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：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：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：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：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：US20140104160A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

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: 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：US09921661B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

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: G06F17/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0488

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.