ILLUMINATION APPARATUS

• US 20140139135A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: SAITO, Kanako, KANEKO, Toshimitsu, IMAI, Yoshie, KOBIKI, Hisashi
• Application Number:
  US14/077,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20140139135A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/292
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light

Abstract

According to an embodiment, an illumination apparatus includes a light source that emits at least two types of lights having different spectral distributions and a controller. The controller starts controlling of the light source. The controller sequentially performs switching-controlling of pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source so as to switch at least one of a combination of the lights having different spectral distributions of the light source and a combination of intensities of the light source in response to the start of the control of the light source. The controller ends controlling of the light source after at least the switching-controlling of all the pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source is performed.

Claims

1. An illumination apparatus comprising:

a light source that emits at least two types of lights having different spectral distributions; and

a controller that starts controlling of the light source;

the controller that sequentially performs switching-controlling of pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source so as to switch at least one of a combination of the lights having different spectral distributions of the light source and a combination of intensities of the light source in response to the start of the control of the light source; and

the controller that ends controlling of the light source after at least the switching-controlling of all the pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source is performed.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling so that a difference in color perceived by a person between first and second illuminated objects having different colors as objects to be illuminated by the light source is changed.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller stores information on the switching-controlling which is currently performed, in a storage unit when receiving an illumination selection signal.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling based on the information on the switching-controlling stored in the storage unit.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a classification setting unit that sets classification of an illuminated object of the light source,

wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling according to the set classification of the illuminated object of the light source.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an environment setting unit that sets environment where the light source is used,

wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling according to the set environment.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller starts controlling of the light source in a lighted-out state or a predetermined lighted-up state of illumination by the light source, and

the controller returns the illumination by the light source to the lighted-out state or the predetermined lighted-up state.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling with a constant time interval.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller sequentially performs the switching-controlling with a time interval different from the constant time interval when receiving an interval indication signal.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller starts controlling of the light source when receiving a start signal, and

the controller ends controlling of the light source when receiving an end signal.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs the switching-controlling when receiving a switching signal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller temporarily stops the sequential performing of the switching-controlling when receiving a temporary stop signal, and

the controller restarts the sequential performing of the temporarily-stopped switching-controlling when receiving a restart signal.

13. The illumination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller ends controlling of the light source when the switching-controlling is entirely performed.