Patents Assigned to Ball-IT Oy
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Patent number: 8441434Abstract: A user operable device for control of or communication with an electric appliance, in particular a user operable pointing device such as a mouse, including electrical components and circuits including sensor elements, processing elements and wireless communication elements for detecting movements including at least rotational movements of the device, producing data related to the movements and transmitting the data to the electric appliance, is characterized in that the device (1) is essentially a ball (2) including outer surface (2?) for free rolling and for receiving influences of physical effects on the surface and the device, and that the electrical components and circuits (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) are inside the ball (2) in integrated relationship with the ball. The invention concerns also a user interface including the user operable device of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Ball-IT OyInventors: Johannes Väänänen, Juha Rytky
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Publication number: 20120172129Abstract: A throwable gaming control (710) for controlling at least one event in a computer game, includes at least one magnetic sensor (110) and at least one acceleration sensor (120) is characterised in that: at least one acceleration sensor (120) is arranged to the center of gravity of the game control and/or to the proximity of the center of gravity of the gaming control and at least one magnetic sensor (110) is arranged to a position of least internal magnetic noise, and/or a position of low internal magnetic noise. The best mode of the invention is considered to be the combination of an acceleration sensor in the center of gravity of a wireless spherical mouse that in addition houses a magnetic sensor (110) in a magnetic noise free position. This spherical mouse can be used to play for example basketball with real basketball like movements in a computer game (70).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: BALL-IT OYInventor: Johannes Vaananen
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Publication number: 20100267266Abstract: A water and/or airtight electrical socket for portable electronic devices includes sealing elements that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface. When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only to that section of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface that it is arranged to seal. It will not relay mechanical forces any further. This way, the mechanical effect of any extra asymmetric pressure will simply be limited to increasing the pressure of the seal in the perimeter section of that particular sealing element, thereby tightening the seal further still. This allows the socket opening to be sealed in a water- and/or airtight manner even in asymmetric pressure conditions, both when there is no plug in the socket and also when a plug is inside the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: BALL-IT OYInventors: Timo REMES, Johannes Väänänen
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Patent number: 7803004Abstract: A water and/or airtight electrical socket for portable electronic devices includes sealing elements that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface. When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only to that section of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface that it is arranged to seal. It will not relay mechanical forces any further. This way, the mechanical effect of any extra asymmetric pressure will simply be limited to increasing the pressure of the seal in the perimeter section of that particular sealing element, thereby tightening the seal further still. This allows the socket opening to be sealed in a water- and/or airtight manner even in asymmetric pressure conditions, both when there is no plug in the socket and also when a plug is inside the socket.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Ball-IT OyInventors: Timo Remes, Johannes Väänänen
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Publication number: 20100064803Abstract: A method for determining a velocity of an object (O), such as a ball, over a span length (SL) extending from a span start (SS) to a span end (SE). An audio signal (AS) is received by a mobile telephone's (MT) microphone (MP). An approximate travel time (TT) for a traversal of the span length (SL) by the object (O) is determined, which act time comprises processing the audio signal (AS) and detecting a first shape (210) and a second shape (212) which respectively correspond to an approximate start time (T1) and approximate end time (T2) of the traversal, and determining the approximate travel time (TT) based on the detected first shape (210) and second shape (212). The object's velocity is determined based on the span length (SL) and approximate travel time (TT).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Shoot the Balls OyInventors: Tomi Salmi, Timo Salmi, Lauri Ilvas, Anssi Luomaranta, Miikka Tikander
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Publication number: 20090275225Abstract: A water and/or airtight electrical socket for portable electronic devices includes sealing elements that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface. When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only to that section of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface that it is arranged to seal. It will not relay mechanical forces any further. This way, the mechanical effect of any extra asymmetric pressure will simply be limited to increasing the pressure of the seal in the perimeter section of that particular sealing element, thereby tightening the seal further still. This allows the socket opening to be sealed in a water- and/or airtight manner even in asymmetric pressure conditions, both when there is no plug in the socket and also when a plug is inside the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: BALL-IT OYInventors: Timo Remes, Johannes Väänänen
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Patent number: 7588448Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical socket (110) that is water and/or airtight. In particular, the invention relates to a water and/or airtight electrical socket (110) for portable electronic devices (500). The invention involves sealing elements (200, 210, 220 and 230) that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface (300, 310). When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only to that section of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface (300, 310) that it is arranged to seal. It will not relay mechanical forces any further. This way, the mechanical effect of any extra asymmetric pressure will simply be limited to increasing the pressure of the seal in the perimeter section of that particular sealing element (200, 210, 220 and 230), thereby tightening the seal further still.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Ball-IT OyInventors: Timo Remes, Johannes Väänänen
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Publication number: 20090225030Abstract: A user operable device for control of or communication with an electric appliance, in particular a user operable pointing device such as a mouse, including electrical components and circuits including sensor elements, processing elements and wireless communication elements for detecting movements including at least rotational movements of the device, producing data related to the movements and transmitting the data to the electric appliance, is characterised in that the device (1) is essentially a ball (2) including outer surface (2?) for free rolling and for receiving influences of physical effects on the surface and the device, and that the electrical components and circuits (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) are inside the ball (2) in integrated relationship with the ball. The invention concerns also a user interface including the user operable device of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: BALL-IT OYInventors: Johannes Vaananen, Juha Rytky
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Publication number: 20080242136Abstract: A water and/or airtight electrical socket for portable electronic devices includes sealing elements that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface. When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only to that section of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface that it is arranged to seal. It will not relay mechanical forces any further. This way, the mechanical effect of any extra asymmetric pressure will simply be limited to increasing the pressure of the seal in the perimeter section of that particular sealing element, thereby tightening the seal further still. This allows the socket opening to be sealed in a water- and/or airtight manner even in asymmetric pressure conditions, both when there is no plug in the socket and also when a plug is inside the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: BALL-IT OYInventors: Timo Remes, Johannes Vaananen