CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application Number 2018-176881 filed on Sep. 21, 2018, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a hyphae inhibition apparatus and a hyphae inhibition method.

2. Description of the Related Art

Molds appear in wet area facilities such as bathrooms or kitchens or in humid places such as ceiling spaces or under floors. In removing molds, for example, a technique which uses a photocatalyst is known. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-200358 discloses activating a photocatalyst by irradiating the photocatalyst with ultraviolet light to perform disinfecting and deodorizing by photocatalytic reaction.

SUMMARY

However, in the aforementioned conventional technique, proliferation of fungi/bacteria cannot be sufficiently inhibited.

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a hyphae inhibition apparatus and a hyphae inhibition method capable of inhibiting proliferation of organisms with hyphae more efficiently than conventional techniques.

A hyphae inhibition apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a hyphae inhibition apparatus that irradiates an organism having hyphae with light to inhibit growth of the hyphae, and includes: a first light source generator including at least one of a first light source that emits light having a peak wavelength in a range of from 380 nm to 410 nm, inclusive, or a second light source that emits light having a peak wavelength in a range of from at least 280 nm to below 350 nm; and a second light source generator including at least one of a third light source that emits light having a peak wavelength in a range of from at least 350 nm to below 380 nm or a fourth light source that emits light having a peak wavelength in a range of from 415 nm to 480 nm, inclusive.

Furthermore, a hyphae inhibition method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a hyphae inhibition method of irradiating an organism having hyphae with light to inhibit growth of the hyphae, and includes: irradiating the organism with at least one of light having a peak wavelength in a range of from 380 nm to 410 nm, inclusive, or light having a peak wavelength in a range of from at least 280 nm to below 350 nm; and irradiating the organism with at least one of light having a peak wavelength in a range of from at least 350 nm to below 380 nm or light having a peak wavelength in a range of from 415 nm to 480 nm, inclusive.

Furthermore, one aspect of the present disclosure can be implemented as a program for causing a computer to execute the above-described hyphae inhibition method. Alternatively, the present disclosure can be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is stored.

The present disclosure is capable of inhibiting proliferation of organisms with hyphae more efficiently than conventional techniques.

