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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom, Eindhoven, NL;
Lingli Wang, Bad Kreuznach, DE;
Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom, Eindhoven, NL;
Lingli Wang, Bad Kreuznach, DE;
Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a lighting device, comprising a first light guide adapted to guide light and output the light in a first direction; a second light guide adapted to guide light and output the light in another, second direction; a dividing structure adapted to receive light from a light source and guide the light into the first light guide and into the second light guide, wherein the dividing structure comprises controllable dividing means for guiding a first percentage of the light from the light source into the first light guide, and a second percentage of the light from the light source into the second light guide.