Emergency lighting system and method
First Claim
1. An emergency lighting system for illuminating routes within a building, said emergency lighting system comprising a plurality of discrete point sources of light placed in at least one row along the interior walls of the building wherein said plurality of discrete point sources of light comprise dynamic tracer lights and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be triggered without the use of a computer processor by at least one detector for detecting the occurrence of an emergency situation and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be powered by at least one power supply source.
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Abstract
An improved system and method for providing emergency lighting and directional exit indication in the event of power outage and/or smoke/fire events. The system provides a lighted pathway consisting of discrete points of light, some of which strobe or trace toward the exits and others of which burn steadily for general area emergency lighting. The method consists of detecting the emergency condition and illuminating the appropriate emergency lighting.
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16 Claims
- 1. An emergency lighting system for illuminating routes within a building, said emergency lighting system comprising a plurality of discrete point sources of light placed in at least one row along the interior walls of the building wherein said plurality of discrete point sources of light comprise dynamic tracer lights and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be triggered without the use of a computer processor by at least one detector for detecting the occurrence of an emergency situation and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be powered by at least one power supply source.
- 9. An emergency lighting system for illuminating routes within a building, said emergency lighting system comprising a plurality of discrete point sources of light placed in at least one row along the interior walls of the building wherein said plurality of discrete point sources of light comprise white or clear static lights interspersed with colored dynamic tracer lights and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be triggered without the use of a computer processor by at least one detector for detecting the occurrence of an emergency situation and wherein said discrete point sources of light are configured to be powered by at least one power supply source.
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11. A method for providing illuminated exit routes, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. detecting an emergency event(s); b. triggering a plurality of discrete point sources of light placed in at least one row along the interior walls of the building without using a computer processor wherein said plurality of discrete point sources of light are dynamic tracer lights. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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