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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Tomohiro Sasakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Naoki Onishi, Kobe, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Ueda, Hirakata, JP;
Katsunobu Hamamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Kei Mitsuyasu, Hirakata, JP;
Tomohiro Sasakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Naoki Onishi, Kobe, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Ueda, Hirakata, JP;
Katsunobu Hamamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Kei Mitsuyasu, Hirakata, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An illumination lighting apparatus is connected to, as an external apparatus, any of a human body sensing sensor configured to detect presence/absence of a person, an illuminance sensor configured to detect space illuminance, and a dimmer which arbitrarily adjusts the space illuminance, and is configured to produce an output control signal for controlling an optical output of a light source based on a signal output from the external apparatus. The illumination lighting apparatus includes: an external apparatus determining unit configured to determine which kind of the external apparatus is connected based on the signal output from the external apparatus; and a signal processing unit configured to produce the output control signal based on the signal output from the external apparatus.