公开(公告)号：US11859961B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US16963836

申请日：2019-01-23

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Robert Sven Pettersson ,  Hans Anders Jansson

IPC分类号： G01B11/02 ,  B60R21/015 ,  B60R21/013 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G02B17/06 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B17/00 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55

CPC分类号： G01B11/026 ,  B60R21/013 ,  B60R21/01538 ,  B60R21/01552 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G02B17/006 ,  G02B17/0631 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V20/593 ,  G06V20/597 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55

摘要： A focusing optical part, including a plastic body, suitable for being delivered on a tape and reel and mounted on a PCB by an automated mounting machine, the plastic body including a concave mirror including a center aperture input surface through which light enters the plastic body, a convex mirror opposite the center aperture, wherein the concave mirror and the convex mirror form a reflective objective that reflects and focuses the light inside the plastic body, and an exit surface surrounding the convex mirror, through which focused light exits the plastic body.

公开(公告)号：US11733808B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17385260

申请日：2021-07-26

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  G01S17/04 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428

CPC分类号： G06F3/0421 ,  A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S17/04 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/021 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F2009/245 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F2203/04809

摘要： A sensor for a control panel, including a housing along an edge of the panel, light emitters projecting light along an in-air detection plane over the panel and detectors detecting reflections of the projected light, reflected by an object in the detection plane, lenses oriented such that each detector receives maximum light intensity when light enters a corresponding lens at a particular angle, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, when the object is located at a specific position in the detection plane, light emitted by the emitter of that pair is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses at the particular angle to the detector of that pair, the specific position being associated with that emitter-detector pair, and a processor configured to determine panel locations, map each location to a position in the detection plane associated with an emitter-detector pair, mapping the panel to the detection plane.

公开(公告)号：US20220326783A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17835981

申请日：2022-06-09

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Håkan Sven Erik Andersson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Per Oscar Sverud ,  Sangtaek Kim ,  Rasmus Dahl-Örn ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/04883

摘要： Method including providing a sensor including light emitters, photodiode detectors, and lenses arranged so as to direct light beams from light emitters exiting lenses along a detection plane, and so as to direct light beams entering lenses at a specific angle of incidence onto photodiode detectors, mounting the sensor on a display presenting virtual input controls for an electronic device, such that the detection plane resides in an airspace in front of the display, activating light emitters to project light beams through lenses along the detection plane, wherein at least one of the light beams is interrupted by a finger, detecting light reflected by the finger, identifying emitters that projected the light beam that was reflected and photodiode detectors that detected the reflected light, as emitter-detector pairs, calculating display coordinates based on target positions associated with the identified emitter-detector pairs, and transmitting the calculated display coordinates to the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20240118771A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18532390

申请日：2023-12-07

申请人： NEONODE INC.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm ,  Jon Elis Gõsta Karlsson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Gunnar Martin Frõjdh ,  Joseph Shain ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Clarence Ray King, III ,  Oscar Ritzén Praglowski de Radwan

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/0421 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04108

摘要： A proximity sensor including a structure suspending at least one lens above a circuit board, light emitters operable to project light beams through the lens along a common projection plane, light detectors operable to detect amounts of light arriving through the lens at the detector, wherein an object in the projection plane reflects light from an emitter to one or more of the detectors, and wherein each emitter-detector pair, including one of the emitters and one of the detectors, when synchronously activated, is expected to generate a greater detection signal at the activated detector than the other detectors, were they to be synchronously activated with any of the emitters, when the object is located at a specific 2D location in the projection plane corresponding to the emitter-detector pair, and a processor identifying gestures performed by the object based on amounts of light detected by the detector of each emitter-detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US11842014B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17788456

申请日：2020-12-30

申请人： NEONODE INC.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm ,  John Elis Gõsta Karlsson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Gunnar Martin Frõjdh ,  Joseph Shain ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Clarence Ray King, III ,  Oscar Ritzén Praglowski de Radwan

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/0421 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04108

摘要： A proximity sensor, including light emitters and light detectors mounted on a circuit board, two stacked lenses, positioned above the emitters and the detectors, including an extruded cylindrical lens and a Fresnel lens array, wherein each emitter projects light through the two lenses along a common projection plane, wherein a reflective object located in the projection plane reflects light from one or more emitters to one or more detectors, and wherein each emitter-detector pair, when synchronously activated, generates a greatest detection signal at the activated detector when the reflective object is located at a specific 2D location in the projection plane corresponding to the emitter-detector pair, and a processor sequentially activating the emitters and synchronously co-activating one or more detectors, and identifying a location of the object in the projection plane, based on amounts of light detected by the detector of each synchronously activated emitter-detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US20230384895A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18346263

