Abstract: A novel capacitive sensing keyboard allows for keypads to be easily changed for repair or reconfiguration purposes. The keypads can be made of a deformable and resilient material, such as an elastomer, which can provide tactile feedback to a user and which are relatively inexpensive to manufacture. An array of overlying pairs of driver elements and sense elements are located adjacent the keypad and changes in the dielectric value of materials about the driver/sense element pairs are detected when a key on the keypad is pressed by a user. These detected changes are processed in view of a defined key map to determine which key or keys have been pressed by the user.

Abstract: The present specification teaches an input device and method for electronic apparatus. The input device can be based on one or more force sensitive input devices, such as force sensitive resistors. The electronic apparatus includes an output device such as a display. A processor is configured to receive input from the input device and to control the display or other output device. In certain implementations, the display is controlled to generate a first graphical object that is associated with an instruction. The processor is configured to generate a second graphical object in response to an input received from the force sensitive input device that corresponds with the instruction.