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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
James Rowland Suckling, Surrey, GB;
David James Montgomery, Oxford, GB;
Sarah Anne Mitchell, Oxford, GB;
Koji Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light source system operable in at least first and second modes to provide at least and first and second different far field illumination patterns, the system comprising: a photoluminescent material; and a light beam generator for generating, in the first mode, a first set of light beams for illuminating respective first regions of the photoluminescent material and for generating, in the second mode, a second set of light beams for illuminating respective second regions of the photoluminescent material, the first and second sets of light beams being independently controllable. In the first mode, the light beam generator generates the first set of light beams such that a first beam of the first set of light beams illuminates a first illumination region of the photoluminescent material having one side that is inclined with respect to another side of the illumination region.