Lamp driving apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiroyasu Furuse
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Abstract
A lamp driving apparatus configured to drive a plurality of types of lamps, each of the plurality of lamps is attached with lamp identification information for uniquely identifying the lamp. The lamp driving apparatus includes: a lamp power supply configured to drive the lamp; a read circuit configured to read the lamp identification information from the lamp; and a control circuit configured to control the lamp power supply on the basis of a result of identification obtained by use of the read lamp identification information. The control circuit, if the lamp is found to be authorized, makes the lamp power supply drive the lamp.
Claims6
A lamp driving apparatus configured to drive a plurality of types of lamps, each of said plurality of lamps being attached with lamp identification information for uniquely identifying said lamp, said lamp driving apparatus comprising:
- a lamp power supply configured to drive said lamp;
- a read circuit configured to read said lamp identification information from said lamp;
- a control circuit configured to control said lamp power supply on the basis of a result of identification obtained by use of said read lamp identification information;
- and
- a communications circuit configured to transmit said read lamp identification information to an authentication apparatus configured to authenticate said lamp, wherein
- said control circuit, if said lamp is found to be authorized, makes said lamp power supply drive said lamp,
- said communications circuit receives an authentication result of said lamp transmitted from said authentication apparatus, and
- said control circuit controls said lamp power supply on the basis of the received authentication result.
A method for controlling a lamp driving apparatus configured to drive a plurality of types of lamps, each of said plurality of lamps being attached with lamp identification information for uniquely identifying said lamp, said method comprising
- reading, with a read circuit, said lamp identification information from said lamp;
- controlling, with a control circuit, a lamp power supply configured to drive said lamp on the basis of an authentication result of identification obtained by use of said read lamp identification information;
- causing, with said control circuit, said lamp power supply to drive said lamp, if said lamp is found to be authorized;
- transmitting said read lamp identification information to an authentication apparatus configured to authenticate said lamp;
- and
- receiving the authentication result of said lamp from said authentication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.