Remotely Monitored And Controlled Distributed Emergency Power System
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Abstract
An emergency lighting system includes a plurality of emergency lights and a plurality of emergency power systems. Each of the plurality of emergency power systems is electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of emergency lights through a respective one of a plurality of power switches. The emergency lighting system also includes a plurality of processors. Each of the plurality of processors is electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of emergency power systems and executes software that monitors a status of a respective one of the emergency power systems and controls a state of the plurality of power switches. The emergency lighting system also includes a plurality of radio transceivers. Each of the plurality of radio transceivers is electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of processors and communicates with other radio transceivers in the plurality of radio transceivers that are in radio wave proximity. In addition, a gateway node radio transceiver routes signals to and from the plurality of radio transceivers.
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13. An emergency lighting unit comprising:
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a. emergency lights; b. an energy storage device that is electrically connected to the emergency lights through a power switch; c. a processor that is electrically connected to the energy storage device, the processor executing software that monitors a status of the energy storage device and that controls a state of the power switch; d. a radio transceiver that is electrically connected to the processor; and e. a gateway radio transceiver that receives signals from and routes signals to other radio transceivers in a message forwarding network that are in radio communications. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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