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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshihide Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuaki Morimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Ikuta, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B037/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lamp driving apparatus includes a controller, generating a control signal for lighting at least one of plural sets of lamps, each set having at least a first lamp and a second lamp, and generating a switching signal; and a lamp driver, supplying power to the at least one of sets of lamps in accordance with both of the control signal and the switching signal. The switching signal causes the lamp driver to apply voltage to the first lamp and the second lamp of each of the at least one of sets of lamps with a shift of a prescribed time.