Patent ID: 8531050
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: A63F,A63H,A63J

Abstract:
1. A wirelessly-chargeable hand-held gaming device for playing or directing a computer-animated game at least in part by moving or rotating the entire body of said gaming device in free space, said gaming device comprising: a portable housing sized and adapted to be held by a user and moved in free space to play or direct a computer-animated game, said housing having an internal cavity formed therein sized and adapted to receive or contain one or more rechargeable batteries and associated circuitry for powering and operating said gaming device; one or more motion sensors disposed within said housing configured and arranged to generate sensor output data responsive to one or more sensed motions of said portable housing as it is moved or rotated in free space; non-volatile memory configured to store at least one unique identifier for uniquely identifying said gaming device; at least one internal radio frequency (RF) transmitter configured to provide a first wireless communication link with at least one external RF receiver; at least one internal RF receiver configured to provide a second wireless communication link with at least one external RF transmitter; at least one inductance coil or antenna sized and arranged to generate pulses of electrical energy when exposed to an externally-generated electromagnetic field; and a rectifier electrically coupled to said at least one inductance coil or antenna arranged and adapted to convert said pulses of electrical energy into storable electrical energy stored in said one or more rechargeable batteries; said gaming device configured to be wirelessly charged when exposed to an externally-generated electromagnetic field and to wirelessly communicate at least said sensor output data and said unique identifier to an associated wireless-compatible device when held and operated by a user.