Abstract: An illuminating device comprising an input stage having an antenna to receive electromagnetic fields, the input configured to condition the electromagnetic field received so as to generate an input stage output signal if an electromagnetic field signal is detected therefrom, a sensing and evaluation stage coupled to the output signal and configured to determine characteristics of the output signal so that if the determined characteristics meet at least one predefined criterion, a sensing and evaluation output signal is enabled, and an output stage coupled to the sensing and evaluation stage, the output stage including a countdown timer, the output stage controlling an illuminating element so as to energize the illuminating element to emit light when the sensing and evaluation output signal is enabled.

Abstract: Devices are disclosed for inputting data to a touch sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a base operative to affix to the user interface, a button having an outer touch surface and an inner surface operative to engage the user interface to convey a data input signal thereto in response to presence of a user's finger at the outer touch surface of the button, and an arm connecting the button to the base; processes for data input are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for measurement of a signal generated through interaction between a device and an electrically active surface member wherein a flexible conductive tip element supported by the device's body, when in contact with or proximity of the electrically active surface member, gives rise to a signal which is variable as a function of the contact area between the tip element and the surface member or of the proximity of the tip element to the surface member, and wherein there is circuitry to afford a grounding path for the flexible conductive tip element and to measure the signal; and further a method for measuring a signal resulting from such interaction.

Abstract: Devices are disclosed for inputting data to a touch sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a base operative to affix to the user interface, a button having an outer touch surface and an inner surface operative to engage the user interface to convey a data input signal thereto in response to presence of a user's finger at the outer touch surface of the button, and an arm connecting the button to the base; processes for data input are also disclosed.

Abstract: Devices are disclosed for manually inputting data to an electrically-sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a device body and an interface-contacting member supported by the body, the interface-contacting member comprising a resilient material having a convex interface-contacting surface with at least one recess formed therein; processes for manual data input are also disclosed.