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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Louis R. Lamborghini, Smithfield, RI (US);
Benjamin K. Yuen, Allston, MA (US);
Thomas E. Babington, North Dartmouth, MA (US);
Louis R. Lamborghini, Smithfield, RI (US);
Benjamin K. Yuen, Allston, MA (US);
Thomas E. Babington, North Dartmouth, MA (US);
Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc., Canton, MA (US);
Abstract
A touch sensor assembly. The touch sensor assembly may include a housing, at least one touch sensor and a sensor cover. The sensor cover may identify a touch area associated with each touch sensor. The housing may form a water tight cavity for the sensor cover and the touch sensor when coupled to an housing cover. A raised dome may be provided, e.g. on the sensor cover or another element, to provided tactile feed back. LEDs may be provided for illuminating the touch areas and/or sensing ambient light. A controller may control the illumination level of the LEDs in response to sensed ambient light. Adjacent key suppression algorithms are also provided.