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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Axis Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Christian Dahlqvist, Löberöd, SE;
Jonas Hellström, Bromma, SE;
Assignee:
AXIS AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2013.01); G03B 15/03 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0567 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0585 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illumination device for illuminating a camera's field of view, including a light source, and a reflector unit having reflecting sections is provided. Each reflecting section is associated with a light distribution, wherein the light distributions for different reflecting sections are different. The reflector unit is arranged such that light emitted by the light source is deflected by one of said reflecting sections being selected based on the camera's field of view. A method for illuminating a camera's field of view is also provided.