Environmentally responsive active status indicator system and method

A method for adjusting power consumed by a status indicator system of a defibrillator based on ambient environmental conditions of the defibrillator comprising:

• placing the defibrillator in an non-operative state;
• detecting the ambient environmental conditions of the defibrillator;
• measuring the detected ambient environmental conditions;
• computing one of a frequency, an intensity, and a duration for the status indicator system coupled to the defibrillator;
• activating the status indicator according to at least one of the frequency, the intensity, and the duration;
• and
• sensing reflections of the indicator with a sensor.

A status indicator system comprising:

• an light emitting diode for communicating status of a defibrillator;
• a light sensor for measuring ambient light relative to a defibrillator;
• and
• a controller for adjusting one of an intensity, a duration, and a frequency of the light emitting diode in response to the ambient lighting conditions measured by the light sensor, wherein the controller communicates with the light sensor to detect reflected light produced by the status indicator system.

A status indicator system comprising:

• an indicator for communicating status of a host system;
• a sensor for measuring ambient environmental conditions of the host system while the host system is in a non-operative state;
• and
• a controller for adjusting one of an intensity, a frequency, and a duration of the indicator in response to the ambient environmental conditions measured by the sensor, wherein the controller communicates with the sensor to detect reflections produced by the indicator.

A method for adjusting power consumed by a status indicator system of a host device based on ambient environmental conditions of the host device comprising:

• placing the host device in a non-operational state;
• operating a processor of the status indicator system in a low-power standby mode;
• detecting the ambient environmental conditions of the host device with a sensor, the conditions comprising reflections produced by the status indicator system;
• and
• computing one of a frequency, an intensity, and a duration for the status indicator system coupled to the host device based on the ambient environmental conditions.