公开(公告)号：US20190220149A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16365662

申请日：2019-03-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  Bengt Henry Hjalmar Edlund ,  Richard Berglind

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G09G2380/02

Abstract: A sensor including optics configured in accordance with a display that presents a GUI, the optics projecting the GUI above the display such that the GUI is visible in-air, a reflectance sensor including light emitters projecting light beams towards the projected GUI, light detectors detecting reflections of the beams by objects interacting with the projected GUI, and a lens maximizing detection of light at each detector for light entering the lens at a respective location along the lens at a specific angle θ, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, maximum detection of light projected by the emitter of the pair, reflected by an object and detected by the detector of the pair, corresponds to the object being at a specific 2D location in the projected GUI, and a processor mapping detections of light for emitter-detector pairs to their corresponding 2D locations, and translating the mapped locations to display coordinates.

公开(公告)号：US10282034B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15588646

申请日：2017-05-07

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  Bengt Henry Hjalmar Edlund ,  Richard Berglind

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A touch system with a curved touch surface, including light emitters projecting light beams over and across the curved surface, such that at least some of the light beams are incident upon and reflected by the curved surface, light detectors detecting reflections, by a reflective object touching the curved surface, lenses mounted such that (i) there is a particular angle of entry at which each light detector receives a maximal light intensity, and (ii) there are target positions, associated with emitter-detector pairs, on the curved surface, whereby light beams emitted by the light emitter of that pair are reflected by the object into the lens corresponding to the light detector of that pair at the particular angle of entry, and a processor calculating a location of the object touching the curved surface by determining an emitter-detector pair that detects a maximal amount of light, and identifying the associated target position.

公开(公告)号：US20160154475A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-02

申请号：US15000815

申请日：2016-01-19

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Håkan Sven Erik Andersson ,  Per Rosengren ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Fellin ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Oscar Sverud ,  Sangtaek Kim ,  Rasmus Dahl-Örn ,  Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Sparf ,  Erik Rosengren ,  John Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain ,  Oskar Hagberg ,  Joel Rozada

IPC: G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/017 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing, light emitters mounted in the housing for projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, light detectors mounted in the housing for detecting amounts of light entering the housing along the detection plane, whereby for each emitter-detector pair (E, D), when an object is located at a target position p(E, D) in the detection plane, corresponding to the pair (E, D), then the light emitted by emitter E is scattered by the object and is expected to be maximally detected by detector D, and a processor to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to read the detected amounts of light from the detectors, and to calculate a location of the object in the detection plane from the detected amounts of light, in accordance with a detection-location relationship that relates detections from emitter-detector pairs to object locations between neighboring target positions in the detection plane.

Abstract translation: 一种接近传感器，包括壳体，安装在壳体中的发光体，用于将光沿着检测平面投射出壳体;安装在壳体中的光检测器，用于检测沿着检测平面进入外壳的光量，由此对于每个发射器检测器 对（E，D），当对象位于检测平面中对应于对（E，D）的目标位置p（E，D）时，发射器E发射的光被物体散射， 预计由检测器D最大程度地检测到，并且处理器同步地激活发射器 - 检测器对，以读取来自检测器的检测到的光量，并且从检测到的光量计算检测平面中物体的位置 根据检测位置关系，其将来自发射器 - 检测器对的检测与检测平面中的相邻目标位置之间的对象位置相关联。

公开(公告)号：US09164625B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-20

申请号：US14312787

申请日：2014-06-24

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Sparf ,  Per Rosengren ,  Erik Rosengren ,  John Karlsson ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Aman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F2009/245 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S17/026 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/021 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04809

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing, a plurality of light pulse emitters for projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, a plurality of primary light detectors for detecting reflections of the light projected by the emitters, by a reflective object in the detection plane, a plurality of primary lenses oriented relative to the emitters and primary detectors in such a manner that for each emitter-detector pair, light emitted by the emitter of that pair passes through one of the primary lenses and is reflected by the object back through one of the primary lenses to the detector of that pair when the object is located at a position, from among a primary set of positions in the detection plane, that position being associated with that emitter-detector pair, and a processor for co-activating emitter-detector pairs, and configured to calculate a location of the object in the detection plane.

Abstract translation: 一种接近传感器，包括壳体，多个光脉冲发射器，用于将光从检测平面投射出壳体;多个初级光检测器，用于检测由发射器投射的光的反射;由检测平面中的反射物体 ，相对于发射器和主要检测器定向的多个主要透镜，使得对于每个发射器 - 检测器对，由该对的发射器发射的光穿过主透镜中的一个，并被物体反射回一个 当物体位于从检测平面中的主要位置集合中的该位置与该发射器 - 检测器对相关联的位置时，该主体透镜的检测器和用于共同激活发射器的处理器 -detector对，并配置为计算检测平面中对象的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20150123947A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-07

申请号：US14590010

申请日：2015-01-06

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Jubner ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Fellin ,  Stefan Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  B62D1/04

CPC classification number: G06F3/04847 ,  B60K37/06 ,  B60K2350/1012 ,  B60K2350/1036 ,  B60K2350/928 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/046 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/0339 ,  H04M2250/22

Abstract: A steering wheel that identifies gestures performed on its surface, including a circular gripping element including a thumb-receiving notch disposed along its circumference, an array of light-based proximity sensors, mounted in the gripping element, that projects light beams through the notch radially outward from the gripping element, and detects light beams reflected back into the gripping element by a moving object at or near the notch, and a processor, coupled with the proximity sensor array, for determining polar angles along the circumference of the gripping element occupied by the object, responsive to light beams projected by the proximity sensor array and reflected back by the object being detected by the proximity sensor array.

