EP2030484B2 - Appareil de commande à gradation de lumière présentant une caractéristique de gradation interne - Google Patents

Appareil de commande à gradation de lumière présentant une caractéristique de gradation interne Download PDF

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EP2030484B2
EP2030484B2 EP07764640.4A EP07764640A EP2030484B2 EP 2030484 B2 EP2030484 B2 EP 2030484B2 EP 07764640 A EP07764640 A EP 07764640A EP 2030484 B2 EP2030484 B2 EP 2030484B2
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Andreas John
Falk Richter
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H05B45/14—Controlling the intensity of the light using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H05B47/18—Controlling the light source by remote control via data-bus transmission
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H05B45/12—Controlling the intensity of the light using optical feedback
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
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    • H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H05B47/198—Grouping of control procedures or address assignation to light sources

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  • the present invention relates to a dimmable operating device for light sources, which can be light-emitting diodes or gas discharge lamps, for example.
  • control units required to control the individual lamps convert these values internally into dimming values, e.g. with the help of conversion tables, which represent the actual levels of brightness control of the connected lamps and the control values that may have a higher resolution (e.g. control values quantized with 16 bits) than the external ones Display dimming values.
  • An operating device with a constant current source as a driver circuit for controlling an LED module comprising several light-emitting diodes is in DE 20 2004 006 292 U1 disclosed.
  • the driver circuit is connected to the LED module via a total of three channels, of which two channels are used to supply the LED module with a supply voltage that is pulse width modulated in dimming mode, and a third channel (“module identification channel") designed as a digital interface for unidirectional or bidirectional transmission digital operating parameters and / or calibration data between the LED module and driver circuit is used, so that the driver circuit can adjust to this.
  • module identification channel designed as a digital interface for unidirectional or bidirectional transmission digital operating parameters and / or calibration data between the LED module and driver circuit is used, so that the driver circuit can adjust to this.
  • EP 1 135 005 A2 describes a controllable via a digital data interface circuit for dimming light sources of a lighting system, which has suitable means for generating a control signal dependent on a predefinable desired value for controlling the brightness of the light sources and means for adapting the control signal to different types of light sources.
  • DE 203 12 298 U1 discloses an electronic ballast for operating a gas discharge lamp, which comprises a memory device in which operating parameters that can be called up by a control device are stored.
  • document DE 101 12 114 A1 describes a control device for a lighting device with variable brightness and a method for lighting control.
  • the present invention is dedicated to the task of proposing a flexible embodiment of a dimmable operating device for lamps.
  • the operating device can also be designed such that the aforementioned conversion can be programmed in terms of its dynamics.
  • the temporal transition behavior linear, logarithmic or exponential time profile, etc.
  • the assignment ("mapping") of an internal dimming value to be controlled in the stationary state to an external dimming value can also be programmable.
  • the resolution of the internal dimming values does not have to be higher than that of the external dimming values.
  • the lighting means can be, for example, a single light-emitting diode or an LED module comprising a number of light-emitting diodes, with the stationary assignment of an internal dimming value to an external dimming value compensating for manufacturing tolerances of the light-emitting diode(s).
  • the operating device can have a flash memory in which the programmable conversion of the external dimming values into internal dimming values is stored.
  • a maximum dimming value restriction below 100% can be selectively defined, which can be switched on and/or canceled selectively by an external command.
  • the internal dimming values can be divided into the range between 0% and the dimming value limit, so that a maximum resolution of the dimming values prevails in this area.
  • the control gear can have several outputs for controlling lamps, with the internal dimming characteristics being individually programmable for each of these outputs.
  • the outputs can control illuminants, e.g. LEDs, of different colors.
  • the invention also relates to a method for configuring an operating device for lamps with the features of claim 8.
  • the conversion can be programmed with regard to its dynamics, i.e. it can be programmed through which temporal transition behavior an internal dimming value assigned to an external dimming value is achieved.
  • an internal dimming value to be controlled in the stationary state to an external dimming value can be programmed.
  • the invention provides the operating device with value assignment tables for converting external dimming values into internal dimming values via a bus system using a communication protocol based, for example, on the DALI standard, in order to optimally trim the control unit to the light source or to individually adapt the shape of the dimming characteristic.
  • This process allows manufacturers of LED modules in particular to take into account and compensate for device-specific tolerances of different LED modules when calibrating the dimming characteristic for a new LED module, which provides a simple and cost-effective way of delivering LED modules with uniform dimming behavior.
