Patent ID: 8007115
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. 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.