LIGHTING DEVICE

• US 20130141018A1
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kamii, Miwa
• Application Number:
  US13/817,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20130141018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/360
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/325 Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/17 Operational modes, e.g. switching from manual to automatic mode or prohibiting specific operations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

An absence timer table for defining turn-on and turn-off operations in an absence timer mode is set. Then, a current time is checked. Then, it is determined whether or not the current time is an absence timer control start time. When it is determined that the current time is the absence timer control start time, absence timer control is started. Then, it is determined whether or not an input instruction has been received after absence timer control is started. When it is determined that the input instruction has been received after absence timer control is started, setting of the absence timer mode is cancelled. Then, the process ends (return).

Claims

1. A lighting device, comprising:

an illumination unit;

a control unit for controlling said illumination unit;

a time keeping unit for keeping time or hours; and

an operation portion for accepting an instruction for processing by said control unit,

said operation portion including

first instruction means for accepting an instruction about setting/termination of processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with the set time, by using said time keeping unit and

second instruction means for accepting an instruction about different processing for controlling said illumination unit, wherein

when the instruction from said second instruction means is accepted after the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time is started based on the instruction about the setting from said first instruction means, said control unit terminates the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein

when the instruction from said second instruction means is accepted after the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time is started, said control unit performs processing in accordance with said second instruction means.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein

when the instruction from said second instruction means is accepted before the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time is started, said control unit does not terminate the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time.

4. The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein

when the instruction from said second instruction means is accepted before the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time is started, said control unit performs processing in accordance with said second instruction means.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein

said first instruction means accepts the instruction about setting/termination of the processing for carrying out turn-on and turn-off control of said illumination unit in accordance with said set time in a set time zone during a period in which a user is away.