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Interactive cord with integrated light sources

  • US 10,111,304 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2017
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive cord comprising:

  • 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.

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