Patent ID: 7027037

Claim:
A user input device, comprising: at least a first light source operable to illuminate at least at a first intensity level of illumination and operable to illuminate at a second intensity level of illumination; a plurality of user selectable switches, at least a number of the user selectable switches selectively operable to input at least two alternative input values; and for each of the number of the user selectable switches, at least a first and a second legend proximate the user selectable switch, each of the first and the second legends identifying a respective one of the alternative input values of the user selectable switch, the legends selectively illuminable to indicate an active one of the alternative input values of the user selectable switch at the first intensity level of illumination and to indicate an inactive one of the other alternative input values of the user selectable switch at the second intensity level of illumination, the second intensity level being different than the first intensity level.