  • a schematic representation of a dimming circuit with a dimmable operating device BG according to the present invention is outlined, which is used to control a light source LM with a power control variable StG′ via a power control element TB referred to as “control”.
  • the light source can be, for example, a gas discharge lamp, an LED or an LED module consisting of an array of several light-emitting diodes LED 1 to LED N connected in parallel to one another in series, individually or in groups.
  • the invention can be used in connection with any dimmable light source.
  • the power control element TB to which a control signal required for dimming the lamp LM can be supplied via a control input connected to the operating device BG, can include, for example, a phase control dimmer, a controllable constant current source, an adjustable supply voltage, an inverter with an adjustable clock frequency f T or a pulse width modulator PWM, Via which the pulse duty factor d of a periodic square-wave current generated by the operating device BG and fed to the lighting means LM in the form of a pulse-width-modulated control signal is varied.
  • the frequency f LM of an alternating current required to operate the illuminant LM the current strength of an alternating or direct current I LM used to supply the illuminant LM or the voltage level U LM can be used as the power manipulated variable StG' a supply voltage serving to supply energy to the illuminant LM.
  • This in 1 illustrated control gear BG has an interface via which the control gear BG receives an external reference variable FG (in 1 referred to as "external dimming values”) can be supplied. These external dimming values are converted into internal dimming values of a control variable StG via a data converter LMK in the operating device BG, on the basis of which the power actuator TB is activated.
  • the operating device BG accesses, for example, a value assignment table stored in a memory unit of the data converter LMK (in 1 referred to as a "comparison table”), from which previously stored, linear, logarithmic, exponential or otherwise interpolated intermediate values of a dimming characteristic required for dimming the illuminant LM can be taken.
  • the value range of these support values is limited, for example, by two straight lines running parallel to the time axis of a dimming level-time diagram, with the lower limit of the value range being formed by the current actual value of a preset dimming level and the upper limit of the value range being predeterminable by a programming signal PS fed to the data converter LMK is (or vice versa).
  • the data converter LMK calculates interpolated intermediate values for the time profile of the dimming characteristic curve for the aforementioned support values and controls the power control element TB with the values obtained in this way. It is provided according to the invention that the supporting values stored in the non-volatile memory of the data converter LMK can be recalibrated via the programming signal PS mentioned above.
  • the programming signal can be transmitted separately to a bus interface and/or via the same bus interface, via which the external dimming values are then transmitted to the operating device after programming has taken place.
  • the circuit described above, as in 1 outlined also have an optional feedback line 1, via which the operating device BG is supplied with at least one performance parameter of the illuminant LM that reflects the power of the illuminants as an actual value of the controlled variable RG, and a further optional feedback line 2, via which the manipulated output variable StG' is sent to the operating device BG is supplied,
  • the operating device BG uses the power actuator TB to set the radiant power to be generated by the lamp LM in the dimming mode, as a function of the controlled variable RG formed by the detected power parameter and the reference variable FG that can be specified for the operating device BG, expressed by the setpoint value ⁇ LM , of the luminous flux ⁇ LM to be emitted by the light source LM in the dimming mode, is the above-mentioned manipulated output variable StG′. If a control deviation is detected between reference variable FG and controlled variable RG, a suitable power manipulated variable StG′ is generated, by which the aforementioned control deviation is at least approximately compensated.
  • FIG 2a a schematic diagram of a lighting system is shown, which comprises a control device StE and a lighting means controlled via an operating device BG, which is, for example, a gas discharge lamp or, as in Figure 2a outlined, can be an LED module.
  • an operating device BG which is, for example, a gas discharge lamp or, as in Figure 2a outlined, can be an LED module.
  • the control device StE and the operating device BG are connected via digital interfaces IF 1 and IF 2 to a bus line BL, which is used to transmit operating parameters and possibly also programming data between the control device StE and the operating device BG.
  • the LED module is supplied with power via the operating device BG, which is connected to a power supply U e .
  • a DC voltage can be used as the supply voltage for the LED module, which is provided via a storage capacitor C and applied to the bus line BL via an output DC_OUT of the operating device BG as bus voltage U bus .
  • the StE control device has, in addition to a DC_IN input used for voltage supply with U bus , a programming data output PROG_OUT, via which a programming signal U Prog , which is used to set a dimming level that can be specified by the user or to select a specific dimming characteristic curve (e.g. linear, logarithmic, exponential etc.) is used, can be transmitted in digitized form via the digital bus interface IF 2 of the control device StE.
