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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Giovanni Cennini, Eindhoven, NL;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Waalre, NL;
Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Aachen, DE;
Yadong Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Giovanni Cennini, Eindhoven, NL;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Waalre, NL;
Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Aachen, DE;
Yadong Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an illumination device () for illuminating a surface (), with at least one lighting element () and an illuminating body (), wherein the lighting element () emits an artificial light (), a housing element () comprises the lighting element () and supports the illuminating body (), the illuminating body () comprises a transparent light conductive material suitable to illuminate the surface () lying subjacent. The invention discloses, that the illuminating body () comprises a surface pattern (), forming a Fresnel-type lens to optically magnify the surface ().