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Illumination device, illumination system, and illumination control method

US12022590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 2021
Grant dateJun 25, 2024
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/40
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An illumination device includes a light emitter configured to emit illumination light and a controller configured to control the light emitter. The controller controls the illumination light such that a first decrease ratio of melanopic illuminance of illumination light during night-time illumination to melanopic illuminance of illumination light during daytime illumination is higher than a second decrease ratio of illuminance of the illumination light during the night-time illumination to illuminance of the illumination light during the daytime illumination.

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