Patent ID: 9351377
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H03K,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A dimming control apparatus that controls illuminance of a lamp, the dimming control apparatus comprising: a power pad, formed in a center of the dimming control apparatus and configured as a first touch panel for turning on/off power supply of the lamp; dimming pads, formed in a circle surrounding a periphery of the power pad and configured as at least two second touch panels for controlling illuminance of the lamp; a sensing unit that senses touch operations from the power pad and the dimming pads; and a control unit interfaced with the sensing unit, the control unit controls turning on/off of power supply to the lamp according to whether or not the sensing unit senses touching of the power pad and controls illuminance of the lamp according to whether or not the sensing unit senses touching of the dimming pads.