Illuminating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10485069-B2
Application number	US-201815984389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

An illuminating apparatus includes a first light emitter, a second light emitter which emits light including more predefined color components than light emitted by the first light emitter, and a lighting device which supplies current modulated according to a visible light communication signal, to the first light emitter. The lighting device supplies a constant current to the second light emitter, while the first light emitter is supplied with current.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illuminating apparatus, comprising:
a first light emitter;
a second light emitter which emits light including more red components than light emitted by the first light emitter; and
a lighting device including a control circuit that obtains a visible light communication signal that causes light emitted by the illuminating apparatus to blink at a rate that is unrecognizable to human eyes and a bright and dark pattern created by the blinking light is a data transmission signal, the control circuit controls a first current supplied to the first light emitter by modulating the first current according to the visible light communication signal, the control circuit controls a second current supplied to the second light emitter by modulating the second current according to the visible light communication signal in reverse phase relative to the first current,
the lighting device supplies, to the second light emitter, the second current modulated in reverse phase relative to the first current, while the first current is supplied to the first light emitter.

2. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first light emitter emits white light having a first color temperature, and
the second light emitter emits white light having a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature.

3. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first light emitter includes a first light emitting element which emits blue light and a second light emitting element which emits green light,
the second light emitter includes a third light emitting element which emits red light, and
the lighting device supplies a constant current to the second light emitter while the first current is supplied to the first light emitter.

4. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the lighting device includes:
a constant current power supply circuit; and
a first modulation circuit and a second modulation circuit which are connected in series between output terminals of the constant current power supply circuit, wherein
the first modulation circuit includes a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first modulation circuit,
the second modulation circuit includes a second capacitor connected in parallel to the second modulation circuit,
the first modulation circuit supplies the first current to the first light emitter, the first current being obtained by modulating, according to the visible light communication signal, current supplied from one of the constant current power supply circuit and the first capacitor, and
the second modulation circuit supplies the second current to the second 10 light emitter, the second current being obtained by modulating, in reverse phase relative to the first current, current supplied from one of the constant current power supply circuit and the second capacitor.

5. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a casing which houses the constant current power supply circuit, the first modulation circuit, and the second modulation circuit.

6. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a first casing which houses the constant current power supply circuit;
a second casing which houses the first modulation circuit and is different from the first casing; and
a third casing which houses the second modulation circuit and is different from the first casing and the second casing.

7. The illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first light emitter blinks while the first current is supplied to the first light emitter, and
the second light emitter continues to emit light while the first current is supplied to the first light emitter.

8. A signboard, comprising:
the illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , and
a display panel that is illuminated by the illuminating apparatus and includes at least one of a text character and a graphic.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seki Keisuke
• Ido Shigeru
• Hayashi Kazuhiko

Classifications

• G09F13/005 Primary

  Illumination controller or illuminated signs including an illumination control system · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• G09F13/02

  Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated by artificial light sources positioned in front of the insignia · CPC title

• G09F13/22

  electroluminescent (electroluminescent light sources per se H05B33/00) · CPC title