Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interactive cord with integrated light sources
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Application No.: US15792162Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10111304B2Publication Date: 2018-10-23
- Inventor: Thad Eugene Starner , Karissa A. Sawyer , Greg Ellis Priest-Dorman
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agent Colby Nipper
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08 ; H04R1/10

Abstract:
This document describes an interactive cord with integrated light sources. An interactive cord includes a cable, a cover that covers the cable, and a plurality of light sources integrated into the cover. The cover includes capacitive touchpoints that enable reception of touch input that causes a change in capacitance to one or more conductive threads effective to trigger a function at a computing device. Different conductive threads can be used at different capacitive touchpoints to trigger different functions. The light sources are configured to indicate a position of a respective capacitive touchpoint on the cover.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180049296A1 Interactive Cord with Integrated Light Sources Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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