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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); G01J 5/0025 (2013.01); G01J 5/04 (2013.01); G01J 5/0806 (2013.01); G01J 5/0896 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); Y02B 20/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting system includes: a lighting apparatus including a first human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a first detection area, and a light source that turns ON when the first human detection sensor unit detects the person; and a support apparatus including (i) a second human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a second detection area, and (ii) an emission unit that emits, when the second human detection sensor unit detects the person, infrared rays to cause the first human detection sensor unit to react as if the person is present in the first detection area.