Abstract: A controller, method, system, and computer-readable medium, for producing control signals. The controller comprises a pressure sensor, a hinged input mechanism configured to receive input forces and direct them towards the sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the pressure sensor indicating that the hinged input mechanism is being depressed or released and, based on the received signal, to determine, during a time interval, a rate of change of pressure detected at the sensor. The processor also generates a control signal associated with the hinged input mechanism, wherein the control signal comprises a velocity characteristic representing a speed at which the hinged input mechanism is depressed or released, and the velocity characteristic is based at least partly on the determined rate of change of pressure. In one example embodiment, the control signal is an audio control.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a user interface device comprising a sensing layer for sensing variable input forces and outputting a corresponding variable signal; a depressible input layer arranged to receive an input force from a user and transfer the input force towards the sensing layer; an intermediate layer arranged between the sensing layer and the depressible input layer, wherein the intermediate layer defines at least one hole through which air from in between the depressible input layer and the intermediate layer can escape.

Abstract: The present method enables controlling of information data to be processed at an output device using a touch sensitive interface, the method comprising for an electronic device identifying a first touch input at a first location of the touch sensitive interface, retrieving first information data associated with the first location, the first information data being characterized by one or more attributes defining how said information data is rendered at the output device, producing for the output device a first output signal corresponding to the first information data, while detecting that the first touch input is maintained at the first location, identifying a second touch input at a second location distinct from the first location, and; producing for the output device a second output signal corresponding to an update of the first information data using at least one attribute correlated with the second location.

Abstract: An interface is for inputting data into a processor. The interface has a three-dimensionally shaped input surface and comprises an array of sensors responsive to forces applied to the input surface and providing an input to the processor capable of registering the magnitude of the forces applied to the array of sensors and interpreting the location of pressure on the input surface, and a three-dimensionally shaped layer of soft resilient material arranged between the three-dimensionally shaped input surface and the array of sensors and capable of transmitting forces exerted on the three-dimensionally shaped input surface to the sensors.