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US 12,427,435 B2Granted
Connected yo-yo
AssigneeDuncan Yo-Yo Go, LLC
InventorsBryan Paul Jardin, Jason C. Sauey, James M. Petras, Matthew Banach, Joe Brian Doran, Try Ty, Michael D. Banach, Richard Philip Zavracky
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Abstract
A yo-yo has at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter related to movement of the yo-yo, a transmitter configured to transmit the measured parameter to the computing device. A server is configured to determine a trick performed with the yo-yo based on the measured parameter, and to communicate the determination to one or more computing devices of different players.
Claims23
A method, comprising:
- displaying a first visualization on a first computing device, the first visualization showing a first virtual trick faced by a virtual character;
- receiving a parameter related to movement of a first rotatable device, the parameter being measured by at least one sensor in the first rotatable device and transmitted by a transmitter in the first rotatable device;
- determining a trick performed by a user of the rotatable device based on the received measured parameter;
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- displaying a second visualization on the first computing device, the second visualization showing a second virtual trick faced by the virtual character,
- wherein the determined trick constitutes an input to the first computing device that controls the virtual character in a manner that causes the virtual character to pass from the first visualization to the second visualization, and
- wherein the first rotatable device is a yo-yo, a diabolo, a frisbee, a top, or a dreidel.
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A rotatable device, comprising:
- two shells connected by an axle;
- at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter related to movement of the rotatable device;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the measured parameter to a computing device,
- wherein the rotatable device is a diabolo or a yo-yo,
- wherein the at least one sensor and the transmitter are housed in a first of the two shells, and
- wherein the second shell comprises a protruding ring within the second shell that is coaxial with the axle.
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A method, comprising:
- displaying a first visualization on a first computing device, the first visualization prompting a user to perform a first trick with a first rotatable device;
- receiving a parameter related to movement of the first rotatable device, the parameter being measured by at least one sensor in the first rotatable device and transmitted by a transmitter in the first rotatable device;
- determining whether the first prompted trick was performed by the user of the first rotatable device based on the received measured parameter;
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- displaying a second visualization on the first computing device based on whether the first prompted trick was performed, the second visualization prompting the user to perform a second successive trick with the first rotatable device,
- wherein the first and second visualizations constitute sequential elements of an animation whose advancement is determined based on whether prompted tricks are performed, and
- wherein the first rotatable device is a yo-yo, a diabolo, a frisbee, a top, or a dreidel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.