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Car-controlling PSP patent discovered |
Listed in: News Tags: patent, SCEE, Sony
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According to Siliconera, this patent was filed by SCEE, and apparently has the intention of operating a remote car with a camera. Further details reveal that the car will be controlled via Wi-Fi. As the patent would describe it, "a user may control the car so as to spy on their friends.. then upload the stored video images to a website."
Not only that, the car can also be used in "augmented reality zones" for racing. Basically what this idea should translate to would be a virtual build-your-own race track game. Sounds promising, right?
As it is only a patent, however, it's just as good as a piece of paper on a drawing board. Hopefully we'll hear something official from Sony on this matter soon. In the meantime, do wipe your drool, okay?
Via Siliconera
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so it must be a forgotten project, dont hope anything great.
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cant you see the little speakers(the place where the sound comes from) you cant see them in the 1000 as it is below the psp
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More contrary to the topic, to expand the 30 or something feet radius of the wifi, they would probably give you a clip on attenna on the top of the psp, no sure if this is possible, but im sure it is, which would send a much longer signal to the psp.
Doubt that they will be microcars though, they state that it will be able to "spy on friends" a microcar would not be able to nearly look that high up, and would have not be able to move anywhere on pavement, etc.
The augmented track is really interesting, not sure how it will set the boundries, but if they figured out how to do that, then you could simply be racing in your kitchen, but on the psp, thye could be anywhere, a desert, a racetrack, etc
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Honestly though, I am in the process of rebuilding an awesome old Lego space vehicle (the mega core magnetizer) it has 6 huge wheels and i was thinking of putting a motor in it (like IR maybe) and control with the PSP, but of course, that is far off still...
I just think its funny this patent surfaced just recently as I was thinking of the same kind of thing...
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I WIN.
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well...good idea anyways
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it was made by a drawing program.
I WIN
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Seriously though. This isn't new. Honda has already done a method like this with one of their show cars. They controlled everything from turning signals to doors(?). I'm not sure if they were actually able to drive it too though. The news about it was posted here a long while back around when 1.5 was the hype.
Then comes the robot that's controlled by wifi...again. PSPRobot, I believe?
For the PS2 there was this GT controller with an RC car. You use the PS2 controller to control your mini RC car while you drive on the PS2.
It's an interesting concept for a psp though.
By the way, that picture is a model of a PSP-1000. Don't disagree with me.
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