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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:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hiroki Hirano, Fujisawa, JP;
Thomas John Sluchak, Apex, NC (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hiroki Hirano, Fujisawa, JP;
Thomas John Sluchak, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Tech Park, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A landing surface is in physical communication with a face of an optical sensor. The landing surface extends at least 0.5 millimeters (mm) beyond a side of the optical sensor. A sensor orifice provides optical sensing by the optical sensor through the landing surface.