Patent ID: 7429122

Claim:
A lighting device for illuminating objects inside a vehicular enclosure, said lighting device comprising: a housing; an array of light-emitting diodes within said housing consisting of at least a first and a second group of diodes; said first group emitting substantially white light providing light for general activity during day time and nocturnal non-combat activities; said second group emitting colored light consisting of blue light of wavelength ˜470 nm up to green light for nocturnal combat activity that is less detectable by night vision equipment, or red light of wavelength ˜630 nm to be used instead of said blue light, to provide light during nocturnal activity that does not impair high sensitivity of a dark-adapted human eye; at least one light control means for operating each of said groups of diodes; and a controller for controlling the operation of the device, including monitoring a vehicle's power supply.