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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Tamami Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An illumination system includes lighting apparatuses (), a camera (), an image processing unit () (person position detection unit), and a lighting control unit () and a storage unit () (control unit). The illumination apparatuses () are placed on a ceiling surface (C), and each include a first light source () and a second light source () that irradiate a floor surface (F) and the ceiling surface (C) with light, respectively. The control unit controls an illumination apparatus () corresponding to a person (P)'s position detected by the person position detection unit among the illumination apparatuses () so as to turn on the first light source (). The control unit controls at least one of one or more illumination apparatuses () that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus () so as not to turn on the first light source () and turn off the second light source ().