Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for browsing and selecting an item in a list. Especially the invention relates to a joystick type control device to be used in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops. The control device comprises a stick means, which is coupled with a joint to the control device. Further the control device comprises at least one switch and at least one sensor, where the switch is adapted to make contact and generate a digital-type output signal when the stick means is deflected from its rest position in a direction. The sensor is adapted to generate an analog output signal when the stick means is deflected in from its rest position to a direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for browsing and selecting an item in a list. Especially the invention relates to a joystick type control device to be used in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops. The control device comprises a stick means, which is coupled with a joint to the control device. Further the control device comprises at least one switch and at least one sensor, where the switch is adapted to make contact and generate a digital-type output signal when the stick means is deflected from its rest position in a direction, and after the contact the sensor is adapted to generate an analog output signal when the stick means is further deflected in the same direction from its rest position as when the digital type output signal was generated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for vibrating a device that uses multiple mass vibrators to vibrate the device. The multiple mass vibrators may include multiple independently rotating vibrators. The method includes one or more steps for controlling the rotational speed and relative phase vibrational forces of the multiple mass vibrators. The control may include using either triangular pulses, square wave pulses, or other suitable pulses. The multiple mass vibrators may be synthesized in approximately the same way as various waveforms can be synthesized from pure sine waves by controlling their frequency, amplitude and phase. The multiple mass vibrators may include multiple larger and smaller synchronized vibrators, as well as two or more mass vibrators having different masses, different shapes, different other suitable physical characteristics, or some combination thereof, so as to produce different vibratory effects when vibrated.

Abstract: Control signals for a process displaying graphical objects in a display are generated with a first control surface, a second control surface and detector means. The first control surface is available for manipulation with a thumb of one hand on one side of a hand-held electronic device. The second control surface is adapted for manipulation with another finger of the same hand. It is located on a different side of the hand-held electronic device. The detector means jointly detect how the first and second control surfaces are manipulated, and convey information about detected manipulation of the first and second control surfaces further to generation of the control signals.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a electromechanical structure comprising an input device and a printed wired board (3, 4), which structure is advantages in terms of manufacturing and offers freedom to the layout design of the printed wired board, the user interface as well as the appearance of the device itself. It is also an object of the invention to provide a electromechanical structure that is compact and facilitates the customizability and upgradability with a new electronic functionality without any need for modifications to the main electronics of the device. This is achieved by integrating the electromechanical assembly with the mechanical cover part of the electronic device by using an injection moulding process to compose an integrated combination (113) which is detachable from the electronic device. More precisely the objects of the invention are achieved by combining the injection mould technologies with the printing of electronic wired boards.