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Control apparatus for an illuminating device

US6963180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2003
Grant dateNov 8, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a control apparatus for controlling one or more lamps or illuminating means, so then the control apparatus comprises a microprocessor circuit which is adapted to output an output signal for controlling or driving the one or more lamps or illumination means, whereas the controlling signal is either completely non-periodic or has a period duration which is so long that the signal cannot be perceived by the human viewer as periodic.

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