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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Pieter Johannes Quintus van Voorst Vader, Son, NL;
Assignee:
Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01); B60Q 1/02 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2021.01); F21Y 105/16 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); B60Q 1/02 (2013.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/16 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for driving an emitter array are described. A method includes determining a thermal environment profile for a plurality of emitters of the emitter array, computing a current pulse profile for at least one of the plurality of emitters based on the thermal environment profile, and applying a current pulse with the computed current pulse profile to the at least one of plurality of emitters.