US 12,342,442 B2
Central reporting for life safety equipment
Robert Richard Papstein, II, Greenville, SC (US); and Allen George Cyr, Greenville, SC (US)
Assigned to HLI SOLUTIONS, INC., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by HLI Solutions, Inc., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/735,447.
Application 18/735,447 is a continuation of application No. 18/122,986, filed on Mar. 17, 2023, granted, now 12,028,953.
Application 18/122,986 is a continuation of application No. 17/384,243, filed on Jul. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,612,046, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,451, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334579 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 47/19 (2020.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G08B 29/12 (2006.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 47/20 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/20 (2020.01) [G08B 7/062 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G08B 29/126 (2013.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An emergency lighting system comprising:
an area control device;
a storage device operably connected to the area control device;
an external device operably connected to the to the area control device; and
a plurality of emergency lighting devices operably connected to the area control device, wherein each emergency lighting device comprises:
a light,
a controller having an electronic processor configured to perform a self-diagnostic test, and
an input/output (I/O) device configured to transmit data associated with the self-diagnostic test, wherein each of the plurality of emergency lighting devices is configured to wirelessly communicate with one another using a short-range radio communication protocol; and
wherein the area control device is configured to wirelessly receive data associated with the self-diagnostic test from at least one of the plurality of emergency lighting devices, and wherein the area control device is configured to wirelessly transmit the data associated with the self-diagnostic test of any of the plurality of emergency lighting devices to at least one of the storage device and the external device.