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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Joseph Alexander Carr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Zhenyuan Wang, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 7/066 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for emergency lighting and evacuation. A building may include several emergency lighting stations in which at least some, if not all, of the lighting station includes a lighting device, a motion sensor, a speaker, a video camera, and a wireless access point. A controller adapter may provide power to and communicate with the lighting stations via Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) connections. A central controller may communicate with the controller adapter to control the emergency lighting stations through the PoE connections.