Motion controlling includes a combining network having an acceleration input for receiving an acceleration signal representative of acceleration of a movable element and a position input for receiving a position signal representative of position of the movable element and an output for providing an inferred position signal representative of an inferred position of the movable element. The network includes a first signal processor for processing the acceleration signal to provide modified acceler...

A motion transducer having a user moveable plunger which compresses a spring for generating a force proportional to plunger displacement and applying the generated force to an actuator telescoped onto the plunger. The actuator has an elastomeric pad on the surface which contacts and reacts the generated force onto a force/pressure sensitive resistive strip which varies its resistance with the changing force applied by the elastomeric pad. The changes in resistance may be electrically detected to...

A motion toy is disclosed to have a swinging mechanism adapted to simulate the swinging action of the wings of a bird, the swinging mechanism including a driving module, two swinging arm assemblies symmetrically coupled the driving module at two sides, two endpieces respectively coupled to the swinging arm assemblies remote from the driving module, and coupling devices coupling the swinging arm assemblies to the driving module and the endpieces to the swinging arm assemblies for enabling the swi...

In a motion vector estimation method, a block-based motion vector estimation process (BME) that involves comparing a plurality of candidate vectors is carried out to determine block-based motion vectors, at least a most frequently occurring block-based motion vector (MFMV) is determined, a global motion vector estimation process (GME) using at least the most frequently occurring block-based motion vector (MFMV) is carried out to obtain a global motion vector (GMV), and the global motion vector (...

A motion ornament includes a base, a transparent spherical shell mounted on the base at the top and holding a liquid on the inside, an ornament suspended in the liquid within the transparent spherical shell, a musical box mounted within the base and controlled to produce a music, a reciprocating mechanism coupled between the pinned barrel of the musical box and the ornament to reciprocate the ornament in the liquid within the transparent spherical shell upon the operation of the musical box.

A numeric array of move command data Qi constituting a reference cam diagram F (.theta.) is stored in advance in a data table of a CMOS memory. Alternatively, a shift position of a cam corresponding to a rotational angle .theta. of the cam is stored in advance so that move command data can be generated by obtaining the shift position of the cam from the rotational angle of the cam based on the rotational angle value. In response to the input of a shift Ka in the lift direction, shift Kb in the p...

A motion toy includes a frame structure covered with a decorated shell and a power drive controlled to move parts of the frame structure. The frame structure has two vertical upper side boards and two vertical lower side boards hinged together, a horizontal shoulder board coupled between the vertical side boards at the top, a horizontal upper link coupled between the vertical upper side boards and the vertical lower side boards, and a horizontal bottom link coupled between the vertical lower sid...

A motion toy includes a hollow base having two upright top lugs, two leg members respectively pivoted to the two upright top lugs, a trunk member pivoted to the leg members remote from the base, a head member pivoted to the trunk member, a transmission gear meshed between a toothed portion at one leg member and a bottom rack at the head member, spring means connected between the leg members to pull the leg members toward each other, and a power drive mounted inside the hollow base and controlled...

A motion sensor having an electrically-conductive ball and at least a second ball to damp the motion of the electrically-conductive ball. Both balls are confined within a housing. A plurality of electrical contact elements are disposed within the housing. During movement, the electrically-conductive ball successively forms electrical connection with the electrical contact elements within the housing. The motion sensor also includes detection circuitry in electrical connection with the electrical...

An omni-directional treadmill providing a surface with no gaps on which a user can move. The treadmill is generated by arranging a set of looped belts (1, 2, 10), each providing at least one elongated surface, abutting one another along the elongate edges provided by the elongate surface. A group of these elongate surfaces defines the treadmill surface. This set of belts (1, 2, 10) is itself arranged in a loop. Movement of the whole set of belts around this loop moves the treadmill surface in on...