Patent ID: 8371713
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An illumination device for pixelated illumination of a target area, the device comprising: an array of light emitting devices; projection optics arranged in between said array of light emitting devices and said target area; and a reflecting structure having a first opening facing said array of light emitting devices and a second opening facing said projection optics, and a reflective surface connecting said first and second opening, said surface enclosing and facing an optical axis of said projection optics, wherein said projection optics is configured to image said array of light emitting devices, and a virtual extension thereof created by said reflecting structure, onto said target area, thereby generating an extended pixelated illumination pattern, wherein a distance between said array of light emitting devices and the reflecting structure measured in a plane where the light emitting devices are arranged, corresponds to half the spacing between the light emitting devices comprised in the array of light emitting devices.