公开(公告)号：US11733808B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

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 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  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 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428

CPC classification number: G06F3/0421 ,  A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S17/04 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/021 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F2009/245 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F2203/04809

Abstract: A sensor for a control panel, including a housing along an edge of the panel, light emitters projecting light along an in-air detection plane over the panel and detectors detecting reflections of the projected light, reflected by an object in the detection plane, lenses oriented such that each detector receives maximum light intensity when light enters a corresponding lens at a particular angle, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, when the object is located at a specific position in the detection plane, light emitted by the emitter of that pair is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses at the particular angle to the detector of that pair, the specific position being associated with that emitter-detector pair, and a processor configured to determine panel locations, map each location to a position in the detection plane associated with an emitter-detector pair, mapping the panel to the detection plane.

公开(公告)号：US20220326783A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17835981

申请日：2022-06-09

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 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: Method including providing a sensor including light emitters, photodiode detectors, and lenses arranged so as to direct light beams from light emitters exiting lenses along a detection plane, and so as to direct light beams entering lenses at a specific angle of incidence onto photodiode detectors, mounting the sensor on a display presenting virtual input controls for an electronic device, such that the detection plane resides in an airspace in front of the display, activating light emitters to project light beams through lenses along the detection plane, wherein at least one of the light beams is interrupted by a finger, detecting light reflected by the finger, identifying emitters that projected the light beam that was reflected and photodiode detectors that detected the reflected light, as emitter-detector pairs, calculating display coordinates based on target positions associated with the identified emitter-detector pairs, and transmitting the calculated display coordinates to the electronic 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：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：US20130155027A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-20

申请号：US13764812

申请日：2013-02-12

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Michael Lawrence Elyan ,  Joseph Shain ,  Anders Jansson ,  Robert Pettersson ,  John Karlsson

IPC: G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F3/0308 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: A touch screen, including a layer of light-transmissive material having an upper surface that is exposed for touch by one or more objects, a plurality of light emitters underneath the upper surface, a first lens assembly for directing light beams emitted by the light emitters into the layer at an angle such that the light beams, when entering the layer, remain confined to the layer by total internal reflection when the light beams are not absorbed by any of the objects touching the upper surface, a plurality of light detectors for detecting light beams and for generating outputs indicating the amounts of light detected, a second lens assembly for directing light beams at a surface of the layer towards the light detectors, and a calculating unit for determining respective one or more locations of the one or more objects touching the upper surface, based on outputs of the light detectors.

Abstract translation: 一种触摸屏，包括一层透光材料，具有被一个或多个物体接触的上表面，在上表面下方的多个发光体，用于引导由发光体发射的光束的第一透镜组件 以一定的角度进入层，使得当光束不被任何接触上表面的物体吸收时，当进入层时光束通过全内反射保持局限于该层;多个光检测器，用于检测 光束并用于产生指示所检测的光量的输出;第二透镜组件，用于将层的表面处的光束引向光检测器;以及计算单元，用于确定触摸的一个或多个物体的相应一个或多个位置 上表面，基于光检测器的输出。

公开(公告)号：US20200089326A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

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：US10534479B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15990587

申请日：2018-05-25

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 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428

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：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：US09411430B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US14016076

申请日：2013-08-31

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Holmgren ,  Lars Sparf ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Thomas Eriksson ,  Michael Elyan ,  Joseph Shain ,  Anders Jansson ,  Robert Pettersson ,  John Karlsson

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: G06F3/0308 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: A method for use by a touch screen in which light transmitted inside the screen is scattered by an object touching the screen from outside the screen, the method including activating emitter-receiver pairs for a plurality of emitters and receivers while an object is touching a screen from outside the screen, wherein light emitted by each emitter is transmitted inside the screen, wherein each emitter is associated with a limited number of receivers that detect significant light from such emitter while no object is touching the screen, and wherein the activated emitter-receiver pairs include pairs for which the receiver is not associated with the emitter in the pair, determining that receivers not associated with emitters detect significant light due to the object scattering the light emitted by the emitters, and deriving the location where the object is touching the screen from the determining.

Abstract translation: 一种触摸屏使用的方法，其中透射在屏幕内的光被屏幕外部触摸屏幕的物体散射，该方法包括在物体触摸屏幕的同时激活多个发射器和接收器的发射器 - 接收器对 从屏幕外部，其中由每个发射器发射的光在屏幕内传输，其中每个发射器与有限数量的接收器相关联，所述接收器在没有物体接触屏幕的情况下检测来自该发射器的重要光，并且其中激活的发射器 - 接收器 对包括接收器不与该对中的发射器相关联的对，确定与发射器不相关联的接收器由于物体散射由发射器发射的光而检测到有效的光，并且导出对象接触屏幕的位置 从确定。