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Title:
LIGHTING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007029336
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To accurately detect sleep latent time from the occurrence of the intention to sleep of a sleeping person to the initiation of sleep, to control melatonin secretion suppression reducing lighting and to improve sleep in a lighting system.

A control part 2 detects the measurement start time of the sleep latent time on the basis of the operation timing information of a lighting switch 6 or an alarm clock 7 operated by the intention to sleep of the sleeping person, stores the measurement start time of the sleep latent time in a memory 12, and controls a lighting device 3 so as to reduce the melatonin secretion suppression of the sleeping person from the prescribed time before the measurement start time of the sleep latent time. In such a manner, the measurement start time of the sleep latent time is accurately detected and lighting control for accelerating melatonin secretion is made possible.


Inventors:
NOGUCHI KOKI
TODA NAOHIRO
INOUE MANABU
Application Number:
JP2005215512A
Publication Date:
February 08, 2007
Filing Date:
July 26, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD
International Classes:
A61M21/02; A61B5/11; A61B5/16
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004146227A2004-05-20
JPH0428352A1992-01-30
JPH11244383A1999-09-14
JPH09303842A1997-11-28
JP2003263221A2003-09-19
JPH0889578A1996-04-09
JP2005128976A2005-05-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasuo Itaya
Katsumi Taguchi
Shinichi Mizuta