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Emergency lighting, evacuation, and rescue routing with power over-ethernet

US10916110B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

Joseph A. Carr · Raleigh, US
Zhenyuan Wang · Apex, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2018
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/10
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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