  • a programming signal U Prog which is used to set a dimming level that can be specified by the user or to select a specific dimming characteristic curve (e.g. linear, logarithmic, exponential etc.) is used
  • the programming signal U Prog is fed to the operating device BG via a control signal input PROG_IN and passed to a data converter referred to as an "LED converter".
  • This calculates interpolated intermediate values for a number of stored support values for the time profile of a dimming characteristic required for dimming the LEDs and uses the values obtained to control a pulse width modulator PWM integrated in the control gear BG, via which the pulse duty factor d of a pulse width modulator generated by the control gear BG, the LED driver circuit is varied in the form of a pulse width modulated control signal U PWM supplied periodic square-wave current.
  • the dimming characteristic runs within a value range delimited by two straight lines running parallel to the time axis of a dimming level-time diagram, the lower limit of which is formed by the current actual value of a preset dimming level and the upper limit of which can be specified by the programming signal U Prog (or vice versa).
  • the interpolated intermediate values can also be taken from a value allocation table stored, for example, in a read-only memory of the LED converter which, depending on the user's specifications, assigns previously calculated, linear, logarithmic, exponential or otherwise interpolated intermediate values to the interpolation points within the value range.
  • the support values stored in the flash EEPROM can be recalibrated via the aforementioned programming signal U Prog of the control device StE, e.g. in order to minimize or compensate for manufacturer-specific tolerances of the light-emitting diodes LED 1 to LED N of the LED module controlled by the LED driver circuit.
  • the aforementioned support values are read from the flash EEPROM and connected to a data transmission channel of the bus line BL via a data output READ_OUT of the operating device BG and its digital bus interface IF 1 , so that they can be transmitted to the control device StE via its digital Bus interface IF 2 and a data input READ_IN are accessible.
  • FIG 2b is a circuit variant of the in Figure 2a outlined lighting system with a brightness control circuit LRK for the automatic setting of a dimming level that can be predetermined via the output voltage U set of a setpoint adjuster SWG.
  • the controlled system of this brightness control loop LRK is thereby by referring to Figure 2a described operating device BG connected to the bus line BL via the digital bus interface IF 1 and a light source controlled via the operating device BG, which in turn is, for example, a gas discharge lamp or, as in Figure 2b outlined, is an LED module consisting of an array of several series-connected light-emitting diodes LED 1 to LED N , which is controlled via an LED driver circuit connected to the output of the operating device BG.
  • a manipulated variable U Prog is required, which is controlled by a Programming data output PROG_OUT of a digital regulation and control device RSE connected to the bus line BL via a digital bus interface IF 2 (e.g. a DALI interface), switched in digitized form via its digital bus interface IF 2 to a data transmission channel of the bus line BL and then to the digital Bus interface IF 1 of the operating device BG is transmitted to its programming data input PROG_IN.
  • a digital bus interface IF 2 e.g. a DALI interface
  • the regulation and control device RSE is supplied via a sensor data input DATA_IN with a measured value reproduced by a controlled variable U Reg , which is, for example, the current actual value of one of the light-emitting diodes LED 1 to LED N of the LED module or a subgroup of these light-emitting diodes Illuminated usable area A is caused by the incident luminous flux ⁇ LM illuminance E, which is detected by a light-sensitive detector of a further digital bus interface IF 3 (eg a DALI interface) also connected to the bus line BL light sensor module LSM.
  • a further digital bus interface IF 3 eg a DALI interface
  • a phototransistor T Ph acts as a light sensor, the collector current (photocurrent) of which is proportional to the illuminance E caused by the light radiation emitted by the LEDs on the aforementioned usable area A and thus provides a measure of the brightness of this radiation.
  • the light sensor module LSM is supplied with power, as is the power supply for the regulation and control device RSE and the LED module, via the intermediate circuit voltage U v of the operating device BG, which serves as the bus voltage U Bus is supplied.
  • the output signal U Reg of the light sensor module LSM which is, for example, a voltage that is amplified by a measuring amplifier to a defined output level and is proportional to the photocurrent, is routed via a sensor data output DATA_OUT to the digital bus interface IF 3 of the light sensor module LSM and transmitted in digitized form via the bus line BL and the digital bus interface IF 2 of the regulation and control device RSE to its sensor data input DATA_IN.
