Patents by Inventor Edward Noel DALLEY

Edward Noel DALLEY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Trampoline for use as an input device for an electronic game
    Patent number: 11130021
    Abstract: A trampoline as a controller or an input device for playing games, including a frame having a flexible mat divided into input zones and one or more neutral zones, a sensor arrangement to detect activity on the flexible mat, a controller configured to determine the bounce location and bounce zone of the activity and provide this information to a feedback generator for playing games on the trampoline, such that a user uses the trampoline to play games by jumping on the input and neutral zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TGOMA NZ LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Noel Dalley, John Robert Howe
  • Trampoline for Use as an Input Device for an Electronic Game
    Publication number: 20200108293
    Abstract: A trampoline as a controller or an input device for playing games, comprising a frame having a flexible mat divided into input zones and one or more neutral zones, a sensor arrangement to detect activity on the flexible mat, a controller configured to determine the bounce location and bounce zone of the activity and provide this information to a feedback generator for playing games on the trampoline, such that a user uses the trampoline to play games by jumping on the input and neutral zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Noel Dalley, John Robert Howe
  • Trampoline for use as an input device for an electronic game
    Patent number: 10518132
    Abstract: A trampoline as a controller or an input device for playing games, comprising a frame having a flexible mat divided into input zones and one or more neutral zones, a sensor arrangement to detect activity on V the flexible mat, a controller configured to determine the bounce location and bounce zone of the activity and provide this information to a feedback generator for playing games on the trampoline, such that a user uses the trampoline to play games by jumping on the input and neutral zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TGOMA NZ LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Noel Dalley, John Robert Howe
  • Trampoline for Use as an Input Device for an Electronic Game
    Publication number: 20180311531
    Abstract: A trampoline as a controller or an input device for playing games, comprising a frame having a flexible mat divided into input zones and one or more neutral zones, a sensor arrangement to detect activity on V the flexible mat, a controller configured to determine the bounce location and bounce zone of the activity and provide this information to a feedback generator for playing games on the trampoline, such that a user uses the trampoline to play games by jumping on the input and neutral zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Edward Noel DALLEY, John Robert HOWE