Patent ID: 7414614

Claim:
A device comprising: a user input device comprising a plurality of sensors in an array for providing N-way directional control, the array being for tactile actuation by a user; a controller responsive to the actuation of a sensor by itself or the simultaneous actuation of a pair of adjacent sensors, the controller being configured to produce one of N different directional control signals upon actuation of a sensor by itself, or upon simultaneous actuation of an adjacent pair of sensors; and wherein each of the N directional control signals belong to a first set of directional control signals or a second set of directional control signals, wherein each sensor in the array is associated with only one of the directional control signals of the first set and wherein each of the directional control signals of the second set is associated with an adjacent pair of sensors in the array, but not every one of the adjacent pairs of sensors is associated with a directional control signal of the second set.