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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Osaka, Habikino, JP;
Yoichi Oeda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 14/06 (2006.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); F21V 5/04 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/40 (2018.02); F21V 5/04 (2013.01); G02B 19/0066 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of LED chips arranged to form an LED array, light from the plurality of LED chips superimpose to project a light intensity distribution projected on the predetermined plane; a pair of lens arrays each including a plurality of lenses and configured to collect light from the LED arrays; a driving unit configured to adjust a distance between the pair of lens arrays and change the light intensity distribution projected on the predetermined plane; and a control unit for individually controlling the output of the first and second LED arrays.