Patent ID: 8350809

Claim:
An input device to control elements of a graphical user interface, said input device comprising: a manually manipulable base element carrying a plurality of actuatable buttons that, when manually actuated, emit first control signals, respectively, to said graphical user interface; at least one rotatable input element carried by said base element, said rotatable input element being manually actuatable at least along a substantially horizontal axis to emit a second control signal to said graphical user; said base element having a base element surface comprising a conical surface elevation that extends substantially perpendicular to a primary plane of said base element, said conical surface elevation carrying at least one additional input element at a location on said conical surface elevation that is elevated highest from said primary plane by said conical surface elevation; said additional input element being rotatable around a substantially vertical axis proceeding through said surface elevation, to emit a third control signal to said graphical user interface dependent on the rotation of said additional element; a resilient mount on which said base element is mounted beneath said base element surface, allowing tilting of said base element together with said base element surface thereof, on said mount relative to a reference plane; and a plurality of pressure sensors in said mount that respectively emit pressure sensor output signals to said graphical user interface in response to said tilting of said base element on said mount, that respectively identify an inclination change, in respectively different directions, of said base element resulting from said tilting relative to said reference plane, said pressure output signals being fourth control signals that are respectively dependent on said inclination change in a respective direction.