Patent ID: 8403495

Claim:
An illumination system, comprising: a plurality of modules comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light; a plurality of collimators each configured to receive the light from a respective one of the plurality of modules; a plurality of lenslet assemblies comprising a plurality of lens elements, each of the plurality of lens elements configured to receive the light from a respective one of the LEDs through a respective one of the plurality of collimators, wherein a number of plurality of lens elements corresponds to a number of the LEDs, and wherein the plurality of lens elements is adapted to redirect the light emitted by the LEDs on a plurality of lenses each configured to receive the light from a respective one of the plurality of lenslet assemblies; and a plurality of imagers each configured to receive the light from a respective lens of the plurality of lenses, wherein each of the imagers forms an image from the light provided by each of the lens elements, respectively.