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Steering wheel user interface

US9092093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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149References

21Claims

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Assignee

Neonode Inc. · SE

Inventors

Alexander Jubner · Spånga, SE
Thomas Eriksson · Stockholm, SE
Gunnar Martin Fröjdh · Tyresö, SE
Simon Fellin · Floda, SE
Stefan Holmgren · Sollentuna, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2250/22
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel that identifies gestures performed on its surface, including a circular gripping element including a thumb-receiving notch disposed along its circumference, an array of light-based proximity sensors, mounted in the gripping element, that projects light beams through the notch radially outward from the gripping element, and detects light beams reflected back into the gripping element by a moving object at or near the notch, and a processor, coupled with the proximity sensor array, for determining polar angles along the circumference of the gripping element occupied by the object, responsive to light beams projected by the proximity sensor array and reflected back by the object being detected by the proximity sensor array.

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