Rotatable device

• US 9,954,570 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Inventors: Kreisel, Glenn, Bloch, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US15/084,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and a planar surface that includes a projection where the projection defines an axis of rotation of the device.

Claims

1. A spinning top device comprising:

a processor;

memory operatively coupled to the processor;

a planar display operatively coupled to the processor;

motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and

a planar surface, parallel to the planar display, that comprises a projection as a tip of the spinning top device, wherein the projection defines an axis of rotation of the spinning top device in a multiple revolution spinning state of the spinning top device as supported by the projection and as balanced on the projection due at least in part to inertia of the spinning top device, wherein the spinning top device comprises a smart phone that comprises at least the processor, the memory, the planar display and the motion sensing circuitry.

2. The spinning top device of claim 1, comprising one or more modules stored in the memory wherein the one or more modules comprise processor-executable instructions to instruct the spinning top device based at least in part on output of the motion sensing circuitry.

3. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the projection comprises a spherical cap.

4. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the projection comprises a maximum height in a direction normal to a plane defined by the planar surface and wherein the maximum height corresponds to a contact point that defines the axis of rotation.

5. The spinning top device of claim 1, comprising an adhesive that adheres the projection to the planar surface.

6. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the projection is removable.

7. The spinning top device of claim 6, wherein the projection is adhered to the planar surface by an adhesive.

8. The spinning top device of claim 1, comprising a touch sensitive display.

9. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the planar display and the planar surface define a thickness of the spinning top device.

10. The spinning top device of claim 9, wherein the motion sensing circuitry is disposed between the planar display and the planar surface.

11. The spinning top device of claim 1, comprising wireless communication circuitry.

12. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensing circuitry outputs information responsive to clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the spinning top device about its rotational axis.

13. The spinning top device of claim 1, comprising a case wherein the planar surface is a surface of the case.

19. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the projection defines the axis of rotation of the spinning top device about a geometric center of the planar display of the spinning top device.

20. The spinning top device of claim 1, wherein the planar surface is a planar surface of the smart phone.

14. A spinning top case comprising:

a recess dimensioned for receipt of a smart phone that comprises a planar display; and

a planar surface that comprises a projection as a tip of the spinning top case that defines a rotational axis of the spinning top case, wherein, in a received state of the smart phone in the recess of the spinning top case, the planar surface is parallel to the planar display and, in a multiple revolution spinning state about the rotational axis, the spinning top case and the smart phone are supported on the projection and balanced on the projection due at least in part to inertia of the smart phone.

15. The spinning top case of claim 14, wherein the projection comprises a spherical cap.

16. The spinning top case of claim 14, wherein the projection comprises a maximum height in a direction normal to a plane defined by the planar surface and wherein the maximum height corresponds to a contact point that defines the axis of rotation.

17. The spinning top case of claim 14, comprising an adhesive that adheres the projection to the planar surface.

18. The spinning top case of claim 14, wherein the projection is integral to the spinning top case.