Emergency light testing system and method
AssigneeEnergy Management Collaborative, LLC
InventorsAakash H. Chandarana, Ben P. Wright
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system for testing an emergency device comprising. In one example, the system includes a processing element configured to trigger a status condition of the emergency device. The processing element is further configured to receive status condition data and determine compliance data based on the detected status condition data. The system may transmit the compliance data. In one example, the status condition is a light output triggered by the interruption of power to the emergency device. In another example, the status condition is a voltage of an emergency power supply of the emergency device.
Claims14
A system for testing an emergency lighting device comprising:
- a node including:
- a node housing coupled to a main housing of the emergency lighting device, the main housing including a light source;
- a processing element disposed in the node housing and operatively coupled with a memory component;
- a first test switch operatively controlled by the processing element, the first test switch configured to selectively interrupt a routine power source to the emergency device;
- a light sensor in electrical communication with the processing element, the light sensor physically disposed within an emissive range of a light source of the emergency lighting device such that the light sensor individually detects a light output of the light source, wherein the light output is compared to a baseline light output of the light source by the processing element to generate a first status condition data of the light source;
- wherein:
- the baseline light output is captured prior to the light output and stored at the memory component;
- the light output is compared to the baseline light output for the light source by the processing element to detect a change in intensity of the light source individually and over time by the light sensor;
- the emergency lighting device includes the main housing formed of a plurality of walls, wherein the plurality of walls form an internal compartment;
- and
- the light source configured to be illuminated during a loss of a routine power source.
A system for testing an emergency lighting device comprising:
- a node including:
- a node housing retrofittable to a main housing of the emergency lighting device;
- a processing element disposed in the node housing and operatively coupled with a memory component;
- and
- a light sensor in electrical communication with the processing element;
- wherein:
- the emergency lighting device includes an emergency power source and a light source received in the main housing,
- the light sensor is physically positioned within an emissive range of the light source,
- the light sensor individually detects a light output of the light source over time and the light output is compared to a baseline light output of the light source by the processing element to detect a change in the light intensity of the light output of the light source,
- the baseline light output of the output is captured prior to the light output and stored at the memory component, and
- the processing element generates a first status condition data of the light source responsive to the comparison of the light output and the baseline light output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.