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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde, Eindhoven, NL;

Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Eindhoven, NL;

Asad Mughal, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2021.01); G03B 15/03 (2021.01); F21V 14/02 (2006.01); F21V 14/06 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2013.01); G03B 15/03 (2013.01); F21V 14/02 (2013.01); F21V 14/06 (2013.01); F21V 33/0052 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

A camera can capture an image of a scene during an exposure duration of the camera. An illumination system for the camera can include a light-emitting diode (LED) array. The LED array can include a plurality of LEDs that can produce light during the exposure duration of the camera. The LED array can include one or more non-emitting areas located between adjacent LEDs in the LED array. A lens can direct the light toward the scene as illumination. The illumination can include one or more dark bands corresponding to the one or more non-emitting areas of the LED array, optionally surrounding the LEDs in the LED array. An actuator can translate at least one of the LED array or the lens during the exposure duration of the camera so as to blur the one or more dark bands in the illumination in the image of the scene.


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