EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Emergency lighting system for an aircraft, comprising:
- an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor, wherein the emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light unit as a response to the external control commands.
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Abstract
An emergency lighting system for an aircraft includes an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor. The emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands.
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1. Emergency lighting system for an aircraft, comprising:
an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor, wherein the emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light unit as a response to the external control commands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Emergency lighting system for an aircraft, comprising:
an emergency light control unit, having an external power input, at least one rechargeable capacitor and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of emergency light units, each of the plurality of emergency light units comprising at least one LED and being coupled to the emergency light control unit via a power line, wherein the emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and, as a response to the external control commands, to charge the at least one rechargeable capacitor and to provide the plurality of emergency light units with power for illuminating their respective at least one LED.
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14. Emergency lighting system for an aircraft, comprising:
a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising;
at least one LED, a rechargeable capacitor, an external power input, at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a light unit control logic, wherein the emergency light control unit of each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units is configured to process the external control commands and, as a response to the external control commands, to charge the respective rechargeable capacitor and to illuminate the respective at least one LED.
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