  • the regulation and control device RSE sets, depending on the control variable U Reg present at the aforementioned sensor data input DATA_IN and the reference variable U Target (target value) for the radiant power to be generated by the LED module in dimming operation, expressed by the target value ⁇ LM , of the luminous flux ⁇ LM to be emitted by the LED module in dimming operation, the control variable U Prog mentioned above. If a control deviation is detected between reference variable U setpoint and controlled variable U Reg , a suitable manipulated variable U Prog is generated, by means of which the aforementioned control deviation is at least approximately compensated.
  • a user-specifiable dimming characteristic curve (eg linear, logarithmic, exponential, etc.) can also be selected from a menu displayed via an integrated display of the control device StE.
  • the control signal required for this is switched in digitized form via the digital bus interface IF 2 of the control device StE to a further data transmission channel of the bus line BL. After transmission via the bus line BL, the control signal is fed to the operating device BG via the aforementioned programming signal input PROG_IN and routed to the LED converter.
  • this calculates intermediate values interpolated from the reference values stored in the flash EEPROM of the operating device BG for the time profile of a dimming characteristic required for dimming the LEDs and uses the values obtained thereby to control a pulse width modulator PWM integrated in the operating device BG, via which the duty cycle d a periodic square-wave current generated by the operating device BG and fed to the LED driver circuit in the form of a pulse-width-modulated control signal U PWM is varied.
  • the dimming characteristic runs within a value range delimited by two straight lines running parallel to the time axis, the lower limit of which is formed by the current actual value of a preset dimming level and the upper limit of which can be specified by the reference variable U set (or vice versa).
  • the interpolated intermediate values can also be taken from a value assignment table stored in a read-only memory of the LED converter, for example, as an alternative to the above-mentioned calculation assigns interpolated intermediate values.
  • the support values stored in the flash EEPROM can be recalibrated via the control signal of the regulation and control device RSE in order to compensate for manufacturer-specific tolerances of the operating device BG, the LED driver circuit and/or the LED driver circuit controlled light-emitting diodes of the LED module to minimize or compensate.
  • the exemplary embodiment outlined can provide for the aforementioned support values to be read from the flash EEPROM and switched to a data transmission channel of the bus line BL via a data output READ_OUT of the operating device BG and its digital bus interface IF 1 , so that they can be transmitted to the regulation and control device RSE are accessible via their digital bus interface IF 2 and a data input READ_IN.
  • the present invention is not limited to lighting systems whose system components are connected via a DALI interface to a channel of a bus line that is used for power supply, but that, according to the invention, any other digital bus interface suitable for transmitting digital control signals can be used for this purpose can be used.
  • the free programmability of the internal dimming characteristic can be used to match the colour-specific sensitivity of the human eye. This is particularly important when LEDs of different colors are controlled in independent channels of an operating device or by several operating devices, since the human eye perceives the different colors (e.g. red, green, blue) differently.
  • the internal dimming characteristic for the control of LEDs (or other colored light sources) of different colors can be programmed individually and thus differently.
  • this can be done using an operating device with three independent outputs, e.g. an RGB color mixing module for LEDs or fluorescent lamps.
  • an RGB color mixing module for LEDs or fluorescent lamps.
  • the assignment of the colors and the individual adjustment of the internal dimming characteristic for each color can then only take place in the luminaire during installation.
  • an artificial maximum value for a power parameter or combinations of power parameters can be set, for example, by an external command, for example via a bus line.
  • This limitation can then be lifted and/or changed from the outside, so that, for example, the actually available maximum power can be released again later.
  • this artificial "throttling" can also be achieved by a manual setting on the ballast.
  • the internal dimming curve can be adapted to the artificially limited maximum value: In order to continue to use internal dimming values that are distributed as finely as possible, all internally available dimming values are distributed to the range between 0% dimming and the artificial maximum value when the maximum value restriction is set.
  • a simple embodiment can provide for (programming) at least two characteristic curves for mapping the external dimming values to the internal dimming values in the device in advance, namely, for example, a division between 0% and 100% and a further division between 0% and the maximum value restriction.

