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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Yuuji Takahashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazutoshi Mita, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Kamata, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a discharge lamp is preheated, impedance of a filament electrode of the discharge lamp is computed. In accordance with the computed impedance, preheating and lighting of the discharge lamp are controlled.