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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hikaru Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Shinichiro Kurihara, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A communications device relays information between a start node among one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network and an end node among one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The communications device includes a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.