Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting device, head light and vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 照明装置,头灯和车辆
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Application No.: US15042610Application Date: 2016-02-12
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Publication No.: US09462647B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Takahiro Fukui , Toshifumi Tanaka , Kazutoshi Suganuma
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-040541 20150302
- Main IPC: B60Q1/02
- IPC: B60Q1/02 ; H05B33/08 ; B60Q1/04

Abstract:
A lighting device includes first to third output terminals, a power converter, a bypass switch, and a controller. A first light source is connected between the first and third output terminals. A second light source is connected between the second and third output terminals. The bypass switch is connected between the second and third output terminals. The controller switches the bypass switch between ON-state and OFF-state. The controller controls the power converter to adjust an output current. The controller includes a voltage meter for measuring a voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the power converter. The controller compares a measured voltage of the voltage meter with a first threshold voltage while keeping the bypass switch in OFF-state. The controller compares the measured voltage with a second threshold voltage while keeping the bypass switch in ON-state. The second threshold voltage is smaller than the first threshold voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160262232A1 LIGHTING DEVICE, HEAD LIGHT AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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