The sensor device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an electrode substrate, a first support, and a second support. The first conductive layer is formed to be deformable sheet-shaped. The second conductive layer is disposed to be opposed to the first conductive layer. The electrode substrate includes multiple first electrode wires and multiple second electrode wires and is disposed to be deformable between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the multiple second electrode wires being disposed to be opposed to the multiple first electrode wires and intersecting with the multiple first electrode wires. The first support includes multiple first structures, the multiple first structures connecting the first conductive layer and the electrode substrate. The second support includes multiple second structures, the multiple second structures connecting the second conductive layer and the electrode substrate.

There is provided a non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes an information display apparatus to execute: accepting input under a pressure in a first range on a screen; accepting input under a pressure in a second range stronger than the pressure in the first range on the screen; determining, from among objects displayed in a predefined position on the screen in an overlapped manner, an object having a highest display order as an operation target object, when the input under the pressure in the first range is accepted in the predefined position; and change a display order configuration for the objects to a first configuration when the input under the pressure in the second range is accepted on the screen after the determination of the operation target object.

One variation of a method for interfacing a computer to a human includes: detecting application of a first input onto a touch sensor surface and a first force magnitude of the first input; in response to the first force magnitude exceeding a first threshold magnitude, actuating a vibrator coupled to the touch sensor surface during a first click cycle and triggering an audio driver proximal the touch sensor surface to output a click sound during the first click cycle; detecting retraction of the first input from the touch sensor surface and a second force magnitude of the first input; and, in response to the second force magnitude falling below a second threshold magnitude less than the first threshold magnitude, actuating the vibrator during a second click cycle distinct from the first click cycle and triggering the audio driver to output the click sound during the second click cycle.

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts, detects a contact, determines a location and intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and displays a response, the response being based at least in part on an input-output mapping of intensity to response at the contact location. The input-output mapping including a first input-output relationship between intensity and response over a first range of intensity values, a second input-output relationship between intensity and response over a second range of intensity values, and a transitional intensity value where the first range of intensity values meets or overlaps the second range of intensity values. At the transitional intensity value, the first input-output relationship has a first rate of change, the second input-output relationship has a second rate of change, and the first rate is substantially the same as the second rate.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a user interface using a multi-point touch capable of immediately carrying out various user commands by changing the direction of force applied to two or more different points inside a touch area, and to an apparatus for same, wherein when contact on two or more different points inside the touch area is sensed, directions of force applied to the two or more points are detected while the contact to the two or more points is maintained when the contact on the two or more points is detected, and a predetermined user command is carried out according to a combination of the directions of force detected from the points.

A method and apparatus for determining pitch and yaw of an elongated interface object as it interacts with a touchscreen surface. A touch image is received, and this touch image has at least a first area that corresponds to an area of the touchscreen that has an elongated interface object positioned at least proximate to it. The elongated interface object has a pitch and a yaw with respect to the touchscreen surface. A first transformation is performed to obtain a first transformation image of the touch image, and a second transformation is performed to obtain a second transformation image of the touch image. The first transformation differs from the second transformation. The yaw is determined for the elongated interface object based on both the first and second transformation images. The pitch is determined based on at least one of the first and second transformation images.

An input sensing device includes sensor pixels initialized in response to a reset signal provided through a reset line, and output a sensing signal to a read-out line in response to a scan signal provided through a scan line. A controller generates at least one start signal and clock signals. A selector selectively provides the at least one start signal and the clock signals to first control lines or second control lines. A reset driver connected to the first control lines, and supplying reset signals to at least some of the reset lines based on the at least one start signal and the clock signals provided through the first control lines. A scan driver is connected to the second control lines, and supplies scan signals to at least some of the reset lines based on the at least one start signal and the clock signals.

This disclosure provides designer interfaces that present condensed representations of texture functions, the representations displaying selected control points that manipulate the representations, an algorithm that computes a texture function based on the positions of said selected control points, and the texture function generating a signal to control a force on an appendage of a user that touches a tactile surface, and methods of using the designer interfaces.

A touch sensing device includes: a capacitive-type touch sensor, a pressure sensor, a touch coordinate detecting unit, and a direction vector calculating unit. The capacitive-type touch sensor is configured to detect a first aspect of a touch input. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a second aspect of the touch input. The touch coordinate detecting unit is configured to, based on the first and second aspects, determine a touch coordinate associated with the capacitive-type touch sensor and a touch coordinate associated with the pressure sensor. The direction vector calculating unit is configured to determine a direction vector based on the respective touch coordinates.

A piezoelectric device includes a first region for receiving a pressing operation and a second region located outside of the first region. A piezoelectric element outputs a stronger potential when a pressing operation is applied to the first region than when the pressing operation is applied to the second region.