US 12,193,179 B2
Controlling multiple status indicators for electronic equipment housed in an electronic equipment chassis
Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Cedar Park, TX (US); Yuxin Chen, Shanghai (CN); Zhao Chen, Shanghai (CN); Lizzy Yi Sun, Shanghai (CN); and Eric Thomas Graham, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,821.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236633 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01)
CPC H05K 5/0221 (2013.01) [G05B 23/0208 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); H05K 7/1487 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the housing comprising a control panel with a first set of one or more status indicators;
at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing, the at least one latch comprising a second set of one or more status indicators; and
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured to perform steps of:
determining status information for electronic equipment housed in the electronic equipment chassis, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time; and
controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, (i) at least one of the first set of one or more status indicators and (ii) at least one of the second set of one or more status indicators;
wherein controlling (i) the at least one of the first set of one or more status indicators and (ii) the at least one of the second set of one or more status indicators comprises activating one of a plurality of different status indicator patterns, the activated one of the plurality of different status indicator patterns being selected based at least in part on determining a relative risk associated with at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid at the given time.