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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Seki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lighting device is configured to be connected to a power switch and supply a plurality of light-emitting elements with current and includes: a DC-power supply circuit configured to supply the plurality of light-emitting elements with the current when the power switch is turned on; a switching circuit for switching which light-emitting element or light-emitting elements among the plurality of light-emitting elements is supplied with the current; a detection circuit which detects current or voltage supplied from the DC-power supply circuit; and a control circuit which controls the switching circuit to switch which of the light-emitting element or light-emitting elements from among the plurality of light-emitting elements is supplied with the current, when the power switch is turned from on to off and back to on within a predefined period and the current or the voltage detected by the detection circuit is less than when the power switch is on.