Industry Patents

Patent: 7798675

LED Luminance-Enhancement and Color-Mixing by Rotationally Multiplexed Beam-Combining

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Patent Number: 7798675 
Title: LED Luminance-Enhancement and Color-Mixing by Rotationally Multiplexed Beam-Combining 
Abstract: The present embodiments provide methods and systems for use in providing enhanced illumination. Some embodiments include at least two light sources and one or more smoothly rotating wheels, where the one or more wheels comprises at least one mirror sector, the circumferential portion of the mirror sector is the inverse of the number of said sources, a first source of the sources is so disposed that the mirror sector reflects light from the first source into a common output path, where the first source pulsing such that a duty cycle of the first source corresponds to a time the mirror sector reflects light from the first source into the common output path.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Chaves, Minanao, Parkyn, Falicoff, Benitez, Alvarez, Dross 
Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: F21V 33/00 
US Classification: 362/281 
Issue Date: 09-21-2010 
Filing Date: 02-11-2009 
Application : 12/369661 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 7798675 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 7798675 at Google Patents 

 

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