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Control device including a ball that stores data

  • US 7,889,179 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2009
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for controlling movement of an object relative to an environment, the device comprising:

  • a ball including data or representations of the data, the data or the representations of the data being distributed at least one of a spherical layer of the ball and an outer spherical surface of the ball, the data or the representations of the data being configured for determining at least a movement direction of the object relative to the environment, the data pertaining to a plurality of movement directions of the object, wherein rotation of the ball controls at least a movement direction change of the object without causing translation of the object;

    a first sensor for reading at least a portion of the data or at least a portion of the representations of the data from the at least one of the spherical layer of the ball and the outer spherical surface of the ball; and

    an alignment mechanism configured to rotate the ball to cause an axis of the object to be parallel to an X, Y, or Z-axis of a reference coordinate system.

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