Remotely Monitored And Controlled Distributed Emergency Power System

• US 20110148302A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Signal Fire
• Original Assignee: Signal Fire
• Inventors: Hamilton, Alfred, Keller, Scott
• Application Number:
  US13/042,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20110148302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/86
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

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:

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.

14. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery.

15. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 further comprising an indicator that indicates an AC power failure to the emergency light.

16. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 further comprising a charging circuit that is electrically connected to the energy storage device, the charging circuit charging the energy storage device.

17. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 further comprising a computer that is electrically connected to the processor.

18. The emergency lighting unit of claim 17 wherein the computer stores signals from the energy storage device in a database.

19. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 wherein the gateway radio transceiver is electrically connected to the internet.

20. The emergency lighting unit of claim 13 wherein the gateway radio transceiver is in radio communication with a remote server.