US 11,493,964 B2 · Cover accessory device for a portable electronic and/or computer apparatus, and apparatus provided with such an accessory device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device (100) for a portable user apparatus (102), including a portion (104) which can be folded over the user apparatus (102), said foldable portion (104) including at least two detection layers, each kept at a reserve potential and including at least one capacitive detection electrode: a first of said layers being arranged to carry out a function of capacitive detection of at least one control object located on one side of said foldable portion (104); a second of said layers being arranged so as to carry out a function of capacitive detection of at least one control object located on the other side of said foldable portion (104), with a view to triggering a function in the user apparatus (102). The invention also relates to an apparatus (10) provided with such an accessory device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A touch-sensitive apparatus having a first portion capable of being oriented with respect to a second portion, the touch-sensitive apparatus comprising:

at least one substrate formed in the first portion;
an inner detection layer formed with the at least one substrate on an inner surface of the first portion;
an outer detection layer formed with the at least one substrate on an outer surface of the first portion;
and
a control unit configured for
detecting an orientation of the first portion with respect to the second portion, and
activating both the inner detection layer and the outer detection layer when a first orientation is detected.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/648,256Filed 18 Jan 2022 · continuation

Priority

FR 136133019 Nov 2013

Published

US 2022/0137670 A15 May 2022

Granted

8 Nov 2022

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

G06F 1/1656
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
G06F 1/1677
Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts: for detecting open or closed state or…
G06F 1/169
Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675: the I/O peripheral…
G06F 3/044
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: by capacitive means

Family

PCT/EP2014/074351Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Nov 2014

Application16/031,723Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2018

US 10,042,491 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Aug 2018

Application17/064,438Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Oct 2020

US 10,802,652 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Oct 2020

US 2022/0137670 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 May 2022

US 11,231,749 B2Parent of this continuation

Application15/037,313Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0291730 A1Published application

US 2018/0321771 A1Published application

US 2021/0019004 A1Published application

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Cover accessory device for a portable electronic and/or computer apparatus, and apparatus provided with such an accessory device

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Cover accessory device for a portable electronic and/or computer apparatus, and apparatus provided with such an accessory device

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Abstract

Claims20