IP Library Granted Patent US 8,926,110
Granted Patent B2
US 8,926,110 · App. 13/666,301 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Lighting device for illuminating meat

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Patent No.
US 8,926,110
App. No.
13/666,301
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting unit emits light with an intensity in the wavelength from 430 to 510 nm that is maximum at 460 nm and minimum in the range from 490 to 500 nm, an intensity in the wavelength from 510 to 600 nm that is maximum in the range from 530 to 545 nm and minimum in the range from 570 to 580 nm, and an intensity in the wavelength of 600 nm or greater that is maximum in the range from 620 to 640. The lighting unit illuminates meat with light having a feeling of contrast index (FCI) of 135 to 145 and the illuminated meat has a metric hue angle from 54 to 56 and a color shift Duv from 0 to 5.

Claims (19)

1. A lighting device comprising a lighting unit that illuminates meat with white light so that the light has a feeling of contrast index of 135 to 145 and the meat illuminated with the light has a metric hue angle from 54 to 56 and a color shift Duv in the range from 0 to 5.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lighting unit is formed to emit white light with

an emission intensity in the wavelength range from 430 to 510 nm that is locally maximum at 460 nm and locally minimum in the range from 490 to 500 nm,

an emission intensity in the wavelength range from 510 to 600 nm that is locally maximum in the range from 530 to 545 nm and locally minimum in the range from 570 to 580 nm, and

an emission intensity in the wavelength of 600 nm or greater that is locally maximum in the range from 620 to 640, and

the lighting unit is formed to emit white light so that when the maximum value of the emission intensity is 1 in the wavelength of 600 nm or greater, the maximum value of the emission intensity is 0.6 to 0.75 and the minimum value of the emission intensity is 0.1 to 0.4 in the wavelength range from 510 to 600 nm.

3. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein the lighting unit includes

a first LED element that emits light of which the emission intensity is maximum at 460 nm,

a second LED element that emits light of which the emission intensity is maximum in the range from 530 to 545 nm, and

a third LED element that emits light of which the emission intensity is maximum in the range from 620 to 640 nm.

4. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein the lighting unit includes an LED element and a filter that covers the LED element and absorbs light in the wavelength from 570 to 580 nm.

5. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein

the lighting unit includes an LED element and a fluorescent body that emits light when receiving light from the LED element, and

the fluorescent body is formed to absorb light in the wavelength from 570 to 580 nm.

6. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein the lighting unit includes

a first LED element that emits light with an emission intensity that is maximum at 460 nm,

a second LED element that emits light with an emission intensity that is maximum in the range from 530 to 545 nm, and

a fluorescent body that emits light with an emission intensity that is maximum in the range from 620 to 640 nm.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2014
From: TSUKITANI, AYAKO; YAMAGUCHI, SAYAKA; SAITO, TAKASHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031979/0828 →