公开(公告)号：US10007422B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15190705

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Fellin ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  John Karlsson ,  Maria Hedin ,  Richard Berglind

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B60R16/037 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/03 ,  B62D1/04 ,  H04N21/422 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G01C21/36 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/04883 ,  B60K37/06 ,  B60K2370/141 ,  B60K2370/1446 ,  B60K2370/782 ,  B60R16/037 ,  B62D1/046 ,  G01C21/3664 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F2203/04808 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22 ,  H04N21/42201

Abstract: A steering wheel for a vehicle, including front and back semi-toroidal surfaces joined at their outer circumferences by a light guide in the shape of a circular rim, and enclosing a toroidal volume having a cavity therein, a PCB mounted in the cavity, an alternating array of invisible-light emitters and receivers mounted on the PCB, such that the light guide projects invisible-light beams emitted by the emitters radially outward of the steering wheel, and directs reflections of the projected light beams off of a driver's hands radially inward to the steering wheel toward the receivers, and a processor connected to equipment mounted away from the steering wheel, the processor synchronously activating each emitter with a respective neighboring receiver, identifying a driver's hand gestures along an arc of the light guide based on reflected light detected by the receivers, and controlling the equipment in response to the thus-identified hand gestures.

公开(公告)号：US09778794B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US14700681

申请日：2015-04-30

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0416

Abstract: A state machine for controlling a sensor including a chip package coupled with photo-emitters and photo-detectors mounted in a device, and with a host processor, including an emitter driver, a detector driver, a signal processor for generating signals representing amounts of light detected by the detectors, and a scan controller for controlling the emitter and detector drivers to activate an automated sequence of emitter-detector pairs, the scan controller including registers for storing parameters designating emitter-detector pairs that are to be activated during the automated sequence, and for storing the signals generated by the signal processor for the emitter-detector pair activations, and at least one input/output pin for receiving parameters from the host processor to be loaded into the registers, and for outputting the stored signals in the registers to the host processor, for the host processor to identify therefrom location coordinates of an object near or touching the device.

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：US20160026250A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-28

申请号：US14872164

申请日：2015-10-01

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Michael Lawrence Elyan

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: A light-based touch sensitive device, including a housing, a surface encased in the housing, a layer of elastic material above the surface, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing, that transmit light pulses through the layer, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing, that receive the light pulses transmitted through the layer, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer that touches the layer and creates an impression in the layer, based on outputs of the receivers.

Abstract translation: 一种基于光的触敏装置，包括壳体，包围在壳体中的表面，表面上方的弹性材料层，安装在壳体中的多个光脉冲发射器，其将光脉冲透过该层，多个 安装在外壳中的光脉冲接收器，其接收通过该层传输的光脉冲;以及计算单元，其安装在外壳中并连接到接收器，该计算单元确定触摸该层的指示器的位置，并在 层，基于接收器的输出。

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：US20150219828A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-06

申请号：US14684462

申请日：2015-04-13

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Lars Sparf ,  Björn Magnus Jacobsson Le Normand

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G02B6/0045 ,  G02B6/0018 ,  G02B6/002 ,  G02B6/0073 ,  G02B6/0075 ,  G02B6/0091 ,  G02F2001/133616 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0421

Abstract: A light guide for illuminating a display screen, including a vertical cone-shaped entrance surface including an aperture for admitting light beams emitted by an LED, a folding mirror for reflecting the admitted light beams at an angle of approximately 90°, and for horizontally collimating the admitted light beams, a horizontal guide for guiding the reflected light beams to an exit surface, and an exit surface positioned above a perimeter of a display screen for directing the guided light towards a portion of the display screen, the exit surface being tilted vertically from the horizontal at a slight angle to direct the guided light beams towards the display, and being shaped horizontally as a concave lens to spread the guided light beams horizontally over an angular expanse of the display screen.

Abstract translation: 用于照亮显示屏的光导，包括垂直锥形入射表面，其包括用于允许由LED发射的光束的孔径，用于以约90°的角度反射入射光束的折叠镜，以及用于水平准直 入射光束，用于将反射光束引导到出射表面的水平引导件和位于显示屏幕周边上方的出射表面，用于将引导光引向显示屏幕的一部分，出射表面垂直倾斜 从水平方向以稍微的角度将导向的光束引向显示器，并且被水平地形成为凹透镜，以将被引导的光束水平地扩展到显示屏的角度范围。

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：US08989536B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US14465880

申请日：2014-08-22

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

IPC: G02B6/32 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G02B27/00

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 user input device, including a user input area, light emitters arranged along a first edge of the input area so as to be evenly spaced, light receivers arranged along a second edge of the input area, a curved lens arranged in front of the emitters, such that light emitted by each of the emitters is refracted as it enters the curved lens, and is again refracted as it exits the curved lens, resulting in unevenly spaced collimated light exiting the curved lens and crossing the input area, the collimated light being shifted laterally by a non-zero offset along a direction parallel to the first edge, the offset being a characteristic of the arrangement of that emitter vis-à-vis the curved lens, and a calculating unit for determining location of an object inserted into the input area from outputs of the receivers, based on the characteristic offsets of the emitters.

Abstract translation: 一种用户输入装置，包括用户输入区域，沿着输入区域的第一边缘布置以均匀分布的发光体，沿着输入区域的第二边缘布置的光接收器，布置在发射器前面的弯曲透镜 使得由每个发射器发射的光在其进入弯曲透镜时被折射，并且当其离开弯曲透镜时再次被折射，导致离开弯曲透镜并与输入区域交叉的不均匀间隔的准直光，准直光 沿着与第一边缘平行的方向横向偏移非零偏移，偏移是该发射体相对于弯曲透镜的布置的特征，以及用于确定插入到第一边缘的物体的位置的计算单元 基于发射器的特征偏移的接收器的输出的输入区域。

公开(公告)号：US08917239B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-23

申请号：US13775269

申请日：2013-02-25

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01

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：US08810551B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US13854074

申请日：2013-03-30

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Eriksson ,  Per Leine ,  Jochen Laveno Mangelsdorff ,  Robert Pettersson ,  Anders Jansson ,  Magnus Goertz

IPC: G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/0339 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: A finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device including a front opening in a front outer surface of the housing, a rear opening in a rear outer surface of the housing, and inner sidewalls extending from the front opening to the rear opening to form a cavity, a display mounted in the housing, wherein the whole cavity is disposed along a side of the display, separate from the display, a detector mounted in the inner sidewalls, operable to detect a translation gesture of a finger inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for interpreting the detected gesture as a user interface input command to modify a graphic rendered on the display.

Abstract translation: 一种用于电子设备的手指用户界面，其包括用于电子设备的壳体，该壳体包括在所述壳体的前外表面中的前开口，所述壳体的后外表面中的后开口以及从所述前开口延伸到所述前开口的内侧壁 所述后开口形成空腔，安装在所述壳体中的显示器，其中所述整个空腔沿着所述显示器的一侧设置，与所述显示器分离;安装在所述内侧壁中的检测器，可操作以检测手指的翻译手势 插入空腔中，以及连接到检测器和显示器的处理器，用于将检测到的手势解释为用户界面输入命令，以修改在显示器上呈现的图形。