User interface

A method comprising:

• producing a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object,
• producing a force indicator that indicates a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and
• controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.

An electronic device comprising:

• a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object,
• force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and
• a processor unit arranged to control the electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.

A computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions for making a processor unit to control an electronic device on the basis of:

• a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object, and
• a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface.

An interface module comprising:

• a sensor element having a sensor surface and being arranged to produce a location indicator that is adapted to indicate a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object,
• force sensor equipment connected to the sensor element and arranged to produce a force indicator that is adapted to indicate a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and
• a processor unit capable of controlling an electronic device connected to the interface module on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.

A user interface comprising:

• means for producing a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of a sensor surface that is closest to an external object,
• means for producing a force indicator that indicates a temporal change of a first force component directed to the sensor surface and a temporal change of a second force component directed to the sensor surface, the first force component and the second force component being parallel with the sensor surface, and
• means for controlling an electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator.