Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Nobuyuki Yokosawa

Bunichi Obana

Shinji Hirai

Hiroki Oka

Hideki Fujita

Hideaki Tachino

An electronic instrument includes a housing, a fitting part that is freely attached/detached to/from an illumination apparatus, and a sound reproduction space that is formed in the housing.

Electronic instrument and illumination system

An illumination apparatus including a light-emitting unit and an apparatus-holding section. The light-emitting unit includes a light guide plate with a center portion being opened, a light source that inputs light from a side of an inner wall of the light guide plate, and a reflective film formed on a side of an upper surface of the light guide plate to reflect light propagated in the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit outputs light from a light output surface in opposite to the upper surface of the light guide plate. The apparatus-holding section detachably holds an electronic apparatus, is capable of removing the electronic apparatus from a side of an output direction of light from the light output surface, and includes a center of a surface parallel to the light output surface, which is positioned inside a light output area of the light output surface.

Illumination apparatus and illumination system

Housing for electric device

An illumination apparatus disclosed herein includes a first light emitting section, a thermal actuator, and a displacement mechanism. The thermal actuator is configured to generate a driving force on the basis of heat dissipated by the first light emitting section. The displacement mechanism is configured to displace a predetermined object by making use of the driving force generated by the thermal actuator.

Illumination apparatus, driving apparatus and driving method

An illumination apparatus includes a light-emitting unit and an apparatus-holding section. The light-emitting unit includes a light guide plate with a center portion being opened, a light source that inputs light from a side of an inner wall of the light guide plate, and a reflective film formed on a side of an upper surface of the light guide plate to reflect light propagated in the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit outputs light from a light output surface in opposite to the upper surface of the light guide plate. The apparatus-holding section detachably holds an electronic apparatus, is capable of removing the electronic apparatus from a side of an output direction of light from the light output surface, and includes a center of a surface parallel to the light output surface, which is positioned inside a light output area of the light output surface.

Modular unit

A lighting apparatus includes a power supply circuit, a light-emitting unit, a mounting unit, and a lighting-side controller. The light-emitting unit is configured to drive light emission based on a power supply voltage generated by the power supply circuit. The mounting unit is configured to detachably mount an electronic apparatus including an apparatus-side controller and an apparatus function unit controlled by the apparatus-side controller. The lighting-side controller is configured to perform control to supply an operating voltage based on the power supply voltage to the apparatus-side controller of the electronic apparatus mounted to the mounting unit to perform authentication processing with the apparatus-side controller, and perform, based on a result of the authentication processing, control to supply the operating voltage based on the power supply voltage to the apparatus function unit.

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Saitama, Japan

Nobuyuki Yokosawa