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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhito Hirauchi, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 47/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H05B 45/10 (2020.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a lighting system that can control lighting using a PLC communications while reducing an increase in cost for equipment. The lighting system includes a controller configured to communicate through a PLC communications, and a lighting apparatus group having a plurality of lighting apparatuses. The plurality of lighting apparatuses includes a master configured to communicate through the PLC communications, and a slave capable of communicating with the master. The master communicates with the slave through a communications that is different from the PLC communications.