Interactive cord with integrated light sources
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1. An interactive cord comprising:
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a cover that covers the cable, the cover comprising;
a plurality of capacitive touchpoints configured to enable reception of touch input that causes a change in capacitance to one or more conductive threads effective to trigger one or more functions at a computing device;
one or more first conductive threads woven into the cover and exposed at one or more first capacitive touchpoints of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints; and
one or more second conductive threads woven into the cover and exposed at one or more second capacitive touchpoints of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints that are different than the one or more first capacitive touchpoints; and
a plurality of light sources integrated into the cover, each of the plurality of light sources configured to indicate a position of a respective capacitive touchpoint of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints.
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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.
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1. An interactive cord comprising:
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a cable; a cover that covers the cable, the cover comprising; a plurality of capacitive touchpoints configured to enable reception of touch input that causes a change in capacitance to one or more conductive threads effective to trigger one or more functions at a computing device; one or more first conductive threads woven into the cover and exposed at one or more first capacitive touchpoints of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints; and one or more second conductive threads woven into the cover and exposed at one or more second capacitive touchpoints of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints that are different than the one or more first capacitive touchpoints; and a plurality of light sources integrated into the cover, each of the plurality of light sources configured to indicate a position of a respective capacitive touchpoint of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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an interactive cord comprising one or more conductive threads woven together with one or more non-conductive threads to form a cover having a plurality of capacitive touchpoints, the plurality of capacitive touchpoints comprising locations on the interactive cord at which the one or more conductive threads are exposed; one or more light sources integrated into the interactive cord proximate to at least one of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints; and a controller coupled to the interactive cord, the controller configured to detect touch input to the one or more capacitive touchpoints and control at least one of the one or more light sources to indicate a position of a respective capacitive touchpoint of the plurality of capacitive touchpoints. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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