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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yuichirou Hirowatari, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A controller included in a lighting control device causes a transmitter to transmit a dimming rate which is determined by schedule information stored in a storage when power saving is not instructed via a power saving instruction signal. When power saving is instructed via the power saving instruction signal, the controller calculates a dimming rate for causing a luminaire to emit light at a brightness lower than in the case of the dimming rate determined by the schedule information. When the calculated dimming rate is a dimming rate which causes the luminaire to emit light at a brightness lower than a predetermined dimming rate, the controller causes the transmitter to transmit the predetermined dimming rate.