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US 7,037,169 B2Granted
Rotating toy with rotation measurement means
OwnerGyora Mihaly Pal Benedek, Yehiel Avraham Olti +2inventors
InventorsGyora Mihaly Pal Benedek, Yehiel Avraham Olti, Shai Seger, Robert Bruce Fuhrer
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Abstract
A rotating toy is provided, the rotating toy having a rotation data measuring means. Data, such as rate of rotation, concerning the rotation of the toy is used to implement amusing games. Various embodiments of the toy of the present invention include a top provided with a synchronized display, a top provided with a transceiver and a top that “walks”.
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A rotating device comprising:
- (a) a rotatable body;
- (b) a rotation data measuring arrangement deployed inside said rotatable body;
- (c) a control unit configured to receive data relating to rotation of said rotatable body from said rotation data measuring arrangement;
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- (d) a perturbation generating mechanism configured to receive data from said control unit and to generate periodic perturbations synchronized with the rotation of the device so as to cause said rotatable body to move in a prescribed direction.
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A rotating device comprising:
- (a) a rotatable body;
- (b) a rotation data measuring arrangement deployed inside said rotatable body, said rotational data measuring arrangement being configured to detect the magetic field of the Earth, and said rotation data measuring arrangement is configured to produce a substantially sinusoidal out signal having a frequency related to rotation of said rotatable body;
- (c) a control unit configured to receive data relating to rotation of said rotatable body from said rotation data measuring arrangement;
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- (d) a perturbation generating mechanism configured to receive data from said control unit and to generate periodic perturbations synchronized with the rotation of the device so as to cause said rotatable body to move in a prescribed direction.
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A rotating device comprising:
- (a) a rotatable body;
- (b) a rotation data measuring arrangement deployed inside said rotatable body;
- (c) a control unit configured to receive data relating to rotation of said rotatable body from said rotation data measuring arrangement;
- (d) a display disposed along at least a portion of said rotatable body;
- (e) a display controller for controlling display of images on said display;
- (f) a clock arrangement coupled to said display controller for refreshing said display of images on said display at a clock rate, wherein said clock rate is dependent on said rotation data;
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- (g) a perturbation generating mechanism configured to receive data from said control unit and to generate periodic perturbations synchronized with the rotation of the device so as to cause said rotatable body to move in a prescribed direction.
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A rotating device comprising.
- (a) a rotatable body;
- (b) a rotation sensor deployed inside said rotatable body, said rotation sensor being responsive to rotation of said rotatable body within the Earth's magnetic field to produce an output signal indicative of revolutions of said rotatable body relative to the Earth's magnetic field;
- (c) a display disposed on said rotatable body;
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- (d) a controller configured to actuate said display so as to show content, said controller being responsive to said output signal so as to synchronize said display with rotation of said rotatable body such that said content appears substantially non-rotating as said rotatable body rotates,
- wherein said controller is configured to operate in at least a first mode wherein said content includes alphanumeric symbols which vary as a function of one of the group consisting of:
- a number of revolutions of said rotatable body during a current spinning motion, and a rate of rotation of said rotatable body.
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A rotating device comprising:
- (a) a rotatable body;
- (b) a rotation sensor deployed inside said rotatable body, said rotation sensor being responsive to rotation of said rotatable body within the Earth's magnetic field to produce an output signal indicative of revolutions of said rotatable body relative to the Earth's magnetic field;
- (c) a display disposed on said rotatable body;
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- (d) a controller configured to actuate said display so as to show content, said controller being responsive to said output signal so as to synchronize said display with rotation of said rotatable body such that said content appears substantially non-rotating as said rotatable body rotates,
- wherein said controller is further responsive to said output signal so as to switch the device to a low-power mode when said output signal is indicative of a near-zero rate of rotation for a predetermined time.
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A rotating device comprising:
- (a) a rotatable body
- (b) a rotation sensor deployed inside said rotatable body, said rotation sensor being responsive to rotation of said rotatable body within the Earth's magnetic field to produce an output signal indicative of revolutions of said rotatable body relative to the Earth's magnetic field;
- (c) a display disposed on said rotatable body;
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- (d) a controller configured to actuate said display so as to show content, said controller being responsive to said output signal so as to synchronize said display with rotation of said rotatable body such that said content appears substantially non-rotating as said rotatable body rotates,
- wherein said controller is configured to operate in at least a first mode wherein said content varies slightly between successive revolutions of said rotatable body to generate animated display content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.