Patent ID: 8558561

Claim:
A multi-function sensor apparatus comprising: a first sensing electrode; a second sensing electrode; and a control circuit adapted to: receive signals from said first sensing electrode; receive signals from said second sensing electrode; deem whether said first sensing electrode is in a touched state; deem whether said second sensing electrode is in a touched state; and provide an output; wherein said output of said control circuit is indicative of said control circuit: deeming fewer than both of said first and said second sensing electrodes to be in a touched state; deeming both of said first and said second sensing electrodes to be in a touched state simultaneously for at least a predetermined period of time, or deeming one of said first and said second sensing electrodes to be in a touched state and then, after the expiration of a second predetermined period of time but before the expiration of a third predetermined period of time, deeming the other of said first and said second sensing electrodes to be in a touched state.