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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Osram Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OSRAM GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1415 (2013.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01);
Abstract
According to the present disclosure, a method for operating an illumination apparatus is provided. The method has at least two light-emitting devices, which are arranged next to one another separated by a gap and each have a multiplicity of light-emitting elements, by individually driving all light-emitting elements of each light-emitting device, measuring a gap width of the gap and/or a luminance in the gap, and controlling or regulating in each case a luminance of one or more of the light-emitting elements which are arranged directly at the gap in dependence on the gap width and/or on the luminance in the gap.