User interface
First Claim
1. A user interface comprising:
- a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object,force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, anda processor unit capable of controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a user interface for controlling an electronic device. The user interface comprises a sensor element (201) that has a sensor surface (202) and is arranged to produce a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot (231) of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object (220). The user interface comprises force sensor equipment (203a, 203b) that is arranged to produce a force indicator that indicates temporal changes of force components directed to the sensor surface in parallel with the sensor surface. A processor unit (205) is arranged to control the electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. A user of the electronic device is enabled to control the electronic device by using different levels and directions of force and/or torque directed to the sensor surface.
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Citations
48 Claims
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1. A user interface comprising:
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a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object, force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and a processor unit capable of controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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producing a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object, producing a force indicator that indicates a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An electronic device comprising:
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a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object, force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and a processor unit arranged to control the electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions for making a processor unit to control an electronic device on the basis of:
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a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object, and a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. An interface module comprising:
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a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object, force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and a processor unit capable of controlling an electronic device connected to the interface module on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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48. A user interface comprising:
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means for producing a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object, means for producing a force indicator that indicates a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and means for controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.
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Specification