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20130076262 | Lighting Device, Lighting Equipment, and Lighting Control System - According to an embodiment, a lighting device includes a first to fourth light sources, a control unit, and an operation unit. The first to fourth light sources have a different combination of a relatively high/low correlated color temperature and a relatively high/low general color rendering index from each other. The control unit controls at least two of a light flux, the correlated color temperature, and the general color rendering index of each of the light sources. The operation unit designates at least one of the correlated color temperature and the general color rendering index of each of the light sources, and executes spectral distribution with the designated correlated color temperature, or general color rendering index. | 03-28-2013 |
20130247352 | Method for Designing Indoor Lighting - A method for designing indoor lighting includes disposing a first luminaire on a ceiling surface that forms an indoor space, the first luminaire having a luminous intensity distribution characteristic that a luminous flux over a range of luminous intensity distribution angles no smaller than 90 degrees but no greater than 120 degrees with respect to a vertically downward direction, which represents 0 degrees, is 20% of a luminous flux of the luminaire or greater and a luminous flux over a range of luminous intensity distribution angles no smaller than 60 degrees but smaller than 90 degrees is 20% of the luminous flux of the luminaire or smaller; and disposing a second luminaire in the indoor space, the second luminaire illuminating a wall surface present in a region corresponding to the luminous intensity distribution angles of light from the first luminaire no less than 60 degrees but smaller than 90 degrees. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250554 | LUMINAIRE - According to one embodiment, a luminaire is provided which can enhance the feeling of brightness of a space and can reduce glare. The luminaire includes an equipment mounted on a ceiling surface. The equipment includes a light source and a light control unit. When an amount of light emitted outside from the equipment is an equipment luminous flux, and a direction right under the equipment has a luminous intensity distribution angle of 0°, the light control unit controls to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 90° to 120° to be 20% or more of the equipment luminous flux and to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 60° to 90° to be 20% or less of the equipment luminous flux. | 09-26-2013 |
20140285013 | Electrical Apparatus Control System - According to one embodiment, an electrical apparatus control system which is configured by a plurality of electrical apparatuses includes an output unit which is provided on at least one first electrical apparatus among the plurality of electrical apparatuses, and transmits an obtained result of an information obtaining unit which obtains environmental information; and a reception unit which is provided on at least one second electrical apparatus other than the first electrical apparatus among the plurality of electrical apparatuses, and receives the obtained result which is transmitted from the output unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285017 | Electrical Equipment Control Apparatus and Electrical Equipment Control System - An electrical equipment control apparatus includes an information reception unit, a statistical processing unit, and a recommended pattern generation unit. The information reception unit is configured to receive information regarding usages of electrical equipment. The statistical processing unit is configured to perform a statistical process on the information received by the information reception unit. The recommended pattern generation unit is configured to generate a recommended pattern regarding a use of the electrical equipment on the basis of a process result by the statistical processing unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288672 | Terminal Apparatus and Control System - According to one embodiment, a terminal apparatus includes an input receiving unit, a route selecting unit, and a signal transmitting unit. The input receiving unit receives an input for controlling at least one electrical appliance among a plurality of electrical appliances. The route selecting unit selects one control route among a first control route for controlling the electrical appliance via a server and a control apparatus connected to each other via a network, a second control route for controlling the electrical appliance via the control apparatus that controls the plurality of electrical appliances, and a third control route for directly controlling the electrical appliance. The signal transmitting unit transmits, through the control route selected by the route selecting unit, a control signal for causing the control apparatus to execute control corresponding to the input received by the input receiving unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140324195 | Control System - According to one embodiment, a control system includes an electric apparatus and a control unit. The electric apparatus operates in a first mode which is controlled based on an instruction from a user and in a second mode in which operational status is automatically managed. The control unit disables the second mode when receiving an instruction to disable the second mode and operates the electric apparatus, which operates in the first mode and the second mode, in the first mode. | 10-30-2014 |
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20130231905 | LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION METHOD AND LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a lighting environment evaluation method includes setting a specific plane in a lighting space as an evaluation object; setting an observation set point on the specific plane; calculating, based on information relating to a reflector to reflect light in the lighting space and information relating to a luminaire provided in the lighting space, an illuminance at the observation set point based on only indirect light from the reflector and obtaining a brightness feeling index of the lighting space from a calculation result. | 09-05-2013 |
20140042914 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a lighting control unit turns on luminaires corresponding to a presence area among four detection areas adjacent to one another in a predetermined direction and a crossing direction. If there is one presence area among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit relatively reduces the brightness of the luminaires corresponding to remaining three absence areas. If there are two presence areas among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit relatively reduces the brightness of the luminaires on a side adjacent to the presence areas among the luminaires corresponding to the remaining two absence areas and turns off the remaining other luminaires. If there are three presence areas among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit turns off the luminaires corresponding to the remaining one absence area. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042915 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - Plural luminaires are installed in a lighting space surrounded by a wall part. A sensor equipment detects existence or nonexistence of a person in the lighting space. If existence of a person in the lighting space is detected, the sensor equipment detects a direction of the person. The sensor equipment detects a distance between the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person and the person. A lighting control unit selectively switches between a first control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to illuminate the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person if the detected distance is a specified distance or less, and a second control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to reduce brightness at a place as the place becomes farther from a position of the person if the detected distance is larger than the specified distance. | 02-13-2014 |
20140300277 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - Plural luminaires are installed in a lighting space surrounded by a wall part. A sensor equipment detects existence or nonexistence of a person in the lighting space. If existence of a person in the lighting space is detected, the sensor equipment detects a direction of the person. The sensor equipment detects a distance between the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person and the person. A lighting control unit selectively switches between a first control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to illuminate the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person if the detected distance is a specified distance or less, and a second control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to reduce brightness at a place as the place becomes farther from a position of the person if the detected distance is larger than the specified distance. | 10-09-2014 |