The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Isao Yoneoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Asamura, Tokyo, JP;
Zenkou Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhisa Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0848 (2013.01); H05B 33/0827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light source control device includes a constant-current circuit that collectively supplies a current to a plurality of LEDs, a current detection circuit that divides the plurality of LEDs into groups and detects a current amount of a current supplied to each of the groups, and a microcomputer that detects an open fault in the LEDs on the basis of a ratio of the current amount in each of the groups and controls a current supplied from the constant-current circuit to be reduced in a case where an open fault is detected in the LEDs.