Concept for activating a game device

US8079925B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cairos Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Walter Englert · Burgrieden, DE
• Tilman Bucher · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B2225/50
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A game ball wherein in the vicinity of a goal, or in a goal area, an electronic system is activated in the goal area by an activation signal, which may be a magnetic field or a radio signal, so as to subsequently facilitate, e.g., highly precise position measurement of the game device, or game ball.