Remote Control Vehicle with Intelligent Interchangeable Heads

Abstract

A remote-controlled toy vehicle with intelligent interchangeable heads is provided where the operational characteristics of the remote-control toy vehicle changes depending on the particular intelligent interchangeable head that may be detachably mounted to the toy vehicle. Some of the characteristics of the remote-control toy vehicle that may change include, but are not limited to, speed level, acceleration level, sound effects and lighting effects.

1 . A toy vehicle comprising:
 a housing;   a head mount coupled to the housing for receiving a detachable intelligent head, where the intelligent head includes an electronic circuit;   a processor in communication with the head mount for receiving signals from the intelligent head when the intelligent head is mounted to the head mount for controlling at least some functional operations of the toy vehicle; and   a motor in communication with the processor and configured to operate in response to the signals received by the processor from the intelligent head.   
     
     
         2 . A toy vehicle comprising:
 a housing;   a head mount coupled to the housing, where a first intelligent interchangeable head may detachably mount to the head mount, where the first intelligent head comprises a first electronic circuit, and where a second intelligent interchangeable head may detachably mount to the head mount in lieu of the first intelligent interchangeable head, where the second intelligent head comprises a second circuit;   a processor in communication with the head mount, where the processor receives signals from the first electronic circuit when the first intelligent interchangeable head is mounted to the head mount and where the processor receives signals from the second electronic circuit when the second intelligent interchangeable head is mounted to the head mount; and   a motor connected to the processor, the motor configured to operate in a first response to the first electronic circuit when the first intelligent interchangeable head is mounted to the head mount and where the motor operates in a second response to the second electronic circuit when the second intelligent interchangeable head is mounted to the head mount.   
     
     
         3 . A method for changing the electronic characteristics of a toy vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a toy vehicle having a housing and a processor within the housing, and a head mount coupled to the housing in communication with the processor; and   providing at least a first and second detachable intelligent interchangeable head, where the first intelligent interchangeable head when mounted to the head mount communicates with the processor to provide a first signal to the processor and where the first signal causes the toy vehicle to drive at a first speed and where the second intelligent interchangeable head when the second intelligent interchangeable head is coupled to the head mount communicates with the processor to provide a second signal to the processor, where the second signal causes the toy vehicle to drive at a second speed.