Patent ID: 8231247

Claim:
A moveable barrier operator comprising: a barrier operator motor for moving a moveable barrier; a housing disposed around the motor; a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of adjustment motors, the plurality of light emitting diodes being coupled to the housing along a periphery of the housing and being individually directable by selected one of the plurality of adjustment motors so as to illuminate at least one predetermined area outside the housing, the at least one predetermined area being proximal to a moveable barrier operator; a receiver configured to receive user instructions; and a controller disposed in the housing and coupled to the motor and the receiver, the controller being arranged and configured to automatically selectively actuate the barrier operator motor to move the moveable barrier according to the received user instructions, and the controller configured to determine an identity of a user associated with the received user instructions and to selectively activate at least one of the plurality of adjustment motors to adjust the direction of illumination of at least some of the plurality of light emitting diodes based upon the determined identity.