Patent ID: 11968761
Assignee: LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method for controlling one or more lighting loads using a control device, the method comprising:
detecting a change in a characteristic of one or more touch sensitive pads that are located behind an actuation member of the control device; and
starting a non-contact actuation blanking period in response to detecting the change in the characteristic that exceeds a touch-in threshold, and ignoring inputs received from the touch sensitive pads in response to non-contact actuations during the non-contact actuation blanking period; or
starting an active touch mode blanking period in response to a tactile actuation of the actuation member to turn on or off the lighting load, and ignoring inputs received from the touch sensitive pads in response to touch actuations and non-contact actuations during the active touch mode blanking period.