申请日：2023-07-02

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  G01S17/04 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G06F3/01

CPC分类号： G06F3/0421 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/021 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  G01S17/04 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G06F3/017 ,  A63F13/211

摘要： An optical method for identifying locations of objects in a plane, including serially projecting light beams along a detection area, from a plurality of locations along an edge of the detection area, whereby a reflective object inserted into the detection area reflects the projected light beams, directing the reflections of the projected light beams arriving at the edge of the detection area onto a plurality of light detectors, in a manner that maximizes amounts of reflected light arriving at the detectors when the light arrives at a particular angle in relation to the edge, and calculating two-dimensional coordinates of the inserted object in the detection area based on the particular angle and the outputs of the detectors.

公开(公告)号：US20220035477A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17296252

申请日：2019-11-25

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Charles Bruce Banter ,  Per Carl Johan Nohlert

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B60K35/00

摘要： A steering wheel that includes optoelectronic components, each specific optoelectronic component including a light projector projecting light out of the steering wheel at two different angles, denoted a1 and a2, a light sensor detecting reflections of the light projected by neighboring optoelectronic components by an object above the steering wheel, a lens oriented relative to the light sensor such that the light sensor receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at either of two particular angles, specifically, when light enters the lens at a particular angle b1, and at a particular angle b2 different than b1, wherein angle b1 views reflections of light projected at angle a1 by the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on one side, and angle b2 views reflections of light projected at angle a2 by the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on the side opposite the one side.

公开(公告)号：US20210056341A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16963836

申请日：2019-01-23

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Robert Sven Pettersson ,  Hans Anders Jansson

IPC分类号： G06K9/46 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G02B17/06 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S7/481 ,  B60R21/015 ,  B60R21/013

摘要： A focusing optical part, including a plastic body, suitable for being delivered on a tape and reel and mounted on a PCB by an automated mounting machine, the plastic body including a concave mirror including a center aperture input surface through which light enters the plastic body, a convex mirror opposite the center aperture, wherein the concave mirror and the convex mirror form a reflective objective that reflects and focuses the light inside the plastic body, and an exit surface surrounding the convex mirror, through which focused light exits the plastic body.

公开(公告)号：US20200089326A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16694018

申请日：2019-11-25

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Håkan Sven Erik Andersson ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Jan Tomas Hartman ,  Per Oscar Sverud ,  Sangtaek Kim ,  Rasmus Dahl-Örn ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488

摘要： A sensor, including light emitters projecting directed light beams, light detectors interleaved with the light emitters, lenses, each lens oriented relative to a respective one of the light detectors such that the light detector receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at an angle b, whereby, for each emitter E, there exist corresponding target positions p(E, D) along the path of the light from emitter E, at which an object located at any of the target positions reflects the light projected by emitter E towards a respective one of detectors D at angle b, and a processor storing a reflection value R(E, D) for each co-activated emitter-detector pair (E, D), based on an amount of light reflected by an object located at p(E, D) and detected by detector D, and calculating a location of an object based on the reflection values and target positions.

公开(公告)号：US10534479B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15990587

申请日：2018-05-25

申请人： Neonode Inc.

发明人： Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Sairam Iyer ,  Tom Richard Berglind ,  Karl Erik Patrik Nordström ,  Lars Bertil Sparf ,  Per Carl Sture Rosengren ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren ,  John Elis Gösta Karlsson ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Remo Behdasht ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Robin Kjell Åman ,  Joseph Shain

IPC分类号： G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/428

摘要： A proximity sensor, including a housing, an array of lenses mounted in the housing, an array of alternating light emitters and light detectors mounted in the housing, each detector being positioned along the image plane of a respective one of the lenses so as to receive maximum light intensity when light enters the lens at a particular angle, an activating unit mounted in the housing and connected to the emitters and detectors, synchronously co-activating each emitter with at least one of the detectors, each activated emitter projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection plane to the detectors, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection plane based on the detector outputs and the particular angle.