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Light Illumination Control Device

Abstract: In this light illumination control device (1) when an external switch (SW) is switched from an OFF state to an ON state a switch-on detection unit (6a) detects that a difference value between a boost circuit (2) output voltage value and a light-emitting diode (D) forward voltage value has reached a predetermined voltage value or greater causing a microcontroller (6) to stop the boosting operation of the boost circuit (2) thereby bringing the boost circuit (2) output voltage value to a value lower than the light-emitting diode (D) forward voltage value.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
23 October 2018
Publication Number
44/2018
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
PHYSICS
Status
Email
Parent Application
Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2022-11-14
Renewal Date

Applicants

HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
2520 Takaba, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-8503, Japan.

Inventors

1. TSUKAGOSHI, Hideto
c/o Keihin Corporation, Tochigi Research & Development Center, 2021-8, Hoshakuji, Takanezawa-machi, Shioya-gun, Tochigi 329-1233,

Specification

1. A light illumination control device comprising:
a computing processing device that controls a driving state of a light-emitting diode as a light source of a light; and
a boost circuit, wherein
the computing processing device includes a switch-on detection unit that detects switching from an OFF state to an ON state of an illumination switch that turns on and off the light-emitting diode, and
the computing processing device stops a boosting operation of the boost circuit in accordance with that the switch-on detection unit detects that the illumination switch has switched from the OFF state to the ON state, thereby bringing an output voltage value of the boost circuit to a value lower than a forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode.
2. The light illumination control device according to claim
1, wherein
the computing processing device further includes a low voltage detection unit that detects that the output voltage value of the boost circuit has become lower than a forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode, and
after the low voltage detection unit detects that the output voltage value of the boost circuit has become lower than

the forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode, the computing processing device controls the output voltage value of the boost circuit so that a current value flowing to the light-emitting diode becomes a target value.
3. The light illumination control device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a protection bypass circuit constituted of a switching element in which a first terminal and a second terminal are connected between the boost circuit and the light-emitting diode, and a voltage or a current applied to a third terminal controls a current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal, and of a resistor element connected in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal of the switching element, wherein
the switch-on detection unit detects a difference value between a voltage value on an upstream side of the protection bypass circuit that corresponds to the output voltage value of the boost circuit and a voltage value on a downstream side of the protection bypass circuit that corresponds to the forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode, and
when the illumination switch switches from the OFF state to the ON state, it is detected that the difference value between the voltage value on the upstream side of the protection bypass circuit and the voltage value on the downstream side of the protection bypass circuit has become equal to or higher than

a predetermined voltage value, and accordingly, the computing processing device stops the boosting operation of the boost circuit, thereby bringing the output voltage value of the boost circuit to a value lower than the forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode.
4. The light illumination control device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a protection bypass circuit constituted of a switching element in which a first terminal and a second terminal are connected between the boost circuit and the light-emitting diode, and a voltage or a current applied to a third terminal controls a current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal, and of a resistor element connected in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal of the switching element, wherein
the switch-on detection unit detects a voltage value on a downstream side of the protection bypass circuit, and
when the illumination switch switches from the OFF state to the ON state, it is detected that the voltage value on the downstream side of the protection bypass circuit has become equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage value, and accordingly, the computing processing device stops the boosting operation of the boost circuit, thereby bringing the output voltage value of the boost circuit to a value lower than the forward voltage value of the light-emitting diode.

5. The light illumination control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a discharge circuit that discharges an output voltage of the boost circuit when a boosting operation of the boost circuit is stopped.

Documents

Application Documents

# Name Date
1 201847039938.pdf 2018-10-23
2 201847039938-TRANSLATIOIN OF PRIOIRTY DOCUMENTS ETC. [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
3 201847039938-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
4 201847039938-REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION (FORM-18) [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
5 201847039938-PROOF OF RIGHT [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
6 201847039938-PRIORITY DOCUMENTS [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
7 201847039938-POWER OF AUTHORITY [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
8 201847039938-FORM 18 [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
9 201847039938-FORM 1 [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
10 201847039938-DRAWINGS [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
11 201847039938-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
12 201847039938-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
13 201847039938-CLAIMS UNDER RULE 1 (PROVISIO) OF RULE 20 [23-10-2018(online)].pdf 2018-10-23
14 Correspondence by Agent_Form1_02-11-2018.pdf 2018-11-02
15 201847039938-FORM 3 [12-04-2019(online)].pdf 2019-04-12
16 201847039938-FER.pdf 2020-03-17
17 201847039938-OTHERS [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
18 201847039938-FORM-26 [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
19 201847039938-FORM 3 [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
20 201847039938-FER_SER_REPLY [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
21 201847039938-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
22 201847039938-CLAIMS [12-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-12
23 201847039938-MARKED COPIES OF AMENDEMENTS [14-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-14
24 201847039938-FORM 13 [14-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-14
25 201847039938-AMMENDED DOCUMENTS [14-09-2020(online)].pdf 2020-09-14
26 201847039938-PA [02-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-02
27 201847039938-ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTS [02-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-02
28 201847039938-8(i)-Substitution-Change Of Applicant - Form 6 [02-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-02
29 201847039938-Correspondence, Evidencing The Merger And POA_07-02-2022.pdf 2022-02-07
30 201847039938-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-17-08-2022).pdf 2022-07-04
31 201847039938-Correspondence to notify the Controller [16-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-16
32 201847039938-Written submissions and relevant documents [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
33 201847039938-Retyped Pages under Rule 14(1) [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
34 201847039938-FORM 3 [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
35 201847039938-FORM 13 [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
36 201847039938-Annexure [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
37 201847039938-2. Marked Copy under Rule 14(2) [26-08-2022(online)].pdf 2022-08-26
38 201847039938-PatentCertificate14-11-2022.pdf 2022-11-14
39 201847039938-IntimationOfGrant14-11-2022.pdf 2022-11-14

Search Strategy

1 SS_lightE_16-03-2020.pdf
2 SSM_lightE_16-03-2020.pdf
3 INPASS_201847039938_lightAE_29-11-2020.pdf

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