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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:
Aug. 03, 2010

Filed:

May. 10, 2006
Applicants:

Peter Alexander Duine, Eindhoven, NL;

Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Eindhoven, NL;

Helmut Zahn, Eindhoven, NL;

Marten Sikkens, Eindhoven, NL;

Jorrit Ernst DE Vries, Eindhoven, NL;

Remco Alphonsus Hendrikus Breen, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Peter Alexander Duine, Eindhoven, NL;

Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Eindhoven, NL;

Helmut Zahn, Eindhoven, NL;

Marten Sikkens, Eindhoven, NL;

Jorrit Ernst De Vries, Eindhoven, NL;

Remco Alphonsus Hendrikus Breen, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A lighting device is provided for projecting a pixelated lighting pattern to be viewed onto a surface facing said device is provided. The device comprises a plurality of independently controllable lighting units (), each lighting unit comprising at least one light-emitting diode (), and a controller () for controlling the emission of light from said lighting units. A device according to the present invention allows ambient illumination of a surface and projection of images and patterns.


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