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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2021
Applicant:

Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Eriksson, Tynningö, SE;

Alexander Jubner, Spånga, SE;

Rozita Teymourzadeh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Stefan Holmgren, Sollentuna, SE;

Lars Sparf, Vällingby, SE;

Bengt Henry Hjalmar Edlund, Segeltorp, SE;

Richard Berglind, Älvsjö, SE;

Assignee:

NEONODE INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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