Ball with internal impact detector and an indicator to indicate impact
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1. A game ball, comprising:
- a housing;
an impact detector that is located within said housing and detects impact with said housing;
an output device that provides an indication of a number of times said housing was impacted; and
, a circuit that is connected to said impact detector and said output device, said circuit counts said detected impacts and drive said output device.
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Abstract
A game ball that can count and indicate the number of times the ball has been hit by a player(s). The game ball includes an impact detector located within a ball housing. The impact detector can detect each time the ball housing is hit. The impact detector is coupled to a circuit that can count each impact detection. The circuit drives an output device to indicate, visually and/or audibly, a number of detected impacts. This allows a player(s) to determine the number of times the ball is successively hit without having to manually count during play of the game.
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55 Claims
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1. A game ball, comprising:
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a housing;
an impact detector that is located within said housing and detects impact with said housing;
an output device that provides an indication of a number of times said housing was impacted; and
,a circuit that is connected to said impact detector and said output device, said circuit counts said detected impacts and drive said output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A game ball, comprising:
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a housing;
detector means for detecting when said housing is impacted;
output means for providing an indication of a number of times said housing was impacted; and
,circuit means for counting said detected impacts and driving said output device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for playing with a game ball, comprising:
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impacting a housing of a game ball;
detecting the housing impact;
counting the detected impact; and
,indicating a number of times the housing is impacted. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A game ball, comprising:
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a deformable housing;
an impact detector that is located within said deformable housing and detects impact with said deformable housing; and
,an indicator that is coupled to said impact detector and provides an indication of impact with said deformable housing. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A game ball, comprising:
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a deformable housing;
detector means for detecting when said deformable housing is impacted; and
,indicator means for providing an indication of impact with said deformable housing. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for playing with a game ball, comprising:
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impacting a deformable housing of a game ball; and
,indicating the impact of the deformable housing. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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