Patent ID: 9655186
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B64D,H02J,H05B,Y02T

Claim:
1. Emergency lighting system for an aircraft, comprising: an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor, wherein the emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands: wherein the emergency lighting system further comprises a power line between the emergency light control unit and the plurality of autonomous emergency light units, with the emergency light control unit being configured to provide the plurality of autonomous emergency light units with power via the power line for charging their respective rechargeable capacitor and illuminating their respective at least one LED; and wherein the emergency light control unit forms the sole coupling point to a power supply outside of the emergency lighting system.