Patent ID: 9252632
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H02J,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. An emergency lighting system comprising: a housing; one or more emergency lights configured to direct light outwardly from the housing when activated; a battery positioned in the housing; and a control board positioned at least partially in the housing and in electrical communication with the one or more emergency lights and the battery, the control board configured to determine an emergency condition, and in response to the determination of the emergency condition, receive electrical power at a first voltage from the battery, reduce the power received from the battery to a second voltage, and provide the power reduced to the second voltage to the one or more emergency lights to activate the one or more emergency lights; wherein the control board is configured to determine the emergency condition based at least in part on a determination that electrical power is not received by the control board from a power source.