Computerized Yo-Yo

• US 20170050116A1
• Filed: 11/07/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eyal Shlomot
• Original Assignee: Eyal Shlomot
• Inventors: Shlomot, Eyal
• Granted Patent: US 10,150,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/24 with illuminating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/26 emitting blasts or explosions
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/28 Musical tops
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/30 Climbing tops, e.g. Yo-Yo
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/26 Magnetic or electric toys electric drives A63H29/22 ; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles

Abstract

There described a computerized yo-yo toy that uses an acceleration measuring device, a computation and control device, a communication device and entertaining devices to enhance the entertaining experience of playing with the computerized yo-yo toy. The acceleration measuring device measures the acceleration values of the computerized yo-yo toy. The computation and control device uses the measured acceleration values to generate control signals to control the entertaining devices such as a light display device, an audio play device and an auxiliary device for an enhanced entertaining experience. The entertaining devices may be latched to a latching base, which allows using different and new entertaining devices with the computerized yo-yo toy. The computation and control device may also use the measured acceleration values to generate control signals to control the motion of the computerized yo-yo toy, using an electric clutch device and an electric motor device. The control signals are based on the measured acceleration values, the type of entertaining device latched to the latching base and setup parameters received by the communication device from an external device, such as smartphone or tablet. The communication deice may also send data from the computerized yo-yo toy to the external device, which allows the external device to analyze, store or display the data for an enhanced entertaining experience.

Claims

1. A computerized yo-yo, the computerized yo-yo comprising:

a yo-yo body comprised of a first rounded half and a second rounded half;

a latching base formed as a recessed space into at least one of the first rounded half and the second rounded half of the yo-yo body;

a held detachable device wherein the held detachable device is at least one type from a plurality of types of detachable devices and wherein the held detachable device is held by the latching base;

an accelerometers device configured to measure acceleration values of the computerized yo-yo;

a computation and control device configured to receive the measured acceleration values, to identify a type of the held detachable device and to generate control signals for the held detachable device based on the measured acceleration values and based on the identified type of the held detachable device.

2. The computerized yo-yo of claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of detachable devices comprises a light emitting device type, an audio play device type and an auxiliary device type.

3. The computerized yo-yo of claim 2, wherein the light emitting device type comprises at least one of a light emitting diode (LED) and a laser and wherein the light emitting device type is configured to emit light based on the generated control signals.

4. The computerized yo-yo of claim 2, wherein the audio play device type comprises at least one of a piezoelectric mechanism, an electromagnetic mechanism and a capacitance mechanism and wherein the audio play device type is configured to play audio base on the generated control signals.

5. The computerized yo-yo of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary device type comprises at least one of a firework payload, a colored smoke payload, a colored powder payload and a scent payload and wherein the auxiliary device type is configured to dispose at least one of a firework, a colored smoke, a colored powder and a scent based on the generated control signals.

6. The computerized yo-yo of claim 1, wherein the latching base further comprises a first connecting pad and wherein the held detachable device comprises a second connecting pad.

7. The computerized yo-yo of claim 6, wherein the computation and control device is further configured to transmit the generated control signals to the held detachable device using a connection between the first connecting pad and the second connecting pad.

8. The computerized yo-yo of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication device configured to receive setup parameters from an external device and to send the received setup parameters to the computation and control device;

wherein the computation and control device is further configured to generate the control signals based on the received setup parameters.

9. The computerized yo-yo toy of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication device, wherein the computation and control device is further configured to extract state parameters based on at least one of the measured acceleration values and the identified type of the held detachable device and wherein the communication device is configured to send the extracted state parameters to an external device.

10. A method for generating control signals in a computerized yo-yo, the method comprises:

holding a held detachable device by a latching base formed as a recessed space on the computerized yo-yo wherein the held detachable device is at least one type from a plurality of detachable devices that is held by the latching base;

measuring acceleration values of the computerized yo-yo using an accelerometer device;

identifying a type of the held detachable device;

generating control signals by a computation and control device for the identified type of the held detachable device based on the measured acceleration values and the identified type of the held detachable device;

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of types of detachable devices comprises a light emitting device type, an audio play device type and an auxiliary device type.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

emitting light based on the generated control signals wherein the type of the held detachable device is the light emitting device type.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

playing audio based on the generated control signals wherein the type of the held detachable device is the audio play device type.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

disposing at least one of a firework, a colored smoke, a colored powder and a scent based on the generated control signals wherein the type of the held detachable device is the auxiliary device type.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the latching base further comprises a first connecting pad and the held detachable device further comprises a second connecting pad.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the generated control signals from the computation and control device to the held detachable device using a connection between the first connecting pad and the second connecting pad.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving setup parameters from an external device by a communication device and sending the received setup parameters to the computation and control device;

wherein the computation and control device further generates the control signals based on the received setup parameters.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

extracting state parameters by the computation and control device based on at least one of the measured acceleration values and the identified type of the held detachable device;

sending the extracted state parameters by a communication device to an external device.