Patent ID: 8325040

Claim:
A method comprising: at a remote control having a user interface, an animate object detector for detecting animate objects at a plurality of ranges, and local lighting, wherein the local lighting comprises lighting having a primary purpose of illuminating one or more features of the user interface and not lighting where the user interface illumination is only a secondary or ancillary effect: detecting, via the animate object detector, an animate object within an outer periphery having an outer range; in response to detecting the animate object within the outer periphery, transmitting a remote light control signal to a moveable barrier operator, which in response effects illumination of a light at the moveable barrier operator; detecting, via the animate object detector, the animate object within an inner periphery having an inner range that is smaller than the outer range; in response to detecting the animate object within the inner periphery, selectively illuminating the local lighting at least one of the one or more features of the remote control.