公开(公告)号：US20200348831A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16931735

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60K37/06

Abstract: A vehicle gesture control system to improve safety and comfort during driving of a vehicle, the vehicle including an adaptive cruise control or autonomous drive arrangement configured to control velocity of the vehicle and distance between the vehicle and another vehicle, the system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect gestures performed by a driver on the surface of a steering wheel grip in the vehicle, the steering wheel grip including a circular tube surrounding a steering wheel, and a processor receiving outputs from the sensors and connected to a memory unit storing instructions for the processor to activate a plurality of features of the adaptive cruise control or autonomous drive arrangement, in response to a respective plurality of different gestures detected by the sensors, one of the gestures including movement of the driver's thumb around a lateral section of the steering wheel grip that faces the driver.

公开(公告)号：US10719218B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US16365657

申请日：2019-03-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0487

Abstract: A vehicle user interface including a vehicle steering wheel including a grip, a sensor mounted in the steering wheel grip detecting objects touching the steering wheel grip, a plurality of individually activatable illumination units illuminating respective locations on the steering wheel grip, and a processor receiving outputs from the sensor, selectively activating a subset of the illumination units adjacent to a detected object, and controlling a plurality of vehicle functions in response to outputs of the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US12299238B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18532390

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: NEONODE INC.

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

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

Abstract: 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：US11429230B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17296252

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

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

Abstract: 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：US20210349569A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17385260

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： 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: G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  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

Abstract: A sensor determining coordinates of a proximal object, including a one-dimensional array of alternating light emitters and detectors, including a plurality of light emitters projecting light along a detection plane, and a plurality of light detectors detecting reflections of the projected light, by a reflective object in the detection plane, and a plurality of lenses mounted and oriented relative to the emitters and the detectors such that the light detectors receive maximum intensity when light enters a corresponding lens at a first particular angle, whereby for each emitter-detector pair, light emitted by the emitter of that pair passes through one of the lenses and is reflected by the object back through one of the lenses to the detector of that pair when the object is located at one of a set of positions in the detection plane, that position being associated with that emitter-detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US10802601B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16694018

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： 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: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: 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：US20200167034A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16775057

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Sven Robert Pettersson ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren ,  Xiatao Wang ,  Rozita Teymourzadeh ,  Per Erik Lindström ,  Emil Anders Braide ,  Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm ,  Erik Anders Claes Rosengren

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G09G5/00

Abstract: A sensor including lenses, light emitters, each emitter projecting light out of a lens in a particular emission direction along a detection plane, light detectors, each detector detecting maximum light intensity when light enters a lens at a particular detection angle, a table of hotspots, each hotspot corresponding to an emitter-detector pair, the hotspot being a two-dimensional location in the detection plane along the emission direction of the emitter of the pair where projected light reflected by an object placed at that location, enters the lens for the detector of the pair at the detection angle of the detector, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to detected amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection plane, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection plane based on the received outputs and based on hotspots for synchronously activated emitter-detector pairs.

公开(公告)号：US20200150823A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16739142

申请日：2020-01-10

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： 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: G06F3/042 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  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

Abstract: A sensor including multiple sensor modules and a processor, each sensor module including lenses, light detectors, each detector positioned along the image plane of a lens so as to receive maximum light intensity when light enters the lens at a particular angle, light emitters, each emitter being positioned in relation to a lens so as to project light into a detection zone, an activating unit synchronously co-activating each emitter with at least one of the detectors, and a calculating unit receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection zone to the detectors, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection zone based on the detector outputs and the particular angle, wherein neighboring modules monitor different detection zones, and the processor receiving outputs from the sensor modules and mapping the object location in multiple detection zones over time.

公开(公告)号：US20180181209A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15898585

申请日：2018-02-18

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

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

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

CPC classification number: G06F3/017 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0428 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing, light emitters mounted in the housing for projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, light detectors mounted in the housing for detecting amounts of light entering the housing along the detection plane, whereby for each emitter-detector pair (E, D), when an object is located at a target position p(E, D) in the detection plane, corresponding to the pair (E, D), then the light emitted by emitter E is scattered by the object and is expected to be maximally detected by detector D, and a processor to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to read the detected amounts of light from the detectors, and to calculate a location of the object in the detection plane from the detected amounts of light, in accordance with a detection-location relationship that relates detections from emitter-detector pairs to object locations between neighboring target positions in the detection plane.

公开(公告)号：US20230325065A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18316481

申请日：2023-05-12

Applicant: Neonode Inc.

Inventor： Björn Alexander Jubner ,  Björn Thomas Eriksson ,  Gunnar Martin Fröjdh ,  Simon Greger Fellin ,  Stefan Johannes Holmgren

IPC: G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/04883

CPC classification number: G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  B62D1/046 ,  B60K37/06 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  B62D1/04 ,  G06F3/033

Abstract: A vehicle autonomous drive system including a steering wheel, a sensor operable to identify each gesture component within a set of gesture components performed on the steering wheel by a driver of the vehicle, the set of gesture components including thumb-tap, thumb touch-and-hold, thumb-glide, hand-grab and hand-tap, a processor for an autonomous drive system in the vehicle, receiving from the sensor, a series of time-stamped, contact coordinates for the gesture components identified by the sensor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to construct compound gestures based on the series of time-stamped, contact coordinates, and to activate features of the autonomous drive system in response to the compound gestures.