A focusing optical part, including a plastic body, suitable for being delivered on a tape and reel and mounted on a PCB by an automated mounting machine, the plastic body including a concave mirror including a center aperture input surface through which light enters the plastic body, a convex mirror opposite the center aperture, wherein the concave mirror and the convex mirror form a reflective objective that reflects and focuses the light inside the plastic body, and an exit surface surrounding the convex mirror, through which focused light exits the plastic body.
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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.
Generating interactive in-air images, by emitters emitting light pulses along an in-air detection plane, light detectors, lenses configured such that there is a particular angle of entry at which each detector receives maximal light intensity when pulses enter a lens corresponding to the detector at the particular angle of entry, and there are target positions in the detection plane, associated with emitter-detector pairs, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, when an object is located at the target position, then pulses emitted by the emitter are reflected by the object into the lens corresponding to the detector at the particular angle of entry, a projector projecting an image that appears, to a user suspended in the detection plane, and a processor identifying locations of the object in the detection plane and mapping the identified locations to corresponding locations in the image, to register user interactions with the image.
A proximity sensor, including light emitters and light detectors mounted on a circuit board, two stacked lenses, positioned above the emitters and the detectors, including an extruded cylindrical lens and a Fresnel lens array, wherein each emitter projects light through the two lenses along a common projection plane, wherein a reflective object located in the projection plane reflects light from one or more emitters to one or more detectors, and wherein each emitter-detector pair, when synchronously activated, generates a greatest detection signal at the activated detector when the reflective object is located at a specific 2D location in the projection plane corresponding to the emitter-detector pair, and a processor sequentially activating the emitters and synchronously co-activating one or more detectors, and identifying a location of the object in the projection plane, based on amounts of light detected by the detector of each synchronously activated emitter-detector pair.
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.
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An optical sensor including lenses along two opposite edges of a detection area, light emitters mounted along a specific one of the edges, each emitter projecting light beams through a respective one of the lenses, wherein the lenses split the projected emitter light into a plurality of divergent light beams directed across the detection area to respective pluralities of lenses along the edge of the detection area opposite the specific edge, wherein light intensity of each directed light beam is maximized along its center and an intensity distribution within each directed beam is known, light detectors along the edge opposite the specific edge, each detector receiving light directed across the detection area through a respective one of the lenses, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors and calculating object locations in the detection area based on the known intensity distribution within each directed light beam and the received outputs.
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An optical sensor includes light emitters, light detectors detecting an intensity profile of a light beam, focusing lenses refracting light beams onto the light detectors, diverging lenses, each light emitter emits light beams through a respective one of the diverging lenses, and the diverging lens refracts the light beam into multiple divergent light beams that each travel across a detection area and are each directed to a respective pair of the focusing lenses, wherein an intensity profile of each divergent light beam has maximum intensity along the center of the beam, and a processor receiving light profile outputs from the light detectors, and calculating a location of an object in the detection area based on comparing received outputs from two detectors that receive a common one of the divergent light beams partially blocked by the object.
A steering wheel that includes optoelectronic components, each specific optoelectronic component including a light projector projecting light out of the steering wheel at two different angles, denoted a1 and a2, a light sensor detecting reflections of the light projected by neighboring optoelectronic components by an object above the steering wheel, a lens oriented relative to the light sensor such that the light sensor receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at either of two particular angles, specifically, when light enters the lens at a particular angle b1, and at a particular angle b2 different than b1, wherein angle b1 views reflections of light projected at angle a1 by the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on one side, and angle b2 views reflections of light projected at angle a2 by the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on the side opposite the one side.
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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.
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An optical assembly including a reflectance-based sensor emitting light into a detection plane and detecting reflections of the emitted light, reflected by an object located in the detection plane, a light redirector positioned away from the sensor redirecting light emitted by the sensor into one or more spatial planes parallel to the detection plane and, when the object is located in the one or more spatial planes, redirecting light reflected by the object into the detection plane, and a processor controlling light emitted by the sensor and receiving outputs from the sensor, and configured such that when an object passes through one or more of the spatial planes, the processor identifies both the spatial planes through which the object passes, and the location of the object within the spatial planes through which it passes, based on the received outputs and the position of the light redirector relative to the sensor.
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.
