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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Neonode Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexander Jubner, Stockholm, SE;
Thomas Eriksson, Stockholm, SE;
Gunnar Martin Fröjdh, Dalarö, SE;
Simon Fellin, Sigtuna, SE;
Stefan Holmgren, Sollentuna, SE;
Neonode Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A steering wheel that identifies gestures performed on its surface, including a circular gripping element including a thumb-receiving notch disposed along its circumference, an array of light-based proximity sensors, mounted in the gripping element, that projects light beams through the notch radially outward from the gripping element, and detects light beams reflected back into the gripping element by a moving object at or near the notch, and a processor, coupled with the proximity sensor array, for determining polar angles along the circumference of the gripping element occupied by the object, responsive to light beams projected by the proximity sensor array and reflected back by the object being detected by the proximity sensor array.