Electronic sword game with input and feedback
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
a flywheel disposed within said housing;
a first gimbal in which said flywheel is mounted, said first gimbal being capable of providing a first degree of freedom for said flywheel;
at least one or more motors capable of spinning said flywheel; and
at least one or more sensors capable of obtaining position information of said flywheel;
said one or more motors being capable of toppling said flywheel based at least in part on the position information of said flywheel in response to a toppling event.
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Abstract
An electro-mechanical device for providing an input to a computer program and said computer program providing a tactile output through said electro-mechanical device to a user. More specifically, the present invention provides an electro-mechanical virtual sword game apparatus that receives positional information from sensors on the sword apparatus and the sword apparatus contains a propulsion gyrostat that under the control of a computer process may be topple to provide a torque on the housing of the sword apparatus that may be used to simulate the impact of sword blows.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a flywheel disposed within said housing; a first gimbal in which said flywheel is mounted, said first gimbal being capable of providing a first degree of freedom for said flywheel; at least one or more motors capable of spinning said flywheel; and at least one or more sensors capable of obtaining position information of said flywheel; said one or more motors being capable of toppling said flywheel based at least in part on the position information of said flywheel in response to a toppling event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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receiving a position signal indicative of a position of a housing; determining a toppling event based at least in part on a position of the housing; generating a toppling event signal based at least in part on said determining; and transmitting the toppling event signal to the housing, wherein the toppling event signal is indicative of a torque to be applied to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed by a computing platform, result in the application of a torque to a housing by:
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receiving a position signal indicative of a position of the housing; determining a toppling event based at least in part on a position of the housing; generating a toppling event signal based at least in part on said determining; and transmitting the toppling event signal to the housing, wherein the toppling event signal is indicative of a torque to be applied to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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