Patent ID: 6157144
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A system for generating a substantially uniform light output, comprising:means for generating a light output, comprising a plurality of lamps;means for activating the generating means, comprising means for sequentially activating each of the plurality of lamps; andmeans for integrating the light generated by the plurality of lamps, so as to enable a substantially uniform light output to be generated upon sequential activation of the plurality of lamps, adapted to enable the substantially uniform light output to be generated upon sequential activation of the plurality of lamps regardless of the location of the plurality of lamps in the integrating means, comprising means for housing the plurality of lamps, which housing means are generally sphere-shaped and hollow, including a port therein for enabling light from the plurality of lamps to exit from the housing;wherein the plurality of lamps are housed in the housing means so as to integrate the light generated by the plurality of lamps into a substantially uniform light output and direct the substantially uniform light output generated thereby out from the housing means.