An apparatus for providing a switch mechanism comprises a housing and a pressure sensitive device mounted to the housing. An actuator is moveably connected to the housing to enable the actuator to move along an axis towards and away from the pressure sensitive device. A resilient member has a first end connected to the actuator and a second end connected to the pressure sensitive device.

A switch device includes a main module, which includes at least one main electronic control circuit, connections to the electrical system of a building and/or to equipment or devices to be controlled, one or more touch sensors or contacts connected to the at least one main electronic control circuit, a main box-shaped housing element for the preceding components, and one or more systems that provide a reversible electric or electronic and mechanical connection of the main module to an accessory module.

A control device which allows an operator/user to follow the user's anatomical movement by following natural hand rotation, includes two independent detection sensors or sensor portions embedded in two different parts of the device, one in a fixed part and one in a mobile or rotative part, with resistance to mutual disturbance between the two. The device includes a knob portion rotatable about an axis of rotation, at least one sensor configured to sense a rotational position of the knob in relation to the axis of rotation, circuitry adapted to at least provide electrical power to the rotative knob portion, circuitry adapted to transmit the sensed rotational position of the knob, and a base portion rotatably coupled to the knob portion.

A laser range finder and method for adjusting, comprising a beam source, a photodetector, at least one beam shaping optic, an optic bracket, a circuit board, a beam splitting optic and a connecting device; the beam source comprises a first electro-optical component for emitting a laser beam, the photodetector comprises a second electro-optical component for receiving a received beam reflected and/or scattered by a target object along an optical axis, the beam shaping optic is configured to form a laser beam and/or a receiving beam, the optic bracket comprises a first accommodating seat for fixing the first electro-optical component and a second accommodating seat for fixing the at least one beam shaping optic, the circuit board comprises an another seat for fixing the second electro-optical component, the connecting device is configured to connect the optic bracket with the circuit board; the beam splitting optic is arranged on an adjustment bracket.

The disclosure relates to solid state relay circuit for switching an electrical load. The solid state relay circuit may include a relay transistor; and a driver circuit comprising a constant current source. The driver circuit is configured and arranged to switchably operate the relay transistor, and the relay transistor is configured and arranged to switchably operate the electrical load.

A biometric recognition apparatus with reflection-shielding electrode includes a substrate, a sensing electrode layer arranged on one side of the substrate, the sensing electrode layer including a plurality of sensing electrodes and at least one suppressing electrode. The biometric recognition apparatus further includes a plurality of selection switches and conductive wires, at least a part of the selection switches and the conductive wires are electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The biometric recognition apparatus further includes a reflection-shielding electrode layer with at least one reflection-shielding electrode and arranged on one side of the sensing electrode layer. By incorporating the reflection-shielding electrode and the suppressing electrode, the sensing sensibility and signal to noise ration can be enhanced, thus increasing the sensing distance between sensing electrode and user finger.

A light-emitting touch button can include a first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB, and a pin coupling the first PCB to the second PCB. The first PCB can include first electronics to detect a touch event on a touch surface. The second PCB can include second electronics to control light emission. The pin can communicate the detected touch event from the first electronics to the second electronics. The touch button can also include a housing including one or more walls defining one or more light-emitting regions. One or more light sources can be disposed within the one or more light-emitting regions. The second electronics can control light emitted from the one or more light sources based at least in part on the detected touch event. The one or more walls can collimate the light emitted from the one or more light sources to the touch surface.

Provided is a metal touch sensing apparatus in which recognition performance thereof is improved, a plurality of touch parts are successively manipulated to enter into a specific mode, thereby preventing a refrigerator from being malfunctioned, and touch sensitivity of the refrigerator to be touched for the manipulation is visually adjusted, and a home appliance including the touch apparatus and a method for controlling the same.

The present disclosure provides a touch panel assembly and an electronic device. The touch panel assembly includes a touch panel, a touch switch, and a transmission assembly. The touch panel receives a touch operation from a user. The touch switch is positioned below the touch panel and located at a center position of the touch panel. The transmission assembly drives the touch panel to ascend and descend along a vertical direction synchronously and across an entire touch surface, and the touch panel activates the touch switch while descending. When subject to a given force, any touch areas of the touch panel can be pressed down, the touch panel stably moves synchronously and across its entire touch surface, so as to increase product stability. The touch panel assembly can achieve technical effects of a uniform touch feedback and the touch panel's stable movement, and so as to effectively improve user experiences.

Provided are a capacitance detection apparatus and an electronic device. The capacitance detection apparatus includes: a chip; and a detection electrode layer, where the detection electrode layer is integrally disposed with the chip and electrically connected to the chip, the detection electrode layer includes at least one detection electrode configured to form at least one capacitance detection channel, the at least one capacitance detection channel is respectively configured to output at least one capacitance detection signal, and the chip is configured to process the at least one capacitance detection signal.