. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first shell is further disposed with a circular limiting portion, the first joystick component comprises a sliding portion, and when the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the first shell to a position, the sliding portion is abutted against the circular limiting portion, to limit a moving range of the first joystick component to a space limited by the circular limiting portion.

17. The remote control according to claim 5 , wherein the first shell of the first rocker device comprises a first shell portion and a second shell portion, and the first shell portion and the second shell portion are buckled with each other, and form a first cavity; and

the first joystick component is partially accommodated in the first cavity, and both the first magnetic element and the first circuit board are completely accommodated in the first cavity.

18. The remote control according to claim 1 , wherein when the second joystick component rotates relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to rotate along a clockwise direction or an anticlockwise direction in a horizontal plane; and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

19. A remote control, configured to remotely control a movable object, wherein the remote control comprises:

a body;

a second rocker device, installed on the body and connected to the processor, wherein the second rocker device comprises a second joystick component, and the second joystick component can move relative to the body, wherein

when the second joystick component moves relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move correspondingly;

a processor, wherein the processor is connected to the first rocker device, and when the second joystick component moves straightly relative to the body along a first direction or a second direction, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move upward or move downward in a vertical direction of the movable object; and

a signal transmission device, wherein the signal transmission device is connected to the processor, and configured to receive the remote control instruction generated by the processor, and send the remote control instruction to the movable object.

20. The remote control according to claim 19 , wherein when the second joystick component rotates relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to rotate along a clockwise direction or an anticlockwise direction in a horizontal plane; and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

Assignments (2)
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: ZHANG, HUIHUA
To: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063380/0530 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: LIANG, ZHIYING
To: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063380/0582 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710792701.7 · Sep 5, 2017 · national
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