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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Magnus Goertz, Lidingo, SE;
Thomas Eriksson, Stocksund, SE;
Joseph Shain, Rehovot, IL;
Anders Jansson, Älta, SE;
Niklas Kvist, Varmdo, SE;
Robert Pettersson, Hägersten, SE;
Lars Sparf, Vällingby, SE;
John Karlsson, Märsta, SE;
Magnus Goertz, Lidingo, SE;
Thomas Eriksson, Stocksund, SE;
Joseph Shain, Rehovot, IL;
Anders Jansson, Älta, SE;
Niklas Kvist, Varmdo, SE;
Robert Pettersson, Hägersten, SE;
Lars Sparf, Vällingby, SE;
John Karlsson, Märsta, SE;
Neonode Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A pressure-sensitive touch screen including a housing, at least one light receiver rigidly mounted in the housing, a display flexibly mounted in the housing substantially above the at least one receiver, which depresses in response to pressure of a touch, and a calculating unit connected to the at least one light receiver for receiving outputs indicating amounts of received light by the at least one receiver, and for determining that the display is being depressed based on an increase in an output of the at least one receiver.