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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hajime Ozaki, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsumi Setomoto, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Ando, Osaka, JP;
Tomokazu Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Tajima, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light driving apparatus which supplies power to a light source in accordance with an indication from a control apparatus includes: a housing which is box-shaped; a wireless communication module which is housed in the housing, and includes an antenna for wireless communication with the control apparatus; and a light driver which is housed in the housing, and supplies power to the light source in accordance with the indication received from the control apparatus via the wireless communication module, wherein the housing includes two opposite faces having slits through which an electromagnetic wave which the antenna emits when excited by the wireless communication module passes, the slits extending in a direction three-dimensionally crossing a direction in which the wireless communication module excites the antenna.