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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2020
Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Björn Thomas Eriksson, Tynningö, SE;
Björn Alexander Jubner, Spånga, SE;
Rozita Teymourzadeh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Håkan Sven Erik Andersson, Stockholm, SE;
Per Carl Sture Rosengren, Täby, SE;
Xiatao Wang, Lidingö, SE;
Stefan Johannes Holmgren, Sollentuna, SE;
Gunnar Martin Fröjdh, Dalarö, SE;
Jan Tomas Hartman, Kumla, SE;
Per Oscar Sverud, Sundbyberg, SE;
Sangtaek Kim, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Rasmus Dahl-Örn, Gothenburg, SE;
Tom Richard Berglind, Älvsjö, SE;
Karl Erik Patrik Nordström, Huddinge, SE;
Lars Bertil Sparf, Vällingby, SE;
Erik Anders Claes Rosengren, Stockholm, SE;
John Elis Gösta Karlsson, Märsta, SE;
Remo Behdasht, Lane Cove, AU;
Robin Kjell Åman, Spånga, SE;
Joseph Shain, Stockholm, SE;
Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
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.