Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an electric device comprising a screen, cooperating with said screen a sensor for detecting a presence of an object on or close to said screen, a controller and a feedback element. The controller is configured to interpret said presence of the object and calculate a force value and control said feedback element to provide a feedback with respect to the force value.

Abstract: A method for operating a touch sensitive user interface is provided. The touch sensitive user interface comprises a touch sensitive surface and at least two force sensitive sensors. The touch sensitive surface is configured to provide a touch information indicating touch positions of at least two concurrent touches on the touch sensitive surface. The at least two force sensitive sensors are mounted at the touch sensitive surface at different predetermined locations. Each of the at least two force sensitive sensors is configured to generate a corresponding force information depending on a force being exerted on the corresponding force sensitive sensor. According to the method, the touch positions are determined based on the touch information and the force information is received from the at least two force sensitive sensors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an electric device comprising a screen, cooperating with said screen a sensor for detecting a presence of an object on or close to said screen, a controller and a feedback element. The controller is configured to interpret said presence of the object and calculate a force value and control said feedback element to provide a feedback with respect to the force value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an electric device comprising a screen (110), cooperating with said screen a sensor for detecting a presence of an object on or close to said screen, a controller (120) and a feedback element (140). The controller (120) is configured to interpret said presence of the object and calculate a force value and control said feedback element (140) to provide a feedback with respect to the force value.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a layered structure having a liquid crystal control layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a window layer. The window layer includes an electrically conductive sensor structure comprising a force sensitive material. The electrically conductive sensor structure is adapted to provide a capacitance varying in response to a change in its surrounding environment and to provide a resistance varying in response to a force being applied to the window layer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring glucose level in the body fluid of a subject, typically blood glucose level, by measuring impedance of a body tissue, with two pairs of electrodes, two electrodes for injecting current into a body tissue and two electrodes for detecting the ensuing voltage of the body tissue. The body tissue is typically a sub-dermal or sub-cutaneous tissue. The measured impedance of the body tissue is used to correlate with directly determined glucose levels to determine the glucose level from the measured impedance. It is thus possible to determine body fluid glucose levels in a reliable and reproducible manner.

Abstract: Medical apparatus for diagnosing of a diseased condition of the skin of a subject. The apparatus comprises an electrically conducting probe including a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprising a plurality of micro-needles, wherein each electrode comprises a base substrate, said micro-needles being integrally formed with said substrate and arranged in a laterally spaced relationship apart from each other and having a length being sufficient to penetrate the stratum corneum, said micro-needles being arranged with an at least partially oblique shape. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrode for use in the device, arrays of micro-needle and method for the diagnostics of biological conditions using impedance measurements. The diagnostics is in particular related to cancer, and preferably skin cancer, wherein skin cancer is a basal cell carcinoma, a malignant melanoma, a squamous cell carcinoma, or precursors of such lesions.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring glucose level in the body fluid of a subject, typically blood glucose level, by measuring impedance of a body tissue, with two pairs of electrodes, two electrodes for injecting current into a body tissue and two electrodes for detecting the ensuing voltage of the body tissue. The body tissue is typically a sub-dermal or sub-cutaneous tissue. The measured impedance of the body tissue is used to correlate with directly determined glucose levels to determine the glucose level from the measured impedance. It is thus possible to determine body fluid glucose levels in a reliable and reproducible manner.

Abstract: A method for operating a touch sensitive user interface is provided. The touch sensitive user interface comprises a touch sensitive surface and at least two force sensitive sensors. The touch sensitive surface is configured to provide a touch information indicating touch positions of at least two concurrent touches on the touch sensitive surface. The at least two force sensitive sensors are mounted at the touch sensitive surface at different predetermined locations. Each of the at least two force sensitive sensors is configured to generate a corresponding force information depending on a force being exerted on the corresponding force sensitive sensor. According to the method, the touch positions are determined based on the touch information and the force information is received from the at least two force sensitive sensors.