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An input panel for an electronic device, including an arrangement of buttons, wherein each button is actuated when pressed, providing input to an electronic device, and a sensor, detecting location of a user's finger above the buttons, the sensor including a housing, a printed circuit board, light emitters and photodiode detectors, lenses mounted in the housing in such a manner that, when the housing is mounted along an edge of the arrangement, the lenses direct light from the emitters along a plane above the buttons, and direct light from the plane, reflected toward the lenses by an object inserted into the plane, onto the detectors, a processor configured to identify a location in the plane at which the object is inserted based on the detections of light reflected by the object, and a communications port configured to output the identified location to the electronic device.
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A focusing optical part, including a plastic body, suitable for being delivered on a tape and reel and mounted on a PCB by an automated mounting machine, the plastic body including a concave mirror including a center aperture input surface through which light enters the plastic body, a convex mirror opposite the center aperture, wherein the concave mirror and the convex mirror form a reflective objective that reflects and focuses the light inside the plastic body, and an exit surface surrounding the convex mirror, through which focused light exits the plastic body.
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A vehicle gesture control system for a host vehicle, the host vehicle including an adaptive cruise control or autonomous drive arrangement, the system including a sensor to detect gestures performed by a driver on the surface of a steering wheel grip in the host vehicle, the steering wheel grip including a circular tube surrounding a steering wheel that rotates about a steering column, and a processor receiving outputs from the sensor and connected to a memory unit storing instructions for the processor to activate a plurality of features of the adaptive cruise control or autonomous drive arrangement in response to a respective plurality of different gestures detected by the sensor, wherein two of the gestures represent “up” and “down” commands and include movement of the driver's thumb in opposite directions, respectively, around a lateral section of the steering wheel grip that faces the driver.
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Computer software; recorded computer software using artificial intelligence for monitoring a vehicle driver, vehicle occupants, a vehicle cabin, or a designated spatial area; recorded computer software using artificial intelligence for vehicle safety, namely, driver and occupant surveillance systems; recorded software system for remotely monitoring environmental conditions and controlling devices within a building, facility, grounds, or designated spatial area. Research, development and engineering services in the field of computer software; research, development and engineering services relating to vehicle driver and occupant monitoring systems; research, development and engineering services relating to remotely monitoring environmental conditions and controlling devices within a building, facility, grounds, or designated spatial area.
A sensor including lenses, light emitters, each emitter projecting light out of a lens in a particular emission direction along a detection plane, light detectors, each detector detecting maximum light intensity when light enters a lens at a particular detection angle, a table of hotspots, each hotspot corresponding to an emitter-detector pair, the hotspot being a two-dimensional location in the detection plane along the emission direction of the emitter of the pair where projected light reflected by an object placed at that location, enters the lens for the detector of the pair at the detection angle of the detector, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to detected amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection plane, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection plane based on the received outputs and based on hotspots for synchronously activated emitter-detector pairs.
A modular proximity sensor including a plurality of sensor modules, each sensor module including a housing, lenses, light detectors, each detector positioned along the image plane of a respective lens so as to receive maximum light intensity when light enters the lens at a particular angle, light emitters, each emitter positioned in relation to a respective 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 detector outputs corresponding to amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection zone, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection zone based on the detector outputs and the particular angle, wherein neighboring sensor modules monitor different detection zones, and a processor receiving outputs from each sensor module and mapping the object location in multiple detection zones over time.
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Optical proximity sensor and associated user interface
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.
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A vehicle user interface including a vehicle steering wheel including a grip, a sensor mounted in the steering wheel grip detecting objects touching the steering wheel grip, a plurality of individually activatable illumination units illuminating respective locations on the steering wheel grip, and a processor receiving outputs from the sensor, selectively activating a subset of the illumination units adjacent to a detected object, and controlling a plurality of vehicle functions in response to outputs of the sensor.
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A plastic body for focusing light characterized in that the plastic body is suitable for being delivered on a tape and reel and mounted on a PCB by an automated mounting machine, including an input surface through which light enters the plastic body and an exit surface through which focused light exits the plastic body and a reflective objective, reflecting and focusing the light inside the plastic body.
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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.
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.
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G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
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G01S 17/88 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 7/481 - Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
A63F 13/26 - Output arrangements for video game devices having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/355 - Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an MPEG-stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
A63F 13/92 - Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
A63F 13/21 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
A63F 13/213 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
A63F 13/31 - Communication aspects specific to video games, e.g. between several handheld game devices at close range
A63F 9/24 - Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
A63F 13/211 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/33 - Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
A63F 13/428 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
Touch sensor for a steering wheel having a circular gripping element, the touch sensor including an array of light-based proximity sensors, mounted in the gripping element, projecting infrared light beams outward from the gripping element, and detecting light beams reflected back into the gripping element by an object touching the gripping element, an activator activating the proximity sensor array, and a processor, coupled with the activator and with the proximity sensor array, repeatedly activating the proximity sensor array at a rate faster than a human heartbeat, determining locations 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, and identifying the object as being a human hand, responsive to periodic fluctuations in the reflected light detections due to changes in blood flow through the hand.
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
A flexible touch surface, emitters projecting light beams across the surface such that the beams are incident upon and reflected by the surface when crossing the surface, detectors detecting reflections, by an object on the surface, of projected beams, lenses oriented such that there is a particular angle of entry at which each detector receives a maximal light intensity when beams enter a lens corresponding to the detector at the angle of entry, and such that there are target positions on the surface whereby for each emitter-detector pair, when the object is located at a target position associated with the pair, then light beams emitted by the emitter of the pair are reflected by the object into the lens corresponding to the detector of the pair at the angle of entry, and a processor synchronously co-activating emitter-detector pairs and calculating a location of the object on the surface.
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
A user interface method for an automated door lock, including providing a sensor operable to identify two-dimensional locations of an object within a detection plane that extends outward from a door, providing an unlocker operative to automatically unlock the door, identifying, by a processor coupled with the sensor and the unlocker, a linear movement of the object within the detection plane, in a first direction of motion, further identifying, by the processor, a linear movement of the object within the detection plane, in a second direction of motion substantially orthogonal to the first direction of motion, and activating, by the processor, the unlocker in response to the identifying and the further identifying.
G07C 9/00 - Individual registration on entry or exit
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
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 being at the illuminated portion of the grip.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/033 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
A method for identifying a proximal object, including providing light emitters, light detectors and lenses, mounted in a housing, each lens, denoted L, being positioned in relation to a respective one of the detectors, denoted D, such that light entering lens L is maximally detected at detector D when the light enters lens L at an angle of incidence θ, activating the detectors synchronously with activation of each emitter to measure reflections of the light beams emitted by each emitter, and calculating a location of a reflective object along a path of a light beam projected by an activated emitter, by calculating an axis of symmetry with respect to which the outputs of the synchronously activated detectors are approximately symmetric, orienting the calculated axis of symmetry by the angle θ, and locating a point of intersection of the path of the emitted light beam with the oriented axis of symmetry.
A touch system with a curved touch surface, including light emitters projecting light beams over and across the curved surface, such that at least some of the light beams are incident upon and reflected by the curved surface, light detectors detecting reflections, by a reflective object touching the curved surface, lenses mounted such that (i) there is a particular angle of entry at which each light detector receives a maximal light intensity, and (ii) there are target positions, associated with emitter-detector pairs, on the curved surface, whereby light beams emitted by the light emitter of that pair are reflected by the object into the lens corresponding to the light detector of that pair at the particular angle of entry, and a processor calculating a location of the object touching the curved surface by determining an emitter-detector pair that detects a maximal amount of light, and identifying the associated target position.
A method for detecting locations of multiple objects simultaneously touching a screen, for use by a processor of a light-based touch screen system including a display, a plurality of activatable light pulse emitters that, when activated, transmit light over and across the display, and a plurality of activatable light pulse receivers that, when activated, receive light transmitted by the emitters and output values representing the amounts of light received, wherein each emitter transmits light that arrives at a plurality of receivers, the method including activating a plurality of emitter-receiver pairs and storing the respective output values of the activated receivers, detecting candidate objects based on stored receiver output values that differ from their corresponding expected receiver output values, for each candidate object, deriving a detection density thereof based on the stored receiver output values, and identifying candidate objects having low detection densities as being ghosted touch locations.
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.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Cell phones; touch screens for phones; electronic display
interfaces; liquid crystal displays for use with phones and
personal electronic devices; telephones; mobile phones;
mobile phones with digital cameras; MP3 players; telephones;
video screens; video telephones; touch screen components for
gaming machines, and operating software for use in
connection therewith; flat panel and LCD display screens;
LED displays; electronic sensors; optical sensors; motion
sensors; touchscreen sensors; computer network interface
devices; interface software; hardware and software for use
in reading movement data from inertial sensors and
translating it into usable movement information that
initiates certain actions on personal devices, such as
laptop computers, desktop computers, tablet computers,
cellular phones and MP3 players; user interface for use in
connection with personal electronic devices; hardware and
software for use in operating and controlling personal
electronic devices, such as laptop computers, desktop
computers, tablet computers, cellular phones, personal
digital assistants, and MP3 players; integrated circuits;
integrated circuit modules; semiconductors; electronic
proximity sensors and switches; electronic touch sensitive
switches; electronic control systems for laptop computers,
desktop computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, tablets,
MP3 players, personal electronic devices, electronic
displays, viewing devices, automotive vehicles, and keyless
entry systems; operating software for laptop computers,
desktop computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, tablets,
MP3 players, personal electronic devices, electronic
displays, viewing devices, automotive vehicles, and keyless
entry systems; user interface devices and software for
laptop computers, desktop computers, tablet computers,
mobile phones, tablets, MP3 players, personal electronic
devices, electronic displays, viewing devices, automotive
vehicles, and keyless entry systems; input devices for
laptop computers, desktop computers, mobile phones, tablets,
MP3 players, personal electronic devices, electronic
displays, viewing devices, automotive vehicles, and keyless
entry systems, and operating software for use in connection
therewith; gesture recognition software, interfaces and
peripheral devices for laptop computers, desktop computers,
mobile phones, tablets, MP3 players, personal electronic
devices, electronic displays, viewing devices, automotive
vehicles, and keyless entry systems; communications
software; peripherals adapted for use with computers.
36.
OPTICAL PROXIMITY SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED USER INTERFACE
A proximity sensor including a housing, light emitters in the housing projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, light detectors in the housing 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 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.
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
A touch screen assembly including a display, infra-red light emitters, photo diodes, a transparent frame including an exposed upper edge along its perimeter, and internally reflective facets for directing light emitted by the emitters along light paths that travel upward through one side of the frame, over the display screen, downward through the opposite side of the frame, and onto the photo diodes, and a processor operative to identify a location of an object touching the display, based on amounts of light detected by photo diodes when light emitted by light emitters is blocked along its light path by the object, and to recognize the object touching an outer wall of the frame, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when light emitted by activated emitters is absorbed along its light path by the object at the outer wall, thereby providing touch sensitivity to the frame itself.
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.
G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
A door handle including light emitters for emitting light out of the handle, light detectors, lenses oriented relative to the emitters and detectors such that for each emitter-detector pair, when a reflective object is located at a target position near the handle, corresponding to that emitter-detector pair, then the light emitted by that emitter passes through one of the lenses and is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses to that detector, a keyless lock that, when activated, scans for a digital key via wireless communication, and a processor operable to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to recognize from the amounts of light received by the activated detectors, and from the target positions corresponding to the activated emitter-detector pairs, that the object is approaching the handle and performing a sweep gesture and, in response thereto, to activate the keyless lock.
B60Q 1/24 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments for lighting other areas than only the way ahead
E05B 17/10 - Illuminating devices on, or for, locks or keys
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
electronic display interfaces; electronic sensors, namely, sensors for detecting light and motion; optical sensors; motion sensors; touchscreen sensors; computer hardware and software for use in reading movement data from inertial sensors and translating it into usable movement information that initiates certain actions on personal devices, such as laptop computers, desktop computers, tablet computers; USB hardware for use in interfacing with personal electronic devices; computer peripherals for use in interfacing with personal electronic devices; computer hardware and software for use in operating and controlling personal electronic devices, such as laptop computers and desktop computers; integrated circuits; integrated circuit modules; electronic proximity sensors; electronic control systems for laptop computers, desktop computers, and electronic displays; USB hardware and computer peripherals for use in interfacing with computers; input devices for laptop computers, desktop computers, personal electronic devices, electronic displays, and operating software for use in connection therewith; interfaces in the nature of touch screens, trackpads, and peripheral devices for laptop computers, desktop computers, personal electronic devices, and electronic displays; interfaces for computers, electronic display interfaces; communications software for providing touch control of electronic devices; peripherals adapted for use with computers
42.
INTEGRATED LIGHT GUIDE AND TOUCH SCREEN FRAME AND MULTI-TOUCH DETERMINATION METHOD
A touch screen assembly including a display screen, light emitters, photo diodes, a transparent plastic frame including an exposed upper edge along the frame perimeter, exposed vertical outer walls, extending from below to above the display screen along the frame perimeter, vertical inner walls parallel to the outer walls, and internally reflective facets for directing light emitted by the light emitters along light paths travelling upward through one side of the frame along the height of the inner and outer walls, over the display screen, downward through the opposite side of the frame along the height of the inner and outer walls, and onto the photo diodes, and a processor that selectively activates the light emitters and photo diodes, and identifies location of an object touching the display screen, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when the object blocks light emitted by activated light emitters.
