ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,992, issued on April 29, was assigned to May Patents Ltd. (Hod-Hasharon, Israel).

"Device for displaying in response to a sensed motion" was invented by Yehuda Binder (Ramat Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy ...