公开(公告)号：US10949027B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

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

Abstract: An interactive mid-air display including a display that presents a graphical user interface (GUI), optics projecting and rotating the GUI above the display such that the GUI is visible in-air in a plane rotated away from the display, a sensor including light emitters projecting beams towards the projected GUI, light detectors detecting reflections of the beams by objects interacting with the projected GUI, and a lens structure maximizing detection at each detector for light entering the lens structure at a respective location at a specific angle θ, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, maximum detection of light corresponds to the object being at a specific location in the projected GUI, in accordance with the locations of the emitter and detector and the angle θ, and a processor mapping detections of light for emitter-detector pairs to corresponding locations in the projected GUI, and translating the mapped locations to coordinates on the display.

公开(公告)号：US20180296915A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15990587

申请日：2018-05-25

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

Abstract: A proximity sensor, including a housing, an array of lenses mounted in the housing, an array of alternating light emitters and light detectors mounted in the housing, each detector being positioned along the image plane of a respective one of the lenses so as to receive maximum light intensity when light enters the lens at a particular angle, an activating unit mounted in the housing and connected to the emitters and detectors, synchronously co-activating each emitter with at least one of the detectors, each activated emitter projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection plane to the detectors, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection plane based on the detector outputs and the particular angle.

公开(公告)号：US20170308281A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

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

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 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 identified as being at the illuminated portion of the grip.

公开(公告)号：US09709283B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US14611281

申请日：2015-02-02

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Carl Richard Henriksson ,  Stefan Östergårde

IPC: F24C7/08 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: F24C7/086 ,  F24C7/083 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: A method for operating a stove including providing a plurality of burners beneath a cooktop surface and a plurality of visible-light emitters mounted under the surface for separately, variably illuminating edges of the surface adjacent to each of the burners, providing a touch-and-proximity sensor for detecting objects above the surface, illuminating at least one edge of the surface in response to the sensor detecting a pot suspended above one of the burners, and intensifying the illuminating commensurate with proximity of the pot to the one burner, as further detected by the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US09678601B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14726533

申请日：2015-05-31

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Robert Pettersson ,  Per Rosengren ,  Erik Rosengren ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  Richard Berglind ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Remo Behdasht

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0425 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04109

Abstract: Activating a plurality of light emitters and light detectors around a screen, each emitter-detector pair corresponding to a light path crossing the screen, wherein some of the light paths are blocked when one or more objects touch the screen, providing a look-up table, listing, for each cell from a plurality of cells, those light paths that traverse that cell when no object is touching the screen, wherein the cells partition the screen, for each cell: accessing the look-up table to identify those light paths that traverse that cell, determining whether the thus-identified light paths are blocked during the activating and, if affirmative, recognizing that cell as being a touched cell, and combining adjacent touched cells into a common touch location, thereby calculating one or more touch locations wherein each touch location is a combination of one or more constituent touched cells.

公开(公告)号：US20170115825A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15398791

申请日：2017-01-05

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  John Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Erik Rosengren ,  Lars Sparf

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H03K17/945 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F2200/1633 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  H03K17/945

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing including a printed circuit board, the housing configured to be repeatedly attached to and detached from an electronic device, a linear array including interleaved light emitters and photodiode detectors mounted on the printed circuit board, lenses mounted in the housing directing light beams emitted by the light emitters towards an airspace outside the housing, and directing light beams reflected by one or more objects in the airspace towards the photodiode detectors, and a processor generating information regarding a plurality of different gestures performed by the one or more objects in the airspace, based on reflected light detected by the photodiode detectors, and communicating the information to the electronic device as input to the electronic device, when the housing is attached to the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20150077400A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-19

申请号：US14552512

申请日：2014-11-25

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  John Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Erik Rosengren ,  Lars Sparf

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F2200/1633 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  H03K17/945

Abstract: A removable cover for a handheld electronic device, including a protective cover that at least partially covers rear and side surfaces of a handheld electronic device, a plurality of proximity sensors mounted in the cover for detecting user gestures performed outside of the electronic device, a battery, wireless communication circuitry, and a processor configured to operate the proximity sensors, and to operate the wireless communication circuitry to transmit commands to the electronic device based on gestures detected by the proximity sensors.

Abstract translation: 一种用于手持电子设备的可拆卸盖，包括至少部分地覆盖手持电子设备的后表面和侧表面的保护盖;安装在盖中用于检测在电子设备外部执行的用户手势的多个接近传感器，电池 ，无线通信电路以及被配置为操作所述接近传感器的处理器，以及基于由所述接近传感器检测到的手势来操作所述无线通信电路以向所述电子设备发送命令。

公开(公告)号：US20140210793A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-31

申请号：US14229913

申请日：2014-03-29

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Stefan Holmgren ,  Carl Richard Henriksson ,  Stefan Östergårde

IPC: G06F3/042

CPC classification number: F24C7/086 ,  F24C7/083 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: A touch sensor including a housing, a light guide mounted in the housing the light guide featuring an aperture through which light exits and enters the light guide, and an inner surface facing the interior of the housing, the sensor further includes two light emitters mounted in the housing for emitting light beams into the light guide that exit the aperture at diverging angles and a light receiver mounted in the housing for receiving reflected light beams entering the aperture at an angle of incidence different than the diverging angles.

Abstract translation: 一种触摸传感器，包括壳体，安装在壳体中的导光体，导光体具有光入射到光导中的孔，以及面向壳体内部的内表面，该传感器还包括安装在 用于将发射光束的光束以发散角发射到光导中;以及安装在壳体中的光接收器，用于接收以与发散角不同的入射角进入孔径的反射光束。

公开(公告)号：US20140146249A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-29

申请号：US14160751

申请日：2014-01-22

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  John Karlsson ,  Anders Jansson ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Joseph Shain ,  Niklas Kvist ,  Robert Pettersson

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F21V8/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G02B6/0001 ,  G02B6/0008 ,  G02B6/32 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: A light-based touch-sensitive surface, including a housing, a surface attached to the housing for receiving touch input, a plurality of light sources in the housing for emitting light that crosses the surface, a plurality of light receivers in the housing for detecting the light emitted by the light sources, a curved lens adjacent to the surface through which the light emitted by the light sources passes, including two substantially similarly curved exterior panels, one of which forms a curved rim for the surface, and a calculating unit in said housing, connected to the light receivers, for calculating a touch location based on an absence of light expected to be received by the receivers.

Abstract translation: 一种基于光的触摸敏感表面，包括壳体，附接到外壳的接收触摸输入的表面，用于发射穿过表面的光的壳体中的多个光源，用于检测的壳体中的多个光接收器 由光源发射的光，与光源发射的光通过的表面相邻的弯曲透镜，包括两个基本相似的弯曲的外部面板，其中一个形成用于表面的弯曲边缘，以及计算单元 所述壳体连接到光接收器，用于基于预期由接收器接收的光的不存在来计算触摸位置。

公开(公告)号：US20140104240A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US14140635

申请日：2013-12-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Stefan Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01

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

Abstract: A light-based proximity sensor, including light emitters mounted in a housing alongside one side of the housing, oriented to emit light beams in a direction outside of the housing, light receivers mounted alongside the same one side oriented to receive light beams entering from inside the housing, the receivers being farther away from the one side than the emitters so as not to receive light beams emitted by the emitters that are not reflected, at least one reflective surface mounted farther away from the one side than the receivers, for redirecting light beams entering from outside the housing so as to enter the receivers, and a processor for controlling the emitters and the receivers, and for calculating a location of a nearby object outside of the housing that reflects light beams exiting the housing back into the housing, based on the reflected light beams received by the receivers.

Abstract translation: 一种基于光的接近传感器，包括安装在沿壳体的一侧的壳体中的发光体，其被定向成沿着外壳外侧的方向发射光束，安装在相同一侧的光接收器被定向成接收从内部进入的光束 壳体，接收器比发射器远离一侧，以便不接收由发射器发射的未被反射的光束，安装得比接收器更远离一侧的至少一个反射表面用于重定向光 从壳体外部进入的射束，以进入接收器;以及处理器，用于控制发射器和接收器，并用于计算外壳外部附近物体的位置，反射离开壳体的光束回到壳体内 在由接收器接收的反射光束上。