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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Toshiaki Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasushi Morimoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Yukio Ishida, Yokosuka, JP;
Hitoshi Kawano, Yokosuka, JP;
Shinichi Kumashiro, Yokosuka, JP;
Sayaka Kikuta, Yokosuka, JP;
Toshiaki Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasushi Morimoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Yukio Ishida, Yokosuka, JP;
Hitoshi Kawano, Yokosuka, JP;
Shinichi Kumashiro, Yokosuka, JP;
Sayaka Kikuta, Yokosuka, JP;
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In the lighting control device according to the exemplary embodiment, the detection section detects the presence or absence of a person in a lighting area and a movement speed of a person, based on an image data of the lighting area that is lighted by a light source of a plurality of lighting apparatuses and is acquired from an imaging device. A decision section decides whether each of division areas is a stay area or a non-stay area based on the movement speed of a person detected by the detection section. A lighting control section performs different lighting controls on the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the stay area by the decision section and the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the non-stay area.