IP Library Granted Patent US 9,072,130
Granted Patent B2
US 9,072,130 · App. 13/920,170 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Illumination system with comfort at low power consumption

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Patent No.
US 9,072,130
App. No.
13/920,170
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination system includes lighting apparatuses ( 20 ), a camera ( 11 ), an image processing unit ( 12 ) (person position detection unit), and a lighting control unit ( 14 ) and a storage unit ( 13 ) (control unit). The illumination apparatuses ( 20 ) are placed on a ceiling surface (C), and each include a first light source ( 24 ) and a second light source ( 25 ) that irradiate a floor surface (F) and the ceiling surface (C) with light, respectively. The control unit controls an illumination apparatus ( 20 b 2 ) corresponding to a person (P)'s position detected by the person position detection unit among the illumination apparatuses ( 20 ) so as to turn on the first light source ( 24 ). The control unit controls at least one of one or more illumination apparatuses ( 20 ) that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus ( 20 b 2 ) so as not to turn on the first light source ( 24 ) and turn off the second light source ( 25 ).

Claims (18)

1. An illumination system comprising:

a plurality of illumination apparatuses that are placed on a first surface;

a person position detection unit configured to detect a position of a person who is located in a space between the first surface and a second surface that is opposed to the first surface; and

a control unit configured to control a lighting state of each of the plurality of illumination apparatuses in accordance with the position of the person detected by the person position detection unit, wherein

each of the plurality of illumination apparatuses includes a first light source that irradiates the second surface with light and a second light source that irradiates the first surface with light,

the control unit controls, among the plurality of illumination apparatuses, an illumination apparatus corresponding to the position of the person so as to turn on the first light source, and

the control unit controls, among the plurality of illumination apparatuses, at least one of one or more illumination apparatuses that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus that turns on the first light source, so as to turn on the second light source without turning on the first light source.

2. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls the illumination apparatus that turns on the first light source so as to turn on the second light source.

3. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein

the person position detection unit is further configured to detect a direction in which the person faces,

the control unit controls the at least one illumination apparatus that is adjacent, in the direction in which the person faces detected by the person position detection unit, to the illumination apparatus that turns on the first light source, so as to turn on the second light source without turning on the first light source.

4. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls all of the one or more illumination apparatuses that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus that turns on the first light source, so as to turn on the respective second light sources.

5. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls all of the plurality of illumination apparatuses so as to turn on the respective second light sources.

6. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein

the first light source has a higher color temperature than the second light source.

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 Feb 21, 2014
From: ONO, TAMAMI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032261/0304 →