Dimmer apparatus
US6246188A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S315/04
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dimmer apparatus for adjusting the brightness of a display section for displaying time and the like. In the dimmer apparatus, a control section including a microcomputer and the like operates to decide which one of the keys has been pressed by decoding the contents of a code signal generated by pressing one of the keys in an operating section and a remotely controlled transmitting section. When "AUTO" on the menu screen for selectively setting the execution or non-execution of dimming control to be displayed on a monitor screen is selected, the control section functions as what executes the dimming control of the FL tube of the display section interlocked with a reproducing mode by controlling the display section so as to have the FL tube dimmed during the reproducing mode in which a reproduced image is displayed on the monitor screen upon deciding that either reproducing key of the operating section or reproducing key of the remotely controlled transmitting section has been pressed.
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