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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Fred Charles Thomas, III, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Santiago Garcia-Reyero Vinas, San Diego, CA (US);
Miles Maxwell Claver, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Lisa Marie Tesdahl, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Aaron Jeffrey Huskerson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Joshua Alan St. John, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is directed to an illuminator for enabling near-light photometric imaging. In some examples, a near-light photometric imaging apparatus can include an illuminator comprising a lamp that comprises a plurality of light sources, an edge-blending film, and a first light-shaping diffuser. The plurality of light sources can have a color temperature having an approximately constant value as a brightness of the plurality of light sources is changed. The edge-blending film may condition light emitted at an outer perimeter of the lamp to soften a light edge, and the first light-shaping diffuser may comprise a first diffusing angle to diffuse light emitted from an interior region of the lamp to reduce a presence of hotspots in a target area.