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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Masaru Iwasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Robert L. W. Smithson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Richard L. Rylander, Stillwater, MN (US);
Masaru Iwasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Robert L. W. Smithson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Richard L. Rylander, Stillwater, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
User interface having a sensor and a composite interface that floats. Embodiments of user interfaces described herein are useful, for example, as automobile components (e.g., dashboard components), appliance components (e.g., dishwasher components, stove components, oven components, microwave oven components, clothes washer components, and clothes dyer components), medical equipment, elevator buttons, laboratory equipment (e.g., scales), as well as consumer electronics (e.g., entertainment devices and cell phones), automatic teller machines, and the like.