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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2011
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:

Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A touch screen system including a reflective display surface, a camera mounted so as to capture an image of (i) the reflective display surface, (ii) a pointer approaching the reflective display surface, and (iii) a reflection of the pointer on the reflective display surface, and a processor coupled with the camera that determines a three-dimensional location of the pointer relative to the reflective display surface, based on the positions of the pointer and the reflection of the pointer in the image captured by the camera.


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