Patent ID: 7600906

Claim:
An apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a substrate; a light source comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED) which is mounted on said substrate; a flexible light guide comprising a first end, a second end, and a medial portion between said first end and said second end, at least one section of said medial portion being able to emit light therefrom, said light guide being optically coupled with said light source such that said light guide receives light output by said light source and said section of said medial portion of said light guide emits at least a portion of said light received from said light source; and a housing mounted on said substrate such that said housing at least partially encloses said light source and mechanically secures said flexible light guide in a desired alignment with said light source; wherein said section of said medial portion of said flexible light guide comprises a length along which said light received from said light source is emitted, said light being emitted from said section of said medial portion in substantially an even distribution along said length; wherein said light source is a tricolor light source; said apparatus further comprising: a color mixer coupled to said tricolor light source and operable to mix the light output by said tricolor light source; a color feedback sensor providing a signal to a color controller, wherein said signal provides feedback indicating the color sensed at a point of light emitted by said flexible light guide; and a current source driver receiving a control signal from said color controller in response to said feedback, said current source driver managing current provided to said tricolor light source so as to maintain a constant color and brightness of said light emitted by said flexible light guide.