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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Walter Limmer, Munich, DE;
Thomas Rossmanith, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Walter Limmer, Munich, DE;
Thomas Rossmanith, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0281 (2013.01); H05B 41/36 (2013.01); Y02B 21/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a lamp may include: Connecting a device to a pair of input connections of an electronic ballast and by this means determining a respective dimming duration for at least one predetermined situation; and Activating the lamp by the electronic ballast in at least one predetermined situation such that the lamp emits light with a reduced intensity compared with the normal intensity at which the lamp otherwise emits light over a period of a dimming duration determined for this situation.