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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Wilfried Baatz, Seattle, WA (US);
Floscan Instrument Company, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A meter (,) for receiving signals from a device and presenting status information according to received signals. A microprocessor (,) generates a status signal regarding the status of connected equipment according to the received signals and a predefined boundary for the presented status information. A nighttime indicator and a daytime indicator on the meter's pointer present status information to a viewer according to the generated status signal. The nighttime indicator includes one or more LED(s) (,), a translucent pointer (,) and an angled light deflecting surface (,) for deflecting light generated by the LED(s) to the clear pointer. The daytime indicator includes a cap (,) over the light deflecting surface and a hole (,) through the cap for allowing LED generated light that passes through the deflecting surface to illuminate to a viewer.