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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Seong-Hee Park, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Gyu Kang, Daejeon, KR;
In-Su Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-Kyu Lim, Daejeon, KR;
You-Jin Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Il-Soon Jang, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-Ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Doo Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun-Jong Kim, Cheongju-si, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a fault in a lighting network. The apparatus includes power selection units respectively provided in a plurality of lighting units connected to one another over a network, each power selection unit being configured to compare a reference voltage with an output voltage sensed from power supply signals input from power supply units respectively provided in a lighting unit, located ahead of a faulty lighting unit, and the faulty lighting unit if a fault occurs in the lighting unit, and to select supply power to be supplied to the faulty lighting unit. Lighting control units control driving of the faulty lighting unit using the selected supply power.