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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Neonode Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Eriksson, Stocksund, SE;
Michael Lawrence Elyan, Drummoyne, AU;
Assignee:
Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0428 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light-based touch sensitive device, including a housing, a surface encased in the housing, a layer of elastic material above the surface, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing, that transmit light pulses through the layer, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing, that receive the light pulses transmitted through the layer, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer that touches the layer and creates an impression in the layer, based on outputs of the receivers.