Patent ID: 9501098
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An interface controlling apparatus using a force, the apparatus comprising: an information receiver configured to receive, from at least one force sensor, force input information associated with an input force; an information analyzer configured to generate content control information by analyzing the force input information, including generating the content control information based on a direction of input force and a determining of which of a continuous input and a non-continuous input is represented by the input force; and a content controller configured to control content based on the content control information, wherein the force input information is based on a signal of a force sensor compressed by the input force among force sensors laterally disposed between a contact pad and a base, wherein an elastic substance is laterally disposed between the lateral force sensors and at least one of the contact pad or the base, wherein the information analyzer is configured to generate different content control information according to whether the force input information corresponds to the continuous input or the non-continuous input, whether the input force is continuously applied to different directions or same direction, and the direction of the input force, wherein content which is displayed on a screen is transformed differently according to whether the force input information corresponds to the continuous input or the non-continuous input, whether the input force is continuously applied to different directions or the same direction, and the direction of the input force, and wherein the direction of the input force and the determining of which of the continuous input and the non-continuous input is represented by the input force are based on arrangement of the at least one force sensor.