ILLUMINATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ILLUMINATION DEVICES
An illumination device includes a light source. The illumination device is arranged to be mounted to a wall at a mounting height with respect to a floor. The illumination device being arranged to, in use, illuminate a predetermined area of the floor, wherein: the mounting height is between 0.4 and 0.8 meters from the floor; and the predetermined area of the floor has a substantial rectangular shape.
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24 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device
comprising a light source, the illumination device being arranged to be mounted to a wall at a mounting height with respect to a floor, the illumination device being arranged to, in use, illuminate a predetermined area of the floor, characterized in that
the predetermined area of the floor has a substantial rectangular shape, and wherein the illumination device comprises
a motion detector which generates a motion signal in response to detected motion, and
an ambient light detector which generates an ambient light level being an indication of an ambient light level;
wherein the illumination device is arranged to switch on the light source in response to the generated motion signal, in case the ambient light level is below a threshold ambient light level,
wherein the illumination device is arranged to switch on in response to a received alarm signal, and
wherein the illumination device comprises a light source arranged to emit a first colour of light, the first colour being red, orange or orange-red.
25 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 24 , wherein the mounting height is between 0.4 and 0.8 meters from the floor.
26 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 24 , wherein the illumination device is arranged to illuminate a predetermined area of the floor from the mounting height, the predetermined area having a length of approximately 8 meter in a direction along the wall and a width of approximately 3 meter in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wall.
27 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 24 , wherein the illumination device comprises a light source arranged to emit a second colour of light, the second colour being different from the first colour.
28 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 24 , wherein the illumination device comprises a motion detector arranged to generate a motion detector beam, the illumination device further comprising a first and a second motion detector mirror,
the first motion detector mirror being positioned to reflect a first part of the motion detector beam to create a first motion detector plane,
the second motion detector mirror being positioned to reflect a second part of the motion detector beam to create a second motion detector plane,
the first and second motion detector mirror being positioned such to allow a third part of the motion detector beam to pass the first and second motion detector mirror ( 42 , 43 ), to create a third motion detector plate III.
29 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 24 , wherein the illumination device further comprises a plurality of direction indicators, the illumination device being arranged to make a selection of at least one of the plurality of direction indicators to be used.
30 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 29 , wherein the selection of one of the plurality of direction indicators is made in a static way upon installation of the illumination device.
31 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 30 , wherein the illumination device comprises an input for receiving a direction indicator selection signal, and the selection of one of the plurality of direction indicators is made in a dynamic way based on a received direction indicator selection signal.
32 . Illumination system, comprising a plurality of emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination devices mounted to a wall at a mounting height with respect to a floor, each illumination device being arranged to, in use, illuminate a predetermined area of the floor,
characterized in that
the respective predetermined areas of the floor are adjacent or partially overlapping, and
wherein the plurality of illumination devices comprises
a motion detector which generates a motion signal in response to detected motion, and
an ambient light detector which generates an ambient light level being an indication of an ambient light level;
wherein the plurality of illumination devices are arranged to switch on the light source in response to the generated motion signal, in case the ambient light level is below a threshold ambient light level, wherein the illumination device is arranged to switch on in response to a received alarm signal, and
wherein the illumination device comprises a light source arranged to emit a first colour of light, the first colour being red, orange or orange-red.
33 . Illumination system according to claim 32 , wherein the mounting height is between 0.4 and 0.8 meters from the floor.
34 . Illumination system according to claim 32 , wherein at least one of the further illumination devices comprises a light source arranged to emit a second colour of light, the second colour being different from the first colour.
35 . Illumination system according to claim 32 , wherein the illumination devices are each arranged to illuminate a predetermined area of the floor, the predetermined areas having a first length in a direction along the wall and the mutual distance between the mounted illumination devices is equal to or smaller than the first length.
36 . Illumination system according to claim 35 , wherein the first length is approximately 8 meters.
37 . Illumination system according to claim 32 , wherein the illumination device further comprising a first and a second motion detector mirror, the first motion detector mirror being positioned to reflect a first part of the motion detector beam to create a first motion detector plane,
the second motion detector mirror being positioned to reflect a second part of the motion detector beam to create a second motion detector plane,
the first and second motion detector mirror being positioned at a mutual distance to allow a third part of the motion detector beam to pass in between the first and second motion detector mirror to create a third motion detector plane.
38 . Illumination system according to claim 32 , wherein the plurality of illumination devices further comprise a plurality of direction indicators, the illumination device being arranged to make a selection of at least one of the plurality of direction indicators to use.
39 . Illumination system according to claim 38 , wherein the selection of one of the plurality of direction indicators is made in a static way upon installation of the illumination device.
40 . Illumination system according to claim 38 , the illumination system further comprising a control unit arranged to generate a plurality of direction indicator selection signals based on a received alarm signal for the respective illumination devices and transmit the direction indicator selection signals to the respective illumination devices,
wherein the illumination devices comprise an input for receiving a direction indicator selection signal, and the selection of one of the plurality of direction indicators is made in a dynamic way based on a received direction indicator selection signal.
41 . Corridor comprising an illumination system according to claim 32 .
42 . Building comprising an illumination system according to claim 32 .
43 . Emergency, anti-panic, flight route and/or evacuation illumination device according to claim 25 ,
wherein the illumination device is arranged to illuminate a predetermined area of the floor from the mounting height, the predetermined area
having a length of approximately 8 meter in a direction along the wall and a width of approximately 3 meter in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wall.