Patent ID: 8872676

Claim:
A capacitive switching system comprising: a plurality of capacitive switches, wherein each of the capacitive switches comprises an activation surface offset from an energized conductor by a dielectric region and a capacitance that is dependent upon an electric field generated by the energized conductor; and at least one processor in electrical communication with the capacitive switches, wherein the at least one processor executes machine readable instructions to: transform a change in the capacitance of one of the capacitive switches into a first control signal indicative of a first active state, wherein a debounce delay is applied after the change in the capacitance of the one of the capacitive switches and prior to transforming the change in the capacitance of the one of the capacitive switches into the first control signal indicative of the first active state; activate a rejection delay after the change in the capacitance of the one of the capacitive switches, wherein the rejection delay remains activated for a predetermined time period, and wherein the rejection delay is activated when the capacitance of the one of the capacitive switches indicates that the one of the capacitive switches is transitioned from an actuated state to a not actuated state; and prevent a second control signal from indicating a second active state while the rejection delay is activated, wherein the second control signal corresponds to another of the capacitive switches.