Abstract translation: 一种方向盘，其识别在其表面上执行的手势，包括圆形夹持元件，包括沿着其圆周设置的拇指接收凹口，安装在夹持元件中的基于光的接近传感器的阵列，其将光束径向投射 并且通过由凹口处或附近的移动物体检测反射回到抓握元件中的光束，以及与接近传感器阵列耦合的处理器，用于确定沿着抓握元件的圆周的极角， 所述物体响应由所述接近传感器阵列投影并被所述物体反射回来的由所述接近传感器阵列检测的光束。

公开(公告)号：US10254943B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15647693

申请日：2017-07-12

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Jubner ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Fellin ,  Stefan Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0487

Abstract: A user interface for a vehicle, including a steering wheel for the vehicle, including a grip, a sensor operable to detect objects at a plurality of locations along the grip, and an illuminator operable to illuminate different portions of the grip, a processor in communication with the sensor, with the illuminator and with a controller of vehicle functions, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which cause the processor to identify, via the sensor, a location of a first object along the grip, to illuminate, via the illuminator, a portion of the grip, adjacent to the identified location, to further identify, via the sensor, a second object being at the illuminated portion of the grip, and to activate, via the controller, a vehicle function in response to the second object being at the illuminated portion of the grip.

公开(公告)号：US10004985B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14880231

申请日：2015-10-11

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Sparf ,  Per Rosengren ,  Erik Rosengren ,  John Karlsson ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/31 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F2009/245 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S17/026 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/021 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04809

Abstract: A system including two handheld electronic devices, each device including a housing, a communicator mounted in the housing continuously receiving images from an internet server, a display mounted in the housing, and a sensor mounted in the housing and connected to the communicator, configured to detect sizes of objects in an adjacent detection zone, and including an analyzer recognizing the other handheld electronic device when the sensor detects that an object in the adjacent detection zone is as long as an edge of the housing, wherein the server receives outputs from the analyzer and partitions each of the images into two half-images, and continuously transmits one of each half-image to the handheld electronic device and the other of each half-image to the other handheld device, such that each full image spans the two device displays.

公开(公告)号：US09710144B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US14805445

申请日：2015-07-21

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Jubner ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Fellin ,  Stefan Holmgren

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0487

CPC classification number: G06F3/04847 ,  B60K37/06 ,  B60K2350/1012 ,  B60K2350/1036 ,  B60K2350/928 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/046 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/0339 ,  H04M2250/22

Abstract: A computer readable medium storing instructions which cause a processor to generate data structures for an object moving along the perimeter of a curved touch-sensitive user input device, each data structure corresponding to a gesture and including a time stamp, polar angles at which the object starts and ends, a middle polar angle of the object, and an assigned state being one of the group RECOGNIZED, UPDATED and ENDED, wherein the instructions cause the processor to assign the RECOGNIZED state to the data structure when the moving object is initially detected on the perimeter of the device, to assign the UPDATED state to the data structure when the moving object is further detected on the perimeter of the device after the initial detection, and to assign the ENDED state to the data structure when the moving object ceases to be detected on the perimeter of the device.

公开(公告)号：US09645679B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US14960369

申请日：2015-12-05

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  John Karlsson ,  Lars Sparf ,  Saska Lindfors ,  Robert Pettersson

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104

Abstract: A touch screen assembly including a display, infra-red light emitters, photo diodes, a transparent frame including an exposed upper edge along its perimeter, and internally reflective facets for directing light emitted by the emitters along light paths that travel upward through one side of the frame, over the display screen, downward through the opposite side of the frame, and onto the photo diodes, and a processor operative to identify a location of an object touching the display, based on amounts of light detected by photo diodes when light emitted by light emitters is blocked along its light path by the object, and to recognize the object touching an outer wall of the frame, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when light emitted by activated emitters is absorbed along its light path by the object at the outer wall, thereby providing touch sensitivity to the frame itself.

公开(公告)号：US20160154533A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-02

申请号：US14960369

申请日：2015-12-05

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Alexander Jubner ,  John Karlsson ,  Lars Sparf ,  Saska Lindfors ,  Robert Pettersson

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104

Abstract: A touch screen assembly including a display, infra-red light emitters, photo diodes, a transparent frame including an exposed upper edge along its perimeter, and internally reflective facets for directing light emitted by the emitters along light paths that travel upward through one side of the frame, over the display screen, downward through the opposite side of the frame, and onto the photo diodes, and a processor operative to identify a location of an object touching the display, based on amounts of light detected by photo diodes when light emitted by light emitters is blocked along its light path by the object, and to recognize the object touching an outer wall of the frame, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when light emitted by activated emitters is absorbed along its light path by the object at the outer wall, thereby providing touch sensitivity to the frame itself.

Abstract translation: 包括显示器，红外光发射器，光电二极管，包括沿着其周边的暴露的上边缘的透明框架的触摸屏组件和用于引导发射器发射的光沿着向上行进的光的内部反射小面， 所述框架在所述显示屏幕上方向下穿过所述框架的相对侧，并且到达所述光电二极管，以及处理器，用于基于光发射时由光电二极管检测到的光量来识别触摸所述显示器的物体的位置 光发射器沿其光路被物体阻挡，并且基于被活化的发光体发出的光被激活的光电二极管检测到的光量，沿着其光路沿着光路径被吸收，识别接触框架外壁的物体 对象在外壁，从而为框架本身提供触觉敏感性。