Patent ID: 7712906
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
1. An illumination system for a camera system comprising a lens and a stroboscopic illuminator having an illumination port, comprising: a removable mounting adapted to be positioned at the illumination port; a plurality of flexible light guides, connected to said mounting, each having an entrance aperture positioned to receive light from the illumination port; each light guide having an exit aperture independently positionable with respect to each other, distal from the entrance aperture, adapted to illuminate a respective region proximate to the lens; a positioning fixture which maintains the independently positionable exit aperture of the at least one light guide in a respective different user-selectable position with respect to the lens; and the removable mounting comprises a continuous illumination source, wherein the continuous illumination source illuminates the stroboscopic illuminator such that light from the continuous illumination source is reflected by a reflector of the stroboscopic illuminator and enters the entrance aperture of the plurality of flexible light guides.