Patent ID: 8541955

Claim:
A discharge lamp lighting device comprising: a control section carrying out a first control operation which controls at least one of the current value, frequency, duty ratio, and waveform of a drive current for driving a discharge lamp; and a signal reception section receiving, from an exterior of the discharge lamp lighting device, a drive control signal for controlling the current value, frequency, duty ratio, and waveform of the drive current of a second control operation in a form differing from the first control operation, the drive control signal being an analog signal having a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the drive current of the second control operation, a duty ratio corresponding to the duty ratio of the drive current of the second control operation, an amplitude corresponding to the current value of the drive current of the second control operation, and a waveform corresponding to the waveform of the drive current of the second control operation, and in the event that the signal reception section has received the drive control signal, the control section, based on the drive control signal, carries out the second control operation which controls the current value, frequency, duty ratio, and waveform of the drive current.