Patent ID: 8497634

Claim:
A staircase illumination system comprising: a first proximate detector, the proximate detector having: a first zone detector, the first zone detector detecting the passing of a human body; a first transmitter, the first transmitter sending a signal upon the activation of the first zone detector; a first staircase illuminator, the first staircase illuminator illuminating a first staircase area; a receiver, the receiver having a second staircase illuminator; the second staircase illuminator illuminating a second staircase area; a second zone detector, the second zone detector detecting the passing of the human body; and a second transmitter, the second transmitter sending a signal upon the activation of the second zone detector; so that when a human body passes near the first proximate detector, the first zone detector is activated and the signal is sent from the first transmitter to the receiver, and the receiver illuminates the second staircase area; and wherein the first staircase illuminator illuminates the first staircase area; and so that when a human body passes near the second proximate detector, the second zone detector is activated and the signal is sent from the second transmitter to a receiver on a third staircase illuminator illuminating a third staircase area; or the signal is sent from the second transmitter back to the receiver on the first staircase illuminator illuminating the first staircase area.