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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Lorenz Tilmann, Regensburg, DE;
Gerhard Mager, Cadolzburg, DE;
Bernhard Siegmar, Beucherling, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for controlling the luminosity of an illuminating device, in particular for LC-display units in household appliances, includes a sensor which is used to detect the presence of a user, and a luminosity sensor. An exchange between two different luminosity values of the illuminating device according to the presence of a user and according to the surrounding luminosity takes place in a continuous manner.