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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01); G03B 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2013.01); G03B 21/2066 (2013.01); G03B 21/26 (2013.01); G03B 21/2053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting apparatus is provided capable of emitting light for image projection and light for illumination at the same time. The lighting apparatus includes: an imaging element that converts incident light into light corresponding to an image and outputs the light; a projection lens through which the light is projected onto an object; a first optical path taken by light that is emitted from the projection lens via the imaging element; and a second optical path taken by light that is emitted without passing through the imaging element and the projection lens.