公开(公告)号：US12299238B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18532390

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: NEONODE INC.

Inventor： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm ,  Jon Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Gunnar Martin Frõjdh ,  Joseph Shain ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Clarence Ray King, III ,  Oscar Ritzén Praglowski de Radwan

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a structure suspending at least one lens above a circuit board, light emitters operable to project light beams through the lens along a common projection plane, light detectors operable to detect amounts of light arriving through the lens at the detector, wherein an object in the projection plane reflects light from an emitter to one or more of the detectors, and wherein each emitter-detector pair, including one of the emitters and one of the detectors, when synchronously activated, is expected to generate a greater detection signal at the activated detector than the other detectors, were they to be synchronously activated with any of the emitters, when the object is located at a specific 2D location in the projection plane corresponding to the emitter-detector pair, and a processor identifying gestures performed by the object based on amounts of light detected by the detector of each emitter-detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US20210349569A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17385260

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

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

Abstract: A sensor determining coordinates of a proximal object, including a one-dimensional array of alternating light emitters and detectors, including a plurality of light emitters projecting light along a detection plane, and a plurality of light detectors detecting reflections of the projected light, by a reflective object in the detection plane, and a plurality of lenses mounted and oriented relative to the emitters and the detectors such that the light detectors receive maximum intensity when light enters a corresponding lens at a first particular angle, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, light emitted by the emitter of that pair passes through one of the lenses and is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses to the detector of that pair when the object is located at one of a set of positions in the detection plane, that position being associated with that emitter-detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US10802601B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16694018

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Håkan Sven Erik Andersson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Per Oscar Sverud ,  Sangtaek Kim ,  Rasmus Dahl-Örn ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

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

Abstract: A sensor, including light emitters projecting directed light beams, light detectors interleaved with the light emitters, lenses, each lens oriented relative to a respective one of the light detectors such that the light detector receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at an angle b, whereby, for each emitter E, there exist corresponding target positions p(E, D) along the path of the light from emitter E, at which an object located at any of the target positions reflects the light projected by emitter E towards a respective one of detectors D at angle b, and a processor storing a reflection value R(E, D) for each co-activated emitter-detector pair (E, D), based on an amount of light reflected by an object located at p(E, D) and detected by detector D, and calculating a location of an object based on the reflection values and target positions.

公开(公告)号：US20200150823A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16739142

申请日：2020-01-10

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

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

Abstract: A sensor including multiple sensor modules and a processor, each sensor module including lenses, light detectors, each detector positioned along the image plane of a lens so as to receive maximum light intensity when light enters the lens at a particular angle, light emitters, each emitter being positioned in relation to a lens so as to project light into a detection zone, an activating unit synchronously co-activating each emitter with at least one of the detectors, and a calculating unit receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection zone to the detectors, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection zone based on the detector outputs and the particular angle, wherein neighboring modules monitor different detection zones, and the processor receiving outputs from the sensor modules and mapping the object location in multiple detection zones over time.

公开(公告)号：US20180181209A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15898585

申请日：2018-02-18

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20160239153A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-18

申请号：US15138360

申请日：2016-04-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02B6/32 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

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：US09335867B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US14612308

申请日：2015-02-03

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 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  F21V8/00 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/041

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 guide for a light-based touch-sensitive surface, including first and second curved panels having substantially similar curvatures, wherein light undergoes a first refraction by the first curved panel as it enters the light guide, and undergoes a second refraction by the second curved panel as it exits the light guide, the second refraction being the inverse of the first refraction, and wherein one of the panels is curved in a horizontal plane parallel to the surface and forms a curved rim for the surface.

Abstract translation: 一种用于基于光的触敏表面的光导，包括具有基本相似的曲率的第一和第二曲面板，其中，当第一弯曲面板进入光导时，光经第一弯曲面板发生第一折射，并且经过第二折射 弯曲面板当其离开光导时，第二折射与第一折射相反，并且其中一个面板在平行于表面的水平面中弯曲并且形成用于表面的弯曲边缘。

公开(公告)号：US20160098189A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-07

申请号：US14886048

申请日：2015-10-17

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Magnus Goertz ,  Joseph Shain

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/018 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04855 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/32 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22

Abstract: An electronic device including a display, sensors detecting contact above the display, a processor receiving information from the sensors, and a user interface accessing a plurality of applications, each application running on the electronic device in an activated state and in a non-activated state whereby, in its activated state, the application presents a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display and runs interactively via the GUI, and, in its non-activated state, the application presents a gadget on the display and runs non-interactively to present, within the gadget, dynamically generated information related to the application, wherein the user interface initializes each application in its non-activated state when the electronic device is turned on, and alters the layout when an application transitions to its activated state, by displacing some gadgets from in the display to out of the display, and replacing the displaced gadgets with a window for the activated application's GUI.

Abstract translation: 一种电子设备，包括显示器，检测显示器上方的触点的传感器，接收来自传感器的信息的处理器以及访问多个应用的​​用户界面，在处于激活状态和非激活状态的电子设备上运行的每个应用 由此，在其激活状态下，应用程序在显示器上呈现图形用户界面（GUI）并且经由GUI以交互方式运行，并且在其非激活状态下，应用在显示器上呈现小工具，并且非交互地运行到 在小工具内存在与应用相关的动态生成的信息，其中当电子设备被打开时，用户界面将其每个应用程序初始化为处于非激活状态，并且当应用转变到其激活状态时改变布局， 从显示器到显示器的一些小工具，以及用激活的应用程序的GU的窗口替换排除的小工具 一世。

公开(公告)号：US20150277666A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-01

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

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.

Abstract translation: 一种用于控制传感器的状态机，包括与安装在设备中的光发射器和光电检测器耦合的芯片封装，以及主处理器，包括发射器驱动器，检测器驱动器，用于产生表示光量的信号的信号处理器 检测器检测的扫描控制器和用于控制发射器和检测器驱动器以激活发射器 - 检测器对的自动序列的扫描控制器，扫描控制器包括用于存储指定在自动序列期间被激活的发射器 - 检测器对的参数的寄存器， 并且用于存储由发射器 - 检测器对激活的信号处理器产生的信号，以及至少一个输入/输出引脚，用于从主处理器接收要加载到寄存器中的参数，并将寄存器中存储的信号输出到 主机处理器，用于主机处理器从其中识别靠近或接触设备的对象的位置坐标 。

公开(公告)号：US20150277636A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-01

申请号：US14730880

申请日：2015-06-04

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/047 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B19/0014 ,  G02B19/0028 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104

Abstract: A compound lens structure for placement along a common edge of a light-based touch screen, including first and second lenses separated by an air gap to provide four air-to-plastic interfaces for progressively collimating light directed through the lenses, each lens including a convex surface exposed to the air gap.

Abstract translation: 一种用于沿着基于光的触摸屏的公共边缘放置的复合透镜结构，包括由空气间隙分开的第一和第二透镜，以提供四个空气对塑料接口，用于逐渐准直通过透镜的光，每个透镜包括 凸面露出气隙。