Motion enable mechanism with capacitive sensor

A motion-enable system, comprising:

• an actuator;
• a mechanical switch that includes an interface surface that is disposed on a first side of the mechanical switch and configured to receive a physical input, the mechanical switch including a second side that is different from the first side;
• a capacitive sensor with a first sensing region that extends past the interface surface of the mechanical switch and a second sensing region that extends further past the interface surface than the first sensing region, wherein the capacitive sensor is configured to enable a second signal when a conductive object is disposed in the second sensing region and a first signal when the conductive object is disposed in the first sensing region, and wherein the second signal indicates that the capacitive sensor is in a second active state and the first signal indicates that the capacitive sensor is in a first active state, and
• a controller configured to perform the steps of:
• changing the actuator from a first power state to a second power state in response to the capacitive sensor changing from the second active state to the first active state;
• maintaining the actuator in the second power state in response to the capacitive sensor changing from the first active state to the second active state;
• and
• changing the actuator from the second power state to a third power state, in response to the mechanical switch entering a third active state while the capacitive sensor is in the first active state, wherein
• the mechanical switch is configured to enable a third signal when the mechanical switch is actuated from a first position to a second position by the physical input,
• the third signal indicates that the mechanical switch is in the third active state, and
• each of the first power state, the second power state, and the third power state corresponds to a different power connection state of the motion-enable system.