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.
G01J 1/42 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
A63F 13/21 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
A63F 13/213 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G01S 17/02 - Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G01S 17/88 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 7/481 - Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
A63F 13/26 - Output arrangements for video game devices having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/355 - Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an MPEG-stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
A63F 13/92 - Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
A63F 13/211 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/33 - Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
A63F 13/428 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
44.
Integrated light guide and touch screen frame and multi-touch determination method
A touch screen assembly including a glass screen, LEDs, photo diodes, a transparent plastic frame surrounding the screen, and a light guide that guides light emitted by the LEDs to the photo diodes along light paths that go under the frame on one side, over the screen, and under the frame on the opposite side, and a processor operative to selectively activate LEDs and photo diodes, to identify location of an object touching the screen, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when light emitted by activated LEDs is blocked along its light path by the object, and to recognize the object touching the frame, based on amounts of light detected by activated photo diodes when light emitted by activated LEDs is absorbed along its light path by the object, thereby providing light-based touch sensitivity to the screen and to the frame.
A computer readable medium storing instructions which cause a processor to generate data structures for an object moving along the perimeter of a curved touch-sensitive user input device, each data structure corresponding to a gesture and including a time stamp, polar angles at which the object starts and ends, a middle polar angle of the object, and an assigned state being one of the group RECOGNIZED, UPDATED and ENDED, wherein the instructions cause the processor to assign the RECOGNIZED state to the data structure when the moving object is initially detected on the perimeter of the device, to assign the UPDATED state to the data structure when the moving object is further detected on the perimeter of the device after the initial detection, and to assign the ENDED state to the data structure when the moving object ceases to be detected on the perimeter of the device.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/033 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
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.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G01S 17/48 - Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
A door handle including light emitters for emitting light out of the handle, light detectors, lenses oriented relative to the emitters and detectors such that for each emitter-detector pair, when a reflective object is located at a target position near the handle, corresponding to that emitter-detector pair, then the light emitted by that emitter passes through one of the lenses and is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses to that detector, a keyless lock that, when activated, scans for a digital key via wireless communication, and a processor operable to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to recognize from the amounts of light received by the activated detectors, and from the target positions corresponding to the activated emitter-detector pairs, that the object is approaching the handle and performing a sweep gesture and, in response thereto, to activate the keyless lock.
G07C 9/00 - Individual registration on entry or exit
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Liquid crystal displays, video screens, computer touchscreens for mobile telephones, portable telephones, wireless telephones, and mobile telephones with digital cameras.
(2) Integrated circuits, application specific integrated circuits, programmable integrated circuits, integrated circuit modules for touch screen controllers and proximity sensor controllers; software for running, programming and controlling all of the foregoing; operating software for integrated circuits and modules for touch screen controllers and proximity sensor controllers; interface software for touch-sensitive or proximity-sensitive computer screens and displays; operating software for touch-sensitive or proximity-sensitive computer screens and displays; computer chips, semiconductors, computer operating software, electronic controllers for touch screens. (1) New product design services for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products; design and testing of new touch sensing products and proximity sensing products for others; product research for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products; product development and engineering services for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products; technical consultation and advice in the fields of optical engineering, touch screens, displays, control panels, proximity sensors, touch pads, virtual displays, electrical control systems for automotive vehicles; computer programming services for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products; computer consultation services for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products; optical engineering services for touch sensing products and proximity sensing products.
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User interface for white goods and associated multi-channel proximity sensors
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.
F24C 7/08 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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.
G02B 6/32 - Optical coupling means having lens focusing means
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
F21V 8/00 - Use of light guides, e.g. fibre optic devices, in lighting devices or systems
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
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.
A cover for a handheld electronic device, including a cover piece that fits over a side surface of a handheld electronic device, a plurality of proximity sensors mounted in the cover piece, and directed outward from the side surface, for detecting user gestures performed outside the side surface, wireless communication circuitry, and a processor configured to operate the proximity sensors, and to cause the wireless communication circuitry to transmit commands to the electronic device in response to gestures detected by the proximity sensors.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
A steering wheel for a vehicle, including a toroidal steering wheel surrounding an airspace and mounted in a vehicle, an array of invisible-light emitters mounted in the steering wheel to project invisible light beams across the airspace, an array of light detectors mounted in the steering wheel to detect the invisible light beams projected by the invisible-light emitters, and to detect gestures inside the airspace that interrupt the invisible light beams projected by the invisible-light emitters, and a processor connected to the light detectors to identify the gestures inside the airspace detected by the light detectors, and to control an item of equipment mounted in the vehicle, in response to the thus-identified gestures inside the airspace.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
G06F 3/033 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
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Proximity sensor for determining two-dimensional coordinates of a proximal object
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.
