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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Katsuji Yoshii, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshiaki Gouda, Moriguchi, JP;
Masaaki Meguro, Moriguchi, JP;
Junya Nakasone, Moriguchi, JP;
Katsuji Yoshii, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshiaki Gouda, Moriguchi, JP;
Masaaki Meguro, Moriguchi, JP;
Junya Nakasone, Moriguchi, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An illumination control apparatus configured to control brightness of a plurality of illumination devices that is provided in a plurality of sections, respectively, includes: a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the plurality of sections based on an output of a video camera configured to take images of the plurality of sections; and a control unit configured to turn on an illumination device of a detected section among the plurality of illumination devices, the detected section being a section where a person is detected, turn off an illumination device of a section other than the detected section and an adjacent section among the plurality of illumination devices, the adjacent section being a section adjacent to the detected section, and control brightness of the illumination device of the adjacent section so that illuminance of the detected section becomes predetermined illuminance.
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