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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Ori J. Braun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Ori J. Braun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
3DV Systems, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01); F21V 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination system () for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator () having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light () providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene; optics () that directs light from the illuminator to the scene; a range finder () that determines distances to regions of the scene; and a controller () that controls the plurality of light providing regions to provide light for illuminating the scene responsive to distances determined by the range finder ().