G01J 1/42 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
A63F 13/211 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/33 - Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
A63F 13/428 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
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.
A lens for placement opposite a diode in an optical touch sensor, including an upper portion including an upper refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and an upper reflector located further from the diode, the upper reflector being curved in two dimensions and cut horizontally by a top horizontal plane of the lens, and a lower portion, coplanar with the diode, including a lower refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and a lower reflector located further from the diode, the lower reflector being curved in the two dimensions and cut horizontally by a bottom horizontal plane of the lens, wherein the upper and the lower reflector are symmetrical and vertically aligned, and wherein non-collimated light reflected by the lower reflector onto the upper reflector is partially collimated in the two dimensions by the lower reflector and further collimated in the two dimensions by the upper reflector.
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.
A lens for placement opposite a diode in an optical touch sensor, including an upper portion including an upper refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and an upper reflector located further from the diode, the upper reflector being curved in two dimensions and cut horizontally by a top horizontal plane of the lens, and a lower portion, coplanar with the diode, including a lower refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and a lower reflector located further from the diode, the lower reflector being curved in the two dimensions and cut horizontally by a bottom horizontal plane of the lens, wherein the upper and the lower reflector are symmetrical and vertically aligned, and wherein non-collimated light reflected by the lower reflector onto the upper reflector is partially collimated in the two dimensions by the lower reflector and further collimated in the two dimensions by the upper reflector.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
A hemi-ellipsoidal light module that includes a substrate for placement on a printed circuit board, a light element mounted on the substrate, and a molded plastic shell encasing the light element and having a geometry of a partial semi-ellipse rotated through a semi-circle about an axis on the light element.
A system for use in a vehicle, including a steering element situated opposite a driver seat in a vehicle, the steering element including a plurality of proximity sensors encased in the periphery of the steering element operable to detect hand gestures along the outer periphery of the steering element, an interactive deck housed in the vehicle, for providing at least one of radio broadcast, video broadcast, audio entertainment, video entertainment and navigational assistance in the vehicle, and a processor housed in the vehicle, coupled with the proximity sensors and the deck, operable to identify the hand gestures detected by the proximity sensors, and to control the deck in response to thus-identified hand gestures.
G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/033 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor
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USER INTERFACE FOR WHITE GOODS AND ASSOCIATED MULTI-CHANNEL PROXIMITY SENSORS
A touch sensor including a housing, a light guide mounted in the housing the light guide including 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.
F24C 15/18 - Arrangement of compartments additional to cooking compartments, e.g. for warming or for storing utensils or fuel containers; Arrangement of additional heating or cooking apparatus, e.g. grills
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.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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LIGHT-BASED TOUCH CONTROLS ON A STEERING WHEEL AND DASHBOARD
A system for use in a vehicle, including a steering element situated opposite a driver seat in a vehicle, the steering element including a plurality of proximity sensors encased in the periphery of the steering element operable to detect hand gestures along the outer periphery of the steering element, an interactive deck housed in the vehicle, for providing at least one of radio broadcast, video broadcast, audio entertainment, video entertainment and navigational assistance in the vehicle, and a processor housed in the vehicle, coupled with the proximity sensors and the deck, operable to identify the hand gestures detected by the proximity sensors, and to control the deck in response to thus-identified hand gestures.
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.
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.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
70.
LIGHT-BASED PROXIMITY DETECTION SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE
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.
A system for use in a vehicle, including a steering element situated opposite a driver seat in a vehicle, the steering element including a plurality of proximity sensors encased in the periphery of the steering element operable to detect hand gestures along the outer periphery of the steering element, an interactive deck housed in the vehicle, for providing at least one of radio broadcast, video broadcast, audio entertainment, video entertainment and navigational assistance in the vehicle, and a processor housed in the vehicle, coupled with the proximity sensors and the deck, operable to identify the hand gestures detected by the proximity sensors, and to control the deck in response to thus-identified hand gestures.
