Semiconductors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, and touch sensors for force or touch recognition and for force or touch activation of computer software applications and firmware based computer interaction; touch screens; touch panels; computer mice, namely, touchpads; computer keyboards and computer keyboard controllers; consumer electronic products, namely, televisions, home stereos, and DVD players; home and office automation systems comprising wireless and wired controllers, controlled devices, and software for lighting, HVAC, security, safety and other home and office monitoring and control applications; touch-controlled computer hardware and touch-controlled computer peripherals; touch screen and touch sensor components, namely, electronic touch sensitive switches and user touch screen interfaces for electrotechnical and electronic devices, excluding gaming apparatus, for sensing touch and variable levels of force input from a wide range of input stylus