Patents by Inventor Stefan Östergårde

Stefan Östergårde has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User interface for white goods and associated multi-channel proximity sensors
    Patent number: 9709283
    Abstract: A method for operating a stove including providing a plurality of burners beneath a cooktop surface and a plurality of visible-light emitters mounted under the surface for separately, variably illuminating edges of the surface adjacent to each of the burners, providing a touch-and-proximity sensor for detecting objects above the surface, illuminating at least one edge of the surface in response to the sensor detecting a pot suspended above one of the burners, and intensifying the illuminating commensurate with proximity of the pot to the one burner, as further detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Stefan Holmgren, Carl Richard Henriksson, Stefan Östergårde
  • USER INTERFACE FOR WHITE GOODS AND ASSOCIATED MULTI-CHANNEL PROXIMITY SENSORS
    Publication number: 20150153050
    Abstract: A method for operating a stove including providing a plurality of burners beneath a cooktop surface and a plurality of visible-light emitters mounted under the surface for separately, variably illuminating edges of the surface adjacent to each of the burners, providing a touch-and-proximity sensor for detecting objects above the surface, illuminating at least one edge of the surface in response to the sensor detecting a pot suspended above one of the burners, and intensifying the illuminating commensurate with proximity of the pot to the one burner, as further detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Stefan Holmgren, Carl Richard Henriksson, Stefan Östergårde
  • User interface for white goods and associated multi-channel proximity sensors
    Patent number: 8976158
    Abstract: A touch sensor including a housing, a light guide mounted in the housing the light guide featuring an aperture through which light exits and enters the light guide, and an inner surface facing the interior of the housing, the sensor further includes two light emitters mounted in the housing for emitting light beams into the light guide that exit the aperture at diverging angles and a light receiver mounted in the housing for receiving reflected light beams entering the aperture at an angle of incidence different than the diverging angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Stefan Holmgren, Carl Richard Henriksson, Stefan Östergårde
  • USER INTERFACE FOR WHITE GOODS AND ASSOCIATED MULTI-CHANNEL PROXIMITY SENSORS
    Publication number: 20140210793
    Abstract: A touch sensor including a housing, a light guide mounted in the housing the light guide featuring an aperture through which light exits and enters the light guide, and an inner surface facing the interior of the housing, the sensor further includes two light emitters mounted in the housing for emitting light beams into the light guide that exit the aperture at diverging angles and a light receiver mounted in the housing for receiving reflected light beams entering the aperture at an angle of incidence different than the diverging angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Stefan Holmgren, Carl Richard Henriksson, Stefan Östergårde