Abstract: A method for a device to receive a user input commanding the device to perform an action includes detecting a first amount of force exerted onto a graphical user interface, providing an indication that additional force must be exerted onto the graphical user interface to command the device to perform the action, detecting a second amount of force larger than the first amount of force exerted onto the graphical user interface, and providing a signal including data commanding performance of the action.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring glucose level in the body fluid of a subject, typically blood glucose level, by measuring impedance of a body tissue, with two pairs of electrodes, two electrodes for injecting current into a body tissue and two electrodes for detecting the ensuing voltage of the body tissue. The body tissue is typically a sub-dermal or sub-cutaneous tissue. The measured impedance of the body tissue is used to correlate with directly determined glucose levels to determine the glucose level from the measured impedance. It is thus possible to determine body fluid glucose levels in a reliable and reproducible manner.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for the diagnostics of biological conditions using impedance measurements.

Abstract: A random access memory (RAM) memory module has a compact form factor and is removable from a corresponding socket assembly to allow easy replacement of the memory module or reconfiguration of the memory module during development of an electronic device that includes the memory module.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (10) with a force sensitive display surface has a liquid crystal layer (13)? between a liquid crystal control layer (12) and a window layer (15). A color filter layer (14) with color filters (19) or a 3D filter layer (25) with 3D barrier units (22) may be provided between the liquid crystal layer (13) and the window layer (15). The control, window, color or 3D filter layer (12,14,15,25) comprises an electrically conductive sensor structure (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26a, 26b) comprising piezoresistive material for sensing the force applied by a user's finger on the display (10), and the sensor structure may, additionally, provide capacitance varying for sensing the touch position.

Abstract: A force sensitive touch sensor (100) is provided. The sensor (100) comprises an insulating support layer (101) and an electrically conductive sensor structure (102). The electrically conductive sensor structure (102) comprises a piezoresistive material and is configured to provide a resistance varying in response to a force being applied to the insulating support layer (101). The piezoresistive material comprises graphene.

Abstract: A touch screen comprises a display displaying through a front surface of the display and a sensor system. The sensor system is interposed between a back surface of the display and a bottom surface of a housing in which the touch screen is arranged. The sensor system comprises a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly and is configured to sense capacitance between the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly. The touch screen further comprises a processor being configured to determine based on the sensed capacitance a force resulting from the touch action.

Abstract: A method for a device to receive a user input commanding the device to perform an action includes detecting a first amount of force exerted onto a graphical user interface, providing an indication that additional force must be exerted onto the graphical user interface to command the device to perform the action, detecting a second amount of force larger than the first amount of force exerted onto the graphical user interface, and providing a signal including data commanding performance of the action.

Abstract: A device includes a graphical user interface configured to receive a user input by user exertion of force onto the graphical user interface. The device further includes a detection logic operatively connected to the graphical user interface and configured to produce a signal including data indicative of a first amount of force exerted at a location on the graphical user interface. The device also includes an indication logic operatively connected to the detection logic and configured to determine based on the signal including data indicative of the first amount of force exerted at the location on the graphical user interface that the first amount of force is insufficient to command the device to perform an action based on the user input. The indication logic is further configured to produce a signal including data indicating that additional force must be exerted to command the device to perform the action.

Abstract: A device includes a graphical user interface configured to receive a user input by user exertion of force onto the graphical user interface. The device further includes a detection logic operatively connected to the graphical user interface and configured to produce a signal including data indicative of a first amount of force exerted at a location on the graphical user interface. The device also includes an indication logic operatively connected to the detection logic and configured to determine based on the signal including data indicative of the first amount of force exerted at the location on the graphical user interface that the first amount of force is insufficient to command the device to perform an action based on the user input. The indication logic is further configured to produce a signal including data indicating that additional force must be exerted to command the device to perform the action.

Abstract: A random access memory (RAM) memory module has a compact form factor and is removable from a corresponding socket assembly to allow easy replacement of the memory module or reconfiguration of the memory module during development of an electronic device that includes the memory module.