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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Abl Ip Holding Llc, Conyers, GA (US);
John M. Reilly, Leesburg, VA (US);
Sean P. White, Reston, VA (US);
Jenish S. Kastee, South Riding, VA (US);
James Michael Phipps, Fairfax, VA (US);
Alexander Daniel Manasseh, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Steve Lyons, Herndon, VA (US);
ABL IP HOLDING LLC, Conyers, GA (US);
Abstract
A control pod includes a controller to control an environmental condition in a space, and a cover plate covering the controller and having a light transmissive area extending along a substantial section of an outer perimeter of the cover plate. Programming configures a processor to detect user inputs of a control command based on a user action detected via user input response sensors, and based on the detected control command, send a control signal to a device to implement a function corresponding to the detected control command. The processor also controls a light source to selectively provide a light output through the light transmissive area of the cover plate for a period of time following the control command detection, as visible feedback corresponding to the detected control command, for observation by the user, along at least a portion of the section of the light transmissive area of the cover plate.