Patent ID: 8746908

Claim:
A cabinet, configured for electronic and manual access control, the cabinet comprising: a plurality of compartments, each compartment including a door which pivots about a first axis to open and close, and wherein access to each compartment is independently controlled; each compartment including a plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged within each compartment along at least a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis providing illumination to an interior of each compartment, wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes in two adjacent compartments of the plurality of compartments forms at least one array of light-emitting diodes that extends through both of the two adjacent compartments; and an electronic control configured to operate the light-emitting diodes of the two adjacent compartments at a first illumination level in response to a first operating condition, and operate the light-emitting diodes of the two adjacent compartments at a second illumination level in response to a second operating condition, wherein the electronic control is configured to control the illumination level of the light-emitting diodes of each of the two adjacent compartments independent of the illumination level in the other of the two adjacent compartments.