Industry Patents
Patent: 7227611
Adaptive and Interactive Scene Illumination
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| Patent Number: |
7227611 |
| Title: |
Adaptive and Interactive Scene Illumination |
| Abstract: |
Apparatus for adaptively and interactively lighting a scene includes a
digital light projector that includes a light emitter and a digital light
processor optically coupled to the emitter such that the emitter light is
projected onto respective individual fields of view of a field of regard
illuminating the scene in accordance with a projector control signal. A
camera adjacent to the projector is operative to detect light reflected
or projected from the illuminated scene and generate a signal
corresponding to the detected light. A signal processor coupled to the
projector and the camera is operative to receive the camera signal,
process the received signal into a light projector control signal in
accordance with an associated set of instructions, and apply the control
signal to the light projector such that the light projected onto the
respective individual fields of view of the illuminating array is
controlled in accordance with the instructions.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Hull, Gallegos |
| Assignee: |
Boeing |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
G03B 19/18 |
| US Classification: |
352/49 |
| Issue Date: |
06-05-2007 |
| Filing Date: |
08-23-2004 |
| Application : |
10/924618 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7227611 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7227611 at Google Patents |
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