Neonode宣稱擁有滑動解鎖專利

正當德國慕尼黑地方法院於2012.2.16.認為Motorola Mobility侵犯Apple的觸控螢幕滑動解鎖(slide-to-unlock)專利之際，瑞典的Neonode卻跳出來宣稱滑動解鎖功能應該是該公司的專利。
Neonode宣稱該公司的8,095,879專利，不但涵蓋Apple的iOS裝置的平行觸控功能，還包括了滑動解鎖的功能，目前Sony及Barnes & Noble都是其授權客戶。

US8,095,879
Title : User interface for mobile handheld computer unit
Filing Date : 2002.12.10.
Issue Date : 2012.1.10.
Abstract :
The present invention relates to a user interface for a mobile handheld computer unit, which computer unit comprises a touch sensitive area (1), which is divided into a menu area (2) and a display area (3). The computer unit is adapted to run several applications simultaneously and to present an active application on top of any other application on the display area (3). The menu area (2) is adapted to present a representation of a first (21), a second (22) and a third predefined (23) function. The first function (21) is a general application dependent function, the second function (22) is a keyboard function, and the third function (23) is a task and file manager. Any one of these three functions can be activated when the touch sensitive area (1) detects a movement of an object with its starting point within the representation of the function on the menu area (2) and with a direction from the menu area (2) to the display area (3).