Bouncy ball

Abstract

A bouncing ball with internal lights that are electronically controlled to produce patterns of illumination.

1 . A ball comprising at least one of the following:
 at least one LED light;   at least one battery;   at least one switch and/or at least one sensor; and/or   circuitry to control at least one LED light.   
     
     
         2 . The ball of  claim 1  further comprising at least one of the following: at least one transparent, translucent and/or flexible exterior material that permits the transmission of light, at least one sound device, at least one audio device, and/or at least one vibration device where such at least one sound device, at least one audio device, and/or at least one vibration device can be sequenced, initiated, operated, run, synched, activated, and/or deactivated. 
     
     
         3 . The ball of  claim 1  whereby said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor and/or at least one connector can be at least one of sensed by, connected to, activated by, deactivated by, and/or controlled by electronics. 
     
     
         4 . The ball of  claim 3  whereby said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor can be activated by at least one of motion, acceleration and/or impact. 
     
     
         5 . The ball of  claim 4  whereby said motion, acceleration and/or impact can result from the bouncing of the ball. 
     
     
         6 . The ball of  claim 5  whereby said motion, acceleration and/or impact, and/or said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor output can cause electronics to either remain active for a minimum period of time, and/or enter a low current sleep mode to conserve battery energy if said electronics are not active for a minimum period of time. 
     
     
         7 . The ball of  claim 6  whereby said motion, acceleration and/or impact, and/or said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor output can initiate the waking up of electronics from a low current sleep mode. 
     
     
         8 . The ball of  claim 1  further comprising electronics that are able to control the lighting of said at least one LED light in at least one lighting sequence. 
     
     
         9 . The ball of  claim 6  whereby the activation of said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor can initiate, activate, deactivate, control, operate, and/or run at least one lighting sequence. 
     
     
         10 . The ball of  claim 8  whereby the lighting of the at least one lighting sequence can be at least one of repetitive or random. 
     
     
         11 . The ball of  claim 8  whereby the lighting of the at least one lighting sequence can be determined by time between ball bounces, can incorporate a constant time interval, and/or can incorporate variable time intervals. 
     
     
         12 . The ball of  claim 11  whereby said variable time intervals can be determined by the time intervals between bounces of the ball. 
     
     
         13 . The ball of  claim 10  whereby said lighting, circuitry and/or electronics can incorporate a dimming function as part of said at least one lighting sequence. 
     
     
         14 . The ball of  claim 1  whereby said at least one switch and/or at least one sensor can sense sound, vibration, acoustic energy and/or audio from the environment and convert such sound, vibration, acoustic energy and/or audio into a signal. 
     
     
         15 . The ball of  claim 14  whereby said signal can be resolved into frequency, amplitude and/or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The ball of  claim 15  whereby said frequency, amplitude and/or a combination thereof can control or affect the pattern and/or intensity of the LED lighting. 
     
     
         17 . The ball of  claim 3  whereby said at least one connector is a connector and/or jack for connecting the ball to an audio, power and/or other source. 
     
     
         18 . The ball of  claim 1  further comprising a conductive connector or jack for connecting the ball to a mobile device, smart device, computer and/or other device or signal source. 
     
     
         19 . The ball of  claim 18  further comprising at least one of custom color and/or pattern identification for calls, e-mails, texts, and/or other origin-specific electronic communications, and/or at least one communication device that can transmit and/or receive data and/or signals in a master-slave fashion via radio frequency, infrared, and/or other communication methods. 
     
     
         20 . The ball of  claim 1  further comprising a battery compartment and a battery compartment door that does not interfere with the bouncing function of the ball.