US 11,809,666 B2
Touch-sensitive braided cord
Munehiko Sato, Tokyo (JP); Ivan Poupyrev, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Shozo Harada, Hachioji (JP); and Shiho Fukuhara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,139.
Application 18/089,139 is a continuation of application No. 17/436,337, granted, now 11,567,616, previously published as PCT/US2019/020650, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130821 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0444 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0447 (2019.05); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interactive cord, comprising:
an outer cover having a touch-sensitive area at a first longitudinal portion of the interactive cord and a non-touch-sensitive area at a second longitudinal portion of the interactive cord, the outer cover comprising a set of conductive lines and one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the first longitudinal portion, the set of conductive lines defining a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area; and
an inner core comprising at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the second longitudinal portion of the interactive cord.