A device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. The mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. The device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. The device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.

A method can include: determining a physical location of each of a plurality of peripheral devices communicatively coupled to a host computing device; generating a lighting sequence configured to activate visual output elements on the each of the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the lighting sequence is a time based sequence that traverses the plurality of peripheral devices; and modifying a timing parameter of the lighting sequence based on the respective physical location of each of the plurality of peripheral devices. In some cases, modifying the lighting sequence can include: determining a distance between at least two of the plurality of peripheral devices and modifying the timing parameter of the sequential pattern based on the distance between the at least two of the plurality of peripheral devices.

It includes a knob including: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive material, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive material and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, for rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and a conductive conducting terminal portion electrically connected to the operation portion and rotating inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, the position of the conducting terminal portion being detected by the touch panel, wherein the conducting terminal portion is comprised of a plurality of conducting terminal portions, surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being in contact with the concave groove, at least two of the surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being different in contact area from each other.

The present invention concerns a button (1) for a capacitive touch device (5), comprising a support member (10) with a contact member (14), with at least a couple (143) of lower contacts (144′, 144″).

One lower contact of the couple faces a drive electrode and the other faces a non-adjacent sense electrode of the capacitive touch device (5).

The button comprises also an activation member (20), movable by a user relative to the support member (10), comprising a switch member (263) configured to: conductively connect the lower contacts (144′, 144″), thereby closing a charge path (6) from the drive electrode and the non-adjacent sense electrode, when the button is in the clicked state, and conductively separate the lower contacts (144′, 144″), when the button is in the unclicked state, so as to open the charge path (6).

A mutual capacitance facing one of the lower contacts is modified once the charge path (6) is closed respectively opened, thereby allowing the capacitive touch device (5) to detect the clicked state respectively the unclicked state of the button (1).

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for a cost-reduced touch sensitive user interface including a static printed display. The methods and systems may include providing illumination to guide a user through interaction with a touch sensitive user interface. The methods and systems may include a configurable printed display. Further aspects are disclosed providing use of a cost-reduced touch user interface in a beverage dispensing apparatus.

A computer mouse assembly having a slidable user wrist support controllably extendable upwardly and selectively set to a user-defined height above a main mouse body to support the wrist of a user during use of the mouse.

A computer mouse assembly having a slidable user wrist support controllably extendable upwardly and selectively set to a user-defined height above a main mouse body to support the wrist of a user during use of the mouse.

The invention relates to a control device of a capacitive touch surface capable of detecting the position or movement of at least one finger or a control stylus of a user in the proximity of the capacitive touch surface. The device includes a three-dimensional control member secured to the capacitive touch surface and provided with an electrically insulating body having a lower surface facing the capacitive touch surface and a three-dimensional surface intended to be touched or scanned by at least one finger or a stylus of a user. The three-dimensional control member is provided with a plurality of electrical conductors separated in pairs by an electrically insulating space and configured to exchange electrical charges with the capacitive touch surface when a user touches or swipes the three-dimensional surface, such that a user can interact with the capacitive touch surface via the three-dimensional control member.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile determination unit that determines the tactile sense according to a state of an apparatus operated with the tactile presentation knob, and a tactile control unit that performs control to present, as the tactile sense determined by the tactile determination unit, a frictional force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface in a state where the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface have contact with each other.

An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.