Patent ID: 9664992
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G03B

Claim:
1. A lighting apparatus comprising: 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 along which the light that is emitted from the projection lens via the imaging element travels; a second optical path along which light that is emitted without passing through the imaging element and the projection lens travels; and a front panel which is light-transmissive and includes a first region through which the light traveling along the first optical path passes and a second region through which the light traveling along the second optical path passes, a source of the light travelling along the first optical path and along the second optical path being positioned a same distance from the front panel, wherein the first region and the second region are of the same base material, and light diffusion properties of the front panel are higher in the second region than in the first region.