A sensor system for generating control signals which as such are used for setting switching states, wherein a user located in the area of the sensor system serves as a signal transfer structure, comprising: - a first sensor component which comprises a sensor (s), a first local key circuit (i), a first AC-DC-converter (w) and a first signal decoupling circuit (a) and a first capacitive coupling electrode (k) for capacitively emitting a first tell signal, whose information content is indicative for a sensor event recorded by the first sensor (s), - a second sensor component which also comprises a sensor (s), a second local key circuit (i), a second AC-DC-converter (w) and a second signal decoupling circuit (a) and a second capacitive coupling electrode (k) for emitting a second tell signal, whose information content is indicative for a sensor event recorded by the second sensor (s), - a signal requestor component which comprises an interface device comprising an emitting and receiving electrode (k) by means of which a decoupling of seek signals into said user and a coupling of first or second tell signals from the user into the emitting and receiving electrode is carried out, wherein the two electrodes are arranged spaced apart from each other, - wherein the first or second local key circuit (i) associated with each sensor component is formed such, that the first or second tell signal carries an information content which allows a mapping of the first or second tell signal with the respective sensor component, - wherein the first or second tell signal and the seek signal are emitted capacitively by means of a body of the user, and wherein a power supply of the sensor components is carried out by means of the seek signal, wherein the coupling electrodes (k) of the sensor components and the emitting and receiving electrode (k) of the signal requestor component each have a coupling face whose size allows a power transmission to the respective sensor component by means of the seek signals, wherein a power supply of the first or second sensor component is carried out by means of the first or second AC-DC-converter (w) to which the seek signal is fed. - a first sensor component which comprises a sensor (s), a first local key circuit (i), a first AC-DC-converter (w) and a first signal decoupling circuit (a) and a first capacitive coupling electrode (k) for capacitively emitting a first tell signal, whose information content is indicative for a sensor event recorded by the first sensor (s), - a second sensor component which also comprises a sensor (s), a second local key circuit (i), a second AC-DC-converter (w) and a second signal decoupling circuit (a) and a second capacitive coupling electrode (k) for emitting a second tell signal, whose information content is indicative for a sensor event recorded by the second sensor (s), - a signal requestor component which comprises an interface device comprising an emitting and receiving electrode (k) by means of which a decoupling of seek signals into said user and a coupling of first or second tell signals from the user into the emitting and receiving electrode is carried out, wherein the two electrodes are arranged spaced apart from each other, - wherein the first or second local key circuit (i) associated with each sensor component is formed such, that the first or second tell signal carries an information content which allows a mapping of the first or second tell signal with the respective sensor component, - wherein the first or second tell signal and the seek signal are emitted capacitively by means of a body of the user, and