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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Sony Mobile Communications Ab, Lund, SE;
Henrik Bengtsson, Lund, SE;
Sarandis Kalogeropoulos, Malmo, SE;
Olivier Moliner, Lund, SE;
Bjorn Rosqvist, Lund, SE;
Martin Granstrom, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Aberg, Vinslov, SE;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
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.