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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Tewe Hiepke Heemstra, Veldhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a lens comprising a plurality of imaging regions, each adapted to image a light source to generate a plurality of virtual light sources common to all imaging regions and distributed along a spatial path extending in a direction generally away from the lens. Each imaging region comprises a plurality of sub-regions for focussing the input light source to a corresponding plurality of focal points common to the imaging regions. The focussed light directed to the focal points sub-regions of each imaging region combines so as to form at each focal point a virtual light source. An optical deglaring plate comprising an array of conical optical structures is used with the lens.