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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Willem Den Boer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Edward Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Willem den Boer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Edward Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An infrared source is configured to illuminate the underside of one or more objects on or above a touchable surface of a touch panel. Infrared light reflected from the underside of the object(s) is detected by an infrared sensor integrated in the touch panel below the touchable surface.