Patent ID: 11886097
Assignee: LUMILEDS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 14:
15. A method for illuminating a scene, the method comprising:
capturing, with a camera, an image of the scene during an exposure duration of the camera;
producing, with a light-emitting diode (LED) array, light during the exposure duration of the camera, the LED array including a plurality of LEDs configured to produce the light, the LED array including a non-emitting area located between adjacent LEDs in the LED array;
directing, with a lens, the light toward the scene as illumination, the illumination including a dark band corresponding to the non-emitting area of the LED array; and
translating, with an actuator, at least one of the LED array or the lens during the exposure duration of the camera to blur the dark band in the illumination in the image of the scene, the dark band blurred in response to translation of the at least one of the LED array or the lens.