Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation

Toshihiko Sasai

Naoko Iwai

Katsuyuki Kobayashi

Hirokazu Otake

Hitoshi Kawano

Masahiko Kamata

Masatoshi Kumagai

Hiroshi Terasaka

Toru Ishikita

Hiromichi Nakajima

Sayaka Tomiyama

Masayuki Tanaka

An illuminating device includes a plurality of kinds of LEDs that emit light having different color temperatures; a plurality of LED lighting circuits that independently light the LEDs for each color temperature of emitted light; and a control unit that selects a first control changing illuminance of the LEDs as a whole by controlling the lighting of the LEDs and a second control changing the colors of light of the LEDs as a whole by controlling the lighting of the LEDs, and corrects an illuminance difference generated before and after the second control.

Illuminating device and illuminating method

A power supply for illumination includes a detection circuit and a control circuit. The detection circuit compares an AC voltage whose phase is controlled with a first threshold voltage so as to detect a variation in a conduction state of phase control in the AC voltage, and compares the AC voltage with a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage so as to detect a zero-cross point of the AC voltage, thereby detecting a conduction period of the phase control. The control circuit outputs an output current according to the duration of the conduction period.

Power supply for illumination and luminaire

A DC power source unitis provided which boosts source voltage from a power source portion. A lighting circuitis provided which supplies DC voltage to loads, the DC voltage being obtained by stepping down output current of the DC power source circuit. A control circuitis provided which controls the lighting circuitin accordance with at least either voltage or current of LEDsand controls the DC power source unitso that a ratio of output voltage to voltage of the LEDsbecomes a preset fixed ratio.

DC power source unit and LED lamp system

According to one embodiment, a control section receives supply of control power from a control power supply section through a capacitive element and divides, a period of each half cycle of an alternating-current voltage into a first section, a second section, and a third section. In the first section, the control section subjects a switch section to conduction control to supply electric power to a load and stops a converting action of the control power supply section. In the second section, the control section subjects the switch section to non-conduction control to interrupt the power supply to the load and stops the converting action of the control power supply section. In the third section, the control section subjects the switch section to the non-conduction control to interrupt the power supply to the load and causes the converting action of the control power supply to operate.

Dimming device and lighting system

According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a lighting circuit configured to light a light source with a power supply from the outside, an accumulated-lighting-time storing section configured to store accumulated lighting time of the light source, and a control circuit configured to control the lighting circuit in a set mode. The control circuit sets, if a pattern for turning on and off the power supply from the outside is a predetermined initial illuminance correction setting pattern, a mode in an initial illuminance correction mode for performing initial illuminance correction corresponding to the accumulated lighting time of the light source. The control circuit sets, if the pattern for turning on and off the power supply from the outside is a predetermined normal setting pattern, the mode in a normal mode for not performing the initial illuminance correction.

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Yokosuka, Japan

Toshihiko Sasai