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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Yuto Hidaka, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0281 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0245 (2013.01); Y02B 20/42 (2013.01); Y02B 20/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting system includes: a lighting device; a lighting controller; and a system controller. The system controller includes: a timer; a schedule storage for storing schedule information; a first communication circuit; and an instruction controller which causes a first communication circuit to transmit control information which includes an instruction associated with time indicated by a counter value. The lighting controller includes: a sensor which detects a person in a space where the lighting device is disposed, and brightness of the space; a second communication circuit; and a dimming controller which switches to one of modes that is indicated in the control information from another of the modes and executes the one of the modes, where the modes include (a) a human detection mode, (b) a brightness detection mode, and (c) a dimming level fixed mode.


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