Control device having an integral reflecting structure for a sensing circuit

A wallbox-mountable electric load controller, comprising:

• memory circuitry;
• communication interface circuitry;
• and
• control circuitry coupled to the memory circuitry and to the communication interface circuitry, the control circuitry to:
• receive data indicative of an ambient light level from operatively coupled light sensing circuitry, wherein the light sensing circuitry comprises circuitry positionable behind a faceplate assembly of the wallbox-mountable electric load controller;
• determine an ACTIVE input device illumination level based on the received ambient light level data;
• determine an INACTIVE input device illumination level based in the received ambient light level data;
• receive an input indicative of a user-selected one of the plurality of user-selectable input devices;
• and
• responsive to receipt of the input from the user-selected input device:
• cause the backlight associated with the user-selected input device to backlight, at the determined ACTIVE input device illumination level, the translucent indicia associated with the user-selected input device;
• and
• cause the remaining plurality of backlights to backlight, at the determined INACTIVE input device illumination level, the remaining plurality of translucent indicia.

An electric load device control method using a wallbox-mountable electric load controller, the method comprising:

• control circuitry to:
• receiving, by control circuitry, data indicative of an ambient light level from operatively coupled light sensing circuitry, wherein the light sensing circuitry comprises circuitry positionable behind a faceplate assembly of the wallbox-mountable electric load controller;
• determining, by the control circuitry, an ACTIVE input device illumination level based on the received ambient light level data;
• determining, by the control circuitry, an INACTIVE input device illumination level based in the received ambient light level data;
• receiving, by the control circuitry, an input indicative of a user-selected one of the plurality of user-selectable input devices;
• responsive to receipt of the input from the selected one of the plurality of input devices by the control circuitry:
• causing, by the control circuitry, at least one of a plurality of backlights to backlight, at the determined ACTIVE input device illumination level, at least one of a plurality of translucent indicia associated with the selected input device;
• and
• causing, by the control circuitry, the remaining plurality of backlights to backlight, at the determined INACTIVE input device illumination level, the remaining plurality of translucent indicia.

A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by control circuitry couplable to an electric load device and disposed in a wallbox mountable electric load controller, causes the control circuitry to:

• receive data indicative of an ambient light level from operatively coupled light sensing circuitry, wherein the light sensing circuitry comprises circuitry positionable behind a faceplate assembly of the wallbox-mountable electric load controller;
• determine an ACTIVE input device illumination level based on the received ambient light level data;
• determine an INACTIVE input device illumination level based in the received ambient light level data;
• receive an input from a user-selected one of a plurality of user-selectable input devices;
• and
• responsive to receipt of the input from the selected one of the plurality of input devices by the control circuitry:
• cause at least one of a plurality of backlights to illuminate at the determined ACTIVE input device illumination level, the at least one of the plurality of backlights associated with the selected one of the plurality of input devices;
• and
• cause the remaining backlights to illuminate at the determined INACTIVE input device illumination level.