Patent ID: 6888537
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A control panel apparatus having reconfigurable input buttons, said apparatus comprising: a tactile sensor; a plurality of input buttons reconfigurable by a user, a representation of said plurality of input buttons placed on said tactile sensor; and electronics, coupled to said tactile sensor, for measuring a location of a touch to an input button on said tactile sensor and an existence of and a level of pressure of said touch and for storing a plurality of functions, each of said plurality of functions associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of input buttons and each of said plurality of functions associated with a different level of pressure of said touch; wherein said touch on one of said plurality of input buttons on said tactile sensor causes said electronics to measure said location and said level of pressure of said touch and said touch causes an occurrence of one of said plurality of functions associated with said location and said level of said pressure of said touch.