A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a light guide to allow light transmission from a light source, and a cover to cover the light guide. The light guide may comprise an icon or indicator and the cover may comprise a depression or indentation in an inner surface of the cover. The icon/indicator of the light guide may comprise a light-transmissive resin material configured to fit within the depression/indentation in the cover. The icon/indicator may be presented when illuminated and hidden by the cover when not illuminated. The cover may comprise a polymer material coupled to the light guide. The cover may present a user interface. A surface of the cover may comprise an information region and/or a decorative region. The component may comprise a steering wheel, console, floor console, center console, instrument panel, door panel, dashboard, display, armrest, or cockpit.

A push switch with dual sensing mode including a main socket, a sliding base, a keycap, a sensing circuit board and a touch sensor is provided. The main socket has an opening and a base. The sliding base is slidably fixed in the main socket. The keycap is correspondingly fixed at the upper end of the sliding base. The sensing circuit board is correspondingly installed in the main socket. The touch sensor is disposed in a keycap chamber of the keycap. When a user places his finger on the upper end of the keycap, the touch sensor generates an inductance and causes the sensing circuit board to output a touch signal.

An input device includes a chassis, a switch member provided inside of the chassis, a touch panel that is provided in a movable manner relative to the chassis in an up-down direction and that is exposed on the chassis to have a plurality of pressing operation regions, a slide member that includes a guided portion guided by the chassis in a movable manner in the up-down direction and that moves in a downward direction in accordance with a pressing operation performed on the pressing operation region, and a transmission member that is supported by the chassis in a rotatable manner and that rotates in accordance with movement of the slide member in the downward direction to press and turn on the switch member. The slide member is provided in a plurality such that each of the slide members corresponds to one of the pressing operation regions of the touch panel.

A domestic appliance has an operating element, the operating element comprising a carrier, at least one pressure sensor configured for detection of an operation of the operating element, and at least one light source. A control is configured to switch the light source on or off subject to a sensor signal coming from the pressure sensor. At least one light conductor is arranged close to the light source and is configured to conduct light from the light source to at least a side of the light conductor remote from the carrier. Provided on or close to the side of the light conductor remote from the carrier is a screen comprising at least one opaque part and at least one translucent part, which together form a symbol.

A keyboard includes a base plate, a switch circuit board, plural swinging-type key structures, a light-emitting element, a light guide plate and a covering member. The light-emitting element emits a light beam. The plural swinging-type key structures are disposed on the switch circuit board. When one of the swinging-type key structures is pressed, the switch circuit board is triggered to generate a key signal. The light guide plate comprises plural light guide sub-plates. The light guide sub-plates are disposed on the corresponding swinging-type key structures. The covering member covers the base plate and the light guide plate. The covering member has a light-transmissible region. The light beam from the light-emitting element passes through the light-transmissible region. Consequently, the key structure is illuminated.

A touch control device comprises: a button member receiving a touch input; a body member located below the button member; a signal deliverer arranged in the body member for having capacitance changed according to the touch input; a substrate having a receiver which is arranged on the substrate for receiving information about the capacitance from the signal deliverer; and a light emitting member for irradiating light onto the button member.

Disclosed systems provide keyboard backlighting from organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) placed under the keys. A keyboard stack optionally includes a light guide or reflector. A single OLED can illuminate multiple keys through a light guide. OLEDs used for backlighting may be arranged in a strip to illuminate more than one key. OLEDs can be deposited directly to the light guide or reflector, and can include a seal to promote air stability.

A keyboard with a distance detecting function includes a plurality of keyswitches, and each keyswitch includes a keycap, a base, a supporting component, a recovering component and a distance detecting unit. The base has a guide slot structure. The supporting component has a first end connecting to the keycap, and a second end movably assembled with the guide slot structure. The recovering component is disposed between the supporting component and the guide slot structure. The distance detecting unit is detachably disposed on the base, and adapted to detect a movement of the keycap relative to the base for determining whether the keyswitch is actuated.

A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.