Patent ID: 7182480

Claim:
A system for manipulating illumination created by an array of light emitting devices, said system comprising: a) a plurality of light emitting devices spatially arranged in an array, said array separated into one or more sections, wherein each section of the array includes light emitting devices capable of creating illumination having a predetermined wavelength range; b) a macroscopic optical system proximate to the plurality of light emitting devices, said macroscopic optical system enabling redirection of the illumination created by the plurality of light emitting devices, the macroscopic optical system providing a means for creating an off-axis distribution of the illumination; and c) a microscopic optical system for diffusing the illumination created by the plurality of light emitting devices subsequent to the redirection by the macroscopic optical system, the microscopic optical system configured to retain the off-axis distribution of the illumination; thereby providing a desired level of blending of the predetermined wavelengths ranges.