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Light-based finger gesture user interface

US8416217B1 · kind B1 · utility

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135References

30Claims

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Assignee

Neonode Inc. · SE

Inventors

Thomas Eriksson · Stockholm, SE
Per Leine · Bissenkamp, SE
Jochen Laveno Mangelsdorff · Stockholm, SE
Robert Pettersson · Åtvidaberg, SE
Anders Jansson · Uppsala, SE
Magnus Goertz · Lidingö, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2012
Grant date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04808
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light-based finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device, a display mounted in the housing, a cavity, separated from the display, penetrating two opposite sides of the housing, a detector mounted in the housing operative to detect an object inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for causing the display to render a visual representation in response to output from the detector.

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