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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Kyu Tae Seo, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Ki Hong Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Dae Hoon Choi, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Min Jin Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Heung Gyoon Choi, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Byoung Woo Ryu, Gyunggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a dimming control apparatus, a lighting system driving apparatus, and a dimming control method, the dimming control apparatus including a voltage converting unit converting a dimming signal from a dimmer into dimming voltage, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converting unit converting the dimming voltage into a digital dimming value, a dimming setting unit determining whether or not the digital dimming value is included in a preset dimming value range, and when the digital dimming value is not included in the preset dimming value range, resetting the dimming value range so as to allow the digital dimming value to be included in the reset dimming value range, a memory unit storing a dimming control value corresponding to the digital dimming value, and a dimming control unit generating a dimming control signal based on the dimming control value corresponding to the digital dimming value from the A/D converting unit.