Patent ID: 9459688
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an equipment unit having a plurality of visual indicators, a power switch, a plurality of compute components, a general power rail, and a visual indicator power rail, the power switch including a management interface port and configured to be operatively coupled to a power controller, the management interface port configured to receive a first signal representing an instruction from a remote processor separate from the equipment unit, the management interface port configured to send a second signal to the power switch, the power switch configured to receive the first signal and the second signal that represents a status from the power controller, the power switch configured to provide power to the plurality of visual indicators when the status is in a first mode or when the instruction is a first instruction, the power switch configured to not provide power to the plurality of visual indicators when the status is in a second mode or when the instruction is a second instruction different from the first instruction, the first instruction associated with the status being in the first mode when a human presence is within a range associated with the plurality of visual indicators, the second instruction associated with the status being in the second mode when a human presence is not within the range associated with the plurality of visual indicators, the plurality of compute components configured to receive power when the power switch does not provide power to the plurality of visual indicators, the power switch having an input operatively coupled to the general power rail and an output operatively coupled to the visual indicator power rail, the plurality of compute components operatively coupled to the general power rail, the plurality of visual indictors operatively coupled to the visual indicator power rail.