Portable Electronic Device with Proximity Sensors for Gesture Control and Contact Detection
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing having at least one major face;
one or more processors;
at least two discrete signal emitters, operable with the one or more processors, and disposed along the at least one major face; and
at least two discrete signal receivers, operable with the one or more processors, and disposed along the at least one major face, wherein;
a first discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a first discrete signal receiver to form a first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair;
a second discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a second discrete signal receiver to form a second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair; and
the first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair is distally located along the at least one major face from the second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a housing having at least one major face. One or more processors are operable in the device. At least two discrete signal emitters are disposed along the at least one major face. At least two discrete signal receivers are also disposed along the at least one major face. A first discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a first discrete signal receiver to form a first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair, while a second discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a second discrete signal receiver to form a second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair. The first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair is distally located along the at least one major face from the second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair, and can receive gesture input in a first mode of operation and proximity input in a second mode of operation.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a housing having at least one major face; one or more processors; at least two discrete signal emitters, operable with the one or more processors, and disposed along the at least one major face; and at least two discrete signal receivers, operable with the one or more processors, and disposed along the at least one major face, wherein; a first discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a first discrete signal receiver to form a first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair; a second discrete signal emitter is proximately located with a second discrete signal receiver to form a second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair; and the first discrete signal emitter-receiver pair is distally located along the at least one major face from the second discrete signal emitter-receiver pair. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a first discrete signal emitter proximately located with a first discrete signal receiver; a second discrete signal emitter proximately located with a second discrete signal receiver; a third discrete signal emitter; a fourth discrete signal emitter; and one or more processors; the one or more processors to; drive the first discrete signal emitter and the second discrete signal emitter with less power than the third discrete signal emitter and the fourth discrete signal emitter in a first mode of operation; and drive the first discrete signal emitter and the second discrete signal emitter with more power than the third discrete signal emitter and the fourth discrete signal emitter in a second mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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