US 12,135,846 B2
Intelligent human/machine interface (HMI) for power controller device
Amruta B. Jamdade, Chandannagar (IN); Niketan Patil, Wardha (IN); and Rahul A. Gosavi, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/225,986.
Claims priority of application No. 202211042490 (IN), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028150 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0416 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power controller device, comprising:
a main controller configured to determine an operating status of the power controller device;
an exterior housing;
one or more lighting elements set into the exterior housing and operatively coupled to the main controller, the one or more lighting elements configured for illumination according to the operating status and according to a first lighting scheme;
a human/machine interface (HMI) set into the exterior housing and including a touch-sensitive display surface, the HMI operatively coupled to the main controller and configured to display, via the display surface, one or more indicators associated with the operating status;
at least one visual sensor mounted to the exterior housing, the at least one visual sensor configured to detect a user within a zone adjacent to the exterior housing;
wherein, when the user is detected within the zone, the one or more lighting elements are configured to illuminate according to the operating status and according to a second lighting scheme.