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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Taro Arimoto, Hyogo, JP;

Yoichi Kono, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/292 (2006.01); H05B 41/288 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/2928 (2013.01); H05B 41/2883 (2013.01); H05B 41/2886 (2013.01); Y02B 20/202 (2013.01); Y02B 20/208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A discharge lamp operating apparatus including: a discharge lamp; an operating circuit; a voltage measuring unit; a magnetic field applying unit; and a control unit, wherein the voltage measuring unit measures the voltage of power at sampling intervals, the control unit calculates an average value VLof a group of the measured value of the voltage as a standard and an average value VLof a group of the measured value of the voltage for comparison after a predetermined time has elapsed from the measurement of the measured value of the voltage measured at the beginning from the group of the measured value of the voltage as a standard, and when the difference (VL−VL) between the average value VLand the average value VLexceeds a predetermined value, drives the magnetic field applying unit.


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