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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Sakoda, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Fukuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/029 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0236 (2013.01); H05B 37/0245 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.