Patent ID: 7385641
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A camera arrangement comprising an illumination assembly for illuminating an object to be photographed by the camera arrangement, the illumination assembly comprising: a sensor configured to sense a distance to an object from a camera arrangement, first and second illuminators, a camera lens wherein the first illuminator is arranged closer to the camera lens than the second illuminator, and a controller configured to control the illuminators, wherein the controller is configured to effect operation only of the first illuminator when the sensed distance is less than a first distance from the camera arrangement, the controller is configured to effect operation of the first illuminator and the second illuminator when the sensed distance is greater than the first distance and less than a second distance from the camera a arrangement, wherein the first distance is less than the second distance, and the controller is configured to effect inoperation of the first and the second illuminators when the sensed distance is greater than the second distance.