LIGHTING DEVICE

• US 20140015442A1
• Filed: 06/06/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ayako Tsukitani, Hiroki Noguchi, Hiroshi Hamano, Kensuke Yamazoe, Kouichi Wada, Naohiro Toda, Sayaka Nishi, Takashi Saito, Toshihide Mori, Yoshinori Karasawa
• Inventors: SAITO, TAKASHI, NISHI, SAYAKA, NOGUCHI, HIROKI, TODA, NAOHIRO, TSUKITANI, AYAKO, YAMAZOE, KENSUKE, MORI, TOSHIHIDE, HAMANO, HIROSHI, WADA, KOUICHI, KARASAWA, YOSHINORI
• Granted Patent: US 9,247,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/297
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 35/00 Electric light sources using a combination of different types of light generation
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/14 using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light

Abstract

A lighting device is provided with an illumination unit including two or less LED light sources. The illumination unit uses the two or less LED light sources to emit light of a short wavelength band and light of a long wavelength band. An output varying unit functions to vary an output of at least the long wavelength band light. When the output varying unit receives a varying signal, the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

an illumination unit including two or less LED light sources, wherein the illumination unit uses the two or less LED light sources to emit light of a short wavelength band and light of a long wavelength band; and

an output varying unit that functions to vary an output of at least the long wavelength band light,

wherein when the output varying unit receives a varying signal, the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the output varying unit gradually decreases the output of at least the long wavelength band light.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a main power supply unit that supplies power to the illumination unit; and

a backup power supply unit that supplies power to the illumination unit during a backup situation in which the supply of power from the main power supply unit is interrupted,

wherein the output varying unit receives the varying signal indicating that the power supplied to the illumination unit has been switched from the power supplied by the main power supply unit to the power supplied by the backup power supply unit, and the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light when receiving the varying signal.

4. The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein

the illumination unit emits white light by emitting the short wavelength band light and the long wavelength band light;

and

the output varying unit combines the short wavelength band light and the long wavelength band light to emit the white light until a predetermined time elapses from when receiving the varying signal, and the output varying unit decreases the output of at least the long wavelength band light after the predetermined time elapses.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising a light flux measurement unit measures light flux of the two or less LED light sources, wherein the output varying unit decreases the output of at least the long wavelength band light when the light flux measured by the light flux measurement unit becomes less than or equal to a predetermined value.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a main power supply unit that supplies power to the illumination unit; and

a detection unit that provides the output varying unit with the varying signal when detecting that the supply of power from the main power supply unit has been interrupted.

7. The lighting device according to claim 6, further comprising a backup power supply unit that supplies power to the illumination unit during a backup situation in which the supply of power from the main power supply unit is interrupted,

wherein when the output varying unit receives the varying signal, the output varying unit switches the power supplied to the illumination unit from the power supplied by the main power supply unit to the power supplied by the backup power supply unit.