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  1. Appareil de commande pour faire fonctionner une source d'éclairage (LM), l'appareil de commande présentant une interface numérique (IF1), à travers laquelle des valeurs de gradation externes peuvent être fournies en tant que signaux de bus numériques par un système de bus à l'appareil de commande (BG), l'appareil de commande (BG) présentant des moyens de conversion, lesquels sont configurés pour convertir ces valeurs de gradation externes fournies en valeurs de gradation internes quantifiées et l'appareil de commande étant conçu pour commander les sources d'éclairage (LM) connectées sur la base des valeurs de gradation internes,
    l'appareil de commande (BG) présentant des moyens d'étalonnage pour l'étalonnage, à l'aide d'un protocole de communication à travers une entrée de signaux de commande (PROG_IN) de l'interface numérique (IF1), de la conversion des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes à travers le système de bus et l'appareil de commande présentant une mémoire non-volatile,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - les valeurs de gradation internes ont une résolution plus élevée que les valeurs de gradation externes,
    - des tableaux d'affectation de valeurs étant fournis à l'appareil de commande pour la conversion, à l'aide du protocole de communication, des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes à travers le système de bus et
    la conversion des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes étant enregistrée dans la mémoire non-volatile.
  2. Appareil de commande selon la revendication 1,
    la source d'éclairage (LM) étant au moins une diode électroluminescente (LED1 à LEDN).
  3. Appareil de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, présentant une mémoire flash (EEPROM) pour l'enregistrement de la conversion pouvant être étalonnée des valeurs de gradation externes en valeurs de gradation internes.
  4. Appareil de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une restriction de valeur maximale des valeurs de gradation internes en dessous de 100 % peut être fixée, laquelle peut être activée sélectivement.
  5. Appareil de commande selon la revendication 4,
    dans lequel toutes les valeurs de gradation internes disponibles sont distribuées dans la plage entre 0 % et la restriction de valeur maximale.
  6. Appareil de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui dispose de plusieurs sorties pour la commande de sources d'éclairage, des caractéristiques de gradation internes pouvant être étalonnées individuellement pour chacune de ces sorties.
  7. Appareil de commande selon la revendication 6,
    les sorties commandant des sources d'éclairage de couleurs différentes.
  8. Procédé pour la configuration d'un appareil de commande (BG) pour sources d'éclairage (LM), auquel des valeurs de gradation externes sont fournies en tant que signaux de bus numériques par un système de bus à travers une interface numérique,
    - dans une étape, les valeurs de gradation externes fournies étant converties en valeurs de gradation internes quantifiées, sur la base desquelles la commande des sources d'éclairage (LM) connectées est effectuée,
    dans une autre étape, la conversion des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes à travers le système de bus étant étalonnée à l'aide d'un protocole de communication à travers une entrée de signaux de commande (PROG_IN) de l'interface numérique (IF1),
    caractérisé en ce que
    - les valeurs de gradation internes ont une résolution plus élevée que les valeurs de gradation externes,
    pour l'étalonnage, des tableaux d'affectation de valeurs étant fournis pour la conversion, à l'aide du protocole de communication, des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes à travers le système de bus,
    et dans une autre étape encore, la conversion des valeurs de gradation externes aux valeurs de gradation internes étant enregistrée dans une mémoire non-volatile de l'appareil de commande.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8,
    dans lequel une restriction de valeur maximale des valeurs de gradation internes en dessous de 100 % peut être fixée, laquelle peut être activée sélectivement.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9,
    dans lequel les valeurs de gradation internes sont distribuées dans la plage entre 0 % et la restriction de valeur maximale.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9,
    l'appareil de commande présentant plusieurs sorties, des caractéristiques de gradation internes étant étalonnées individuellement pour chacune de ces sorties.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11,
    les caractéristiques de gradation internes des sources d'éclairage (LM), en particulier de DEL, de couleurs différentes étant étalonnées individuellement.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12,
    des caractéristiques de gradation internes des sources d'éclairage (LM), en particulier de DEL, de couleurs différentes étant étalonnées individuellement pour l'adaptation à la perception de l'œil humain.
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EP11163203.0A EP2346305B1 (fr) 2006-06-22 2007-06-13 Alimentation dimmable avec courbe caractéristique propre
PL11163203T PL2346305T3 (pl) 2006-06-22 2007-06-13 Ściemniane urządzenie robocze z wewnętrzną charakterystyką ściemniania
EP14164929.3A EP2765835B1 (fr) 2006-06-22 2007-06-13 Appareil de fonctionnement à gradation doté d'une ligne de référence de gradation interne
PL07764640.4T PL2030484T5 (pl) 2006-06-22 2007-06-13 Ściemniane urządzenie robocze z wewnętrzną krzywą charakterystyczną ściemniania
PL14164929T PL2765835T3 (pl) 2006-06-22 2007-06-13 Ściemniane urządzenie robocze z wewnętrzną krzywą charakterystyczną ściemniania

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