Patents Assigned to SmartBound Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 9489856
    Abstract: An interactive printed article includes a cover and a plurality of printed leaves on which a plurality of touchpoints are distributed. A particular printed leaf among the plurality of printed leaves includes first and second viewed surfaces and first and second inner surfaces and has a touch sensor incorporated therein proximate to a touchpoint among the plurality of touchpoints. At least one of the first and second viewed surfaces has content printed thereon, and at least one of the first and second inner surfaces has a conductive trace formed thereon. The interactive printed article further includes an electronics package electrically coupled to the conductive trace that initiates presentation of a particular presentation corresponding to the touchpoint in response to detection via the touch sensor of selection of the touchpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SMARTBOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Austin Herz
  • Publication number: 20130316321
    Abstract: An interactive printed article includes a cover and a plurality of printed leaves on which a plurality of touchpoints are distributed. A particular printed leaf among the plurality of printed leaves includes first and second viewed surfaces and first and second inner surfaces and has a touch sensor incorporated therein proximate to a touchpoint among the plurality of touchpoints. At least one of the first and second viewed surfaces has content printed thereon, and at least one of the first and second inner surfaces has a conductive trace formed thereon. The interactive printed article further includes an electronics package electrically coupled to the conductive trace that initiates presentation of a particular presentation corresponding to the touchpoint in response to detection via the touch sensor of selection of the touchpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SmartBound Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Austin Herz