Patent ID: 7382360

Claim:
A position sensor for detecting a position of an object near a touch surface comprising: an opaque capacitive proximity sensor configured to sense the position of the object in a sensing region based on a conductive property of the object; a controller configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode coupled to the opaque sensor, wherein the controller is configured to produce a first output in response to sensing the object in the sensing region when operating in the first mode, and to produce a second output different from the first output in response to sensing the object in the sensing region when operating in the second mode; a light source coupled to the controller; and a light conductor coupled to the light source and at least partially disposed over the opaque sensor, wherein the light conductor is configured to transmit at least a portion of a light from the light source to produce a first light effect in the sensing region when the controller is operating in the first mode and to produce a second light effect different from the first light effect in the sensing region when the controller is operating in the second mode.