An electronic device, including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of proximity sensors mounted in the housing near the edges of the display and directed outward from the display, for detecting presence of an object outside the display and near the edges of the display, and a processor mounted in the housing and coupled with the display and with the proximity sensors, for operating the device responsive to user activation of elements of a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a displayed portion that is rendered by the processor on the display, and a virtual non-displayed portion that extends beyond the edges of the display, wherein the processor operates the device responsive to user activation of elements of the virtual portion of the GUI, based on the proximity sensors detecting presence of an object in the non-displayed portion of the GUI.
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.
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.
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors and switches; Electronic touch sensitive switches; Proximity sensors; Touch pads; Touch panels; Touch screens; Touchscreen monitors; Touchscreen sensors; Facsimile machines; Fax devices; Fax machines; Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and/or transmitting documents and images; Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; Navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; Navigational instruments for vehicles [on-board computers]; Notebook and laptop computers; PC tablets; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones; Electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls; Electrical control systems for automotive vehicles comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with on-board engine controls, stability controls, braking controls, energy controls, audio features, display features, lighting features and comfort control features; none of the aforesaid relating to data centres, database management, database services for business, colocation services.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors and switches; Electronic touch sensitive switches; Proximity sensors; Touch pads; Touch panels; Touchscreen sensors; Facsimile machines; Fax devices; Fax machines; Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and/or transmitting documents and images; Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; Navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; Navigational instruments for vehicles [on-board computers]; Notebook and laptop computers; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones; Electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls; Electrical control systems for automotive vehicles comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with on-board engine controls, stability controls, braking controls, energy controls, audio features, display features, lighting features and comfort control features.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors and switches; Electronic touch sensitive switches; Proximity sensors; Touch pads; Touch panels; Touch screens; Touchscreen monitors; Touchscreen sensors; Facsimile machines; Fax devices; Fax machines; Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and/or transmitting documents and images; Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; Navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; Navigational instruments for vehicles [on-board computers]; Notebook and laptop computers; PC tablets; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones; Electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls; Electrical control systems for automotive vehicles comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with on-board engine controls, stability controls, braking controls, energy controls, audio features, display features, lighting features and comfort control features.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors and switches; Electronic touch sensitive switches; Proximity sensors; Touch pads; Touch panels; Touch screens; Touchscreen monitors; Touchscreen sensors; Facsimile machines; Fax devices; Fax machines; Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Control panels for multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and/or transmitting documents and images; Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; Navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; Navigational instruments for vehicles [on-board computers]; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones; Electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls; Electrical control systems for automotive vehicles comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with on-board engine controls, stability controls, braking controls, energy controls, audio features, display features, lighting features and comfort control features.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors and switches; Electronic touch sensitive switches; Proximity sensors; Touch pads; Touch panels; Touch screens; Touchscreen monitors; Touchscreen sensors; Facsimile machines; Fax devices; Fax machines; Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and/or transmitting documents and images; Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; Navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; Navigational instruments for vehicles [on-board computers]; Notebook and laptop computers; PC tablets; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones; Electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls; Electrical control systems for automotive vehicles comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with on-board engine controls, stability controls, braking controls, energy controls, audio features, display features, lighting features and comfort control features.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Ink jet printers; Laser color printers; Laser printers; Printers for use with computers; Protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; Protective covers for smartphones \.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic proximity sensors, not related to lighting applications; proximity sensors, not related to lighting applications; computer touchscreen sensors for use with laptop computers, desktop computers.
(2) Computer touch panels for use with mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, ebook readers, laptop computers, desktop computers, printers, automotive consoles; computer touch screens for use with mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, ebook readers, laptop computers, desktop computers, printers, automotive consoles; computer display monitors equipped with touchscreens; computer touchscreen sensors for use with mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, ebook readers, laptop computers, desktop computers, printers, automotive consoles; PC tablets
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic proximity sensors and switches; electronic touch sensitive switches; proximity sensors; computer touch pads for use with mobile phones, smart phones, mp3 players, ebook readers; computer touch panels for use with mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, ebook readers; computer touchscreens for mobile phones, smart phones, mp3 players, ebook readers; computer display monitors equipped with touchscreens; computer touchscreen sensors for use with mobile phones, smart phones, mp3 players, ebook readers; facsimile machines; fax machines; ink jet printers; laser color printers; laser printers; control panels for multifunction electronic devices for use in copying, printing, scanning, video capturing and transmitting documents and images; multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode; printers for use with computers; protective covers and cases for cell phones, laptops and portable media players; protective covers for smartphones; electrical control systems for household appliances, namely, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cooktops, dishwashing machines, clothes washing machines and clothes dryers, comprised of proximity sensors, touch pads, touch panels and virtual displays for use in connection with activation controls, temperature controls, energy controls, wash cycle controls and dry cycle controls.
