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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Leon Mccaughan, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas F. Kuech, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher J. Zenner, Madison, WI (US);
Cedric Meyers, Madison, WI (US);
Leon McCaughan, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas F. Kuech, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher J. Zenner, Madison, WI (US);
Cedric Meyers, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Dimpled plates for light distribution and concentration are provided. Also provided are apparatus incorporating the plates as waveguides, and methods for using the dimpled plates for distributing or concentrating input light. The dimpled plates are designed to spatially distribute light from each of one or more near point light sources into a pixelated light projection using an array of reflective conical light deflection elements.