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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Adrian Travis, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Large, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neil Emerton, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Glen C. Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Adrian Travis, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Large, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neil Emerton, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Glen C. Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light collector is provided to converge light from a light source down to a range of acceptance angles of an illumination optic, and to couple the converged light into the illumination optic, where the range of acceptance angles of the illumination optic is less than a range of emission angles of the light source.