(2) Computer touch panels for use with mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, ebook readers; computer touchscreens for mobile phones, smart phones, mp3 players, ebook readers; computer display monitors equipped with touchscreens; computer touchscreen sensors for use with mobile phones, smart phones, mp3 players, ebook readers.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive and pressure sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the electronic device, by which a glide gesture along the display and an amount of pressure applied to the display both generate the same user interface command.
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.
A graphics tablet system including a housing, a touch screen in the housing for receiving touch input, and for displaying graphics corresponding to the received touch input, a plurality of styli for performing touch input, each stylus including an RFID chip storing one or more graphic attributes, and a visible indicator of the one or more graphic attributes, an RFID reader in the housing for reading the stored one or more graphic attributes from a stylus touching the touch screen, and a processor in the housing, connected to the touch screen and to the RFID reader, for rendering a drawing on the touch screen according to the motion of the stylus on the touch screen and according to one or more graphic attributes read by the RFID reader from the stylus, wherein the plurality of styli store different one or more graphic attributes.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic proximity sensors; Proximity sensors; features of touch pads; features of touch screens; features of touchscreen monitors; Touchscreen sensors
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Features of electronic proximity sensors; Features of proximity sensors; Features of touch pads; Features of touch panels; Features of touch screens; Features of touchscreen sensors
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Light-based touch surface with curved borders and sloping bezel
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.
An optical element for a light based touch surface including a concatenated plurality of segments, wherein each segment is paired with a respective light emitter, each segment including an undulating series of pairs of reflective or refractive facets, wherein a first facet in each pair is oriented so as to collimate light emitted from a first light emitter associated with the segment and a second facet in each pair is oriented so as to collimate light emitted from a second light emitter associated with the segment, and wherein the first light emitter associated with the segment is the light emitter paired with the segment and the second light emitter associated with the segment is the light emitter paired with a neighboring segment.
A light-based finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device, a display mounted in the housing, a cavity, separated from the display, penetrating two opposite sides of the housing, a detector mounted in the housing operative to detect an object inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for causing the display to render a visual representation in response to output from the detector.
A light-based finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device, a display mounted in the housing, a cavity, separated from the display, penetrating two opposite sides of the housing, a detector mounted in the housing operative to detect an object inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for causing the display to render a visual representation in response to output from the detector.
A keypad for use in conjunction with a touch-sensitive panel, the keypad including a frame surrounding a touch-sensitive panel, including a plurality of buttons suspended by the frame above the touch-sensitive panel, each of the buttons including a rigid member that is lowered through the frame when pressure is applied from above, and a resilient body attached to the rigid member and to the frame for raising the rigid member when the pressure from above is released, wherein the rigid members are exposed below the frame.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
28 - Games; toys; sports equipment
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic display interfaces; electronic LCD display unit with multi-networking (TCP/IP) capabilities; handheld computers; handheld computers with radio communication; MP3 players; overlays specially adapted for touchscreen displays; portable listening devices, namely, MP3 players; video screens; components for gaming machines, namely, controllers, displays, button panels, bolsters, electrical wiring, and computer hardware and software associated therewith; computer screens; electric luminescent display panels; electronic book reader; electronic writing tablets; flat panel display screens; liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors; PC tablet; tablet computer. viewing devices, namely, digital photograph viewers, 3D digital photograph viewers, underwater digital photograph viewers, underwater 3D digital photographs viewers, underwater LCD displays, underwater enclosures for LCD displays and underwater enclosures for video players; web consoles.
(2) Cellular telephones that display digital pictures; computer touchscreens for mobile telephones; electronic display interfaces; electronic LCD display unit with multi-networking (TCP/IP) capabilities; handheld computers; handheld computers with radio communication; Internet phones; liquid crystal displays; mobile telephones; mobile telephones with digital cameras; MP3 players; overlays specially adapted for touchscreen displays; portable telephones; telephones; video screens; video telephones; wireless telephones.
(3) Computer hardware and computer operating software; application specific integrated circuits; integrated circuits; programmable integrated circuits; integrated circuit modules; and software for running, programming and controlling the foregoing.
