Power-driven construction toy assembly with a touch-control remote controller

Abstract

A power-driven construction toy assembly includes a remote controller spaced apart from a movable brick assembly driven by electric power and including a transmitter transmitting a control signal corresponding to an input signal generated by a touch panel. A power supply unit includes a brick-like casing assembled detachably to the brick assembly and receiving a battery set therein, a receiver mounted on the casing for receiving the control signal from the transmitter, and a control circuit controlling, based on the control signal received by the receiver, electrical connection between the battery set and a socket unit mounted on the casing and connected electrically to the brick assembly such that the battery set supplies the electric power to the brick assembly through the control circuit and the socket unit.

1 . A power-driven construction toy assembly comprising:
 a movable brick assembly driven by electric power;   a remote controller remote from and spaced apart from said brick assembly, and including
 a touch panel operable so as to generate an input signal, and 
 a transmitter coupled to said touch panel for receiving the input signal therefrom, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the input signal received thereby; and 
   a power supply unit including
 a brick-like casing assembled detachably to said brick assembly, 
 a battery set received detachably in said brick-like casing, 
 a socket unit mounted on said brick-like casing and connected electrically to said brick assembly, 
 a receiver mounted on said brick-like casing for receiving the control signal transmitted by said transmitter of said remote controller, and 
 a control circuit connected electrically to said receiver, said battery set and said socket unit, receiving the control signal from said receiver, and controlling electrical connection between said battery set and said socket unit based on the control signal received thereby such that said battery set supplies the electric power to said brick assembly through said control circuit and said socket unit. 
   
     
     
         2 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said brick assembly is formed with a plurality of connecting holes; and   said brick-like casing of said power supply unit is formed with a plurality of connecting plugs engaging detachably and respectively said connecting holes in said brick assembly.   
     
     
         3 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said touch panel of said remote controller is a capacitive touch panel. 
     
     
         4 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said touch panel of said remote controller is configured with a plurality of sensing areas each of which is adapted to sense movement of a user' finger thereon to generate an input corresponding to the movement of the user's finger, the inputs generated by said sensing areas constituting the input signal. 
     
     
         5 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said remote controller further includes an indicator for generating an audio output to indicate operation of each of said sensing areas of said touch panel. 
     
     
         6 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said remote controller further includes a casing mounted with said touch panel and said transmitter thereon, and a battery unit received detachably in said casing for supplying electric power to said remote controller. 
     
     
         7 . The power-driven construction toy assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said brick assembly includes a plurality of driven brick units, and a plurality of driving brick units each of which is operable to drive movement of a corresponding one of said driven brick units; and   said socket unit of said power supply unit includes a plurality of sockets each connected electrically to a corresponding one of said driving brick units of said brick assembly through an electrical wire.