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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Yoshinobu Murakami, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 41/392 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0809 (2013.01); H05B 41/3921 (2013.01);
Abstract

The lighting control device includes a controller. The controller generates a second dimming signal corresponding to a measurement result of brightness of surroundings in the first mode and generates a second dimming signal corresponding to a first dimming signal in the second mode. The controller selects the first mode and start operating in the first mode when receiving the first dimming signal having a third duty cycle not falling within a range from a first duty cycle corresponding to an upper limit of the dimming level to a second duty cycle corresponding to a lower limit of the dimming level. The controller selects the second mode and start operating in the second mode when receiving the first dimming signal having a duty cycle falling within the range.


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