Patent ID: 11913985
Assignee: PHOENIX ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. An irradiation device, comprising:
a discharge lamp provided as a light source;
an ultraviolet light source irradiating ultraviolet light to the discharge lamp to detect whether the discharge lamp is a genuine product or not in activation of the discharge lamp;
a discharge lamp power supply supplying an electric power for lighting to the discharge lamp;
an ultraviolet light source power supply supplying an electric power for lighting to the ultraviolet light source;
a discharge lamp switch conducting and blocking the electric power supplied from the discharge lamp power supply;
an ultraviolet light source switch conducting and blocking the electric power supplied from the ultraviolet light source power supply;
a controller having a function of turning on and off each of the discharge lamp switch and the ultraviolet light source switch, the controller performing a first action by turning on the discharge lamp switch while leaving the ultraviolet light source switch turned off, the controller performing a second action by turning on the ultraviolet light source switch and then turning on the discharge lamp switch while leaving the ultraviolet light source switch turned on; and
a determiner determining either that the discharge lamp is not a genuine product when the discharge lamp has been lit by turning on the discharge lamp switch in both of the first and second actions or that the discharge lamp is a genuine product when the discharge lamp has been lit by turning on the discharge lamp switch only in the second action.