Patent ID: 8823265

Claim:
A method of illuminating an illumination system ( 12 ) having at least three light engines ( 18 ), said method comprising: receiving an input signal ( 24 ), said input signal ( 24 ) configured to initiate an illumination sequence of said illumination system ( 12 ); upon initiation of said illumination sequence, simultaneously illuminating at least two of said light engines ( 18 ) while not illuminating at least one of said light engines ( 18 ); and alternating which of said light engines ( 18 ) are not illuminated and which of said light engines ( 18 ) are simultaneously illuminated, wherein at least two light engines ( 18 ) are simultaneously illuminated during said entire illumination sequence, and during a single said entire illumination sequence, alternating in succession each of said at least two light engines ( 18 ( 1 ), 18 ( 2 )) that are initially illuminated to being not illuminated and then subsequently again illuminating at least one ( 18 ( 1 )) of said non-illuminated two initially illuminated light engines.