Patent ID: 7944624

Claim:
A method of homogenizing light, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of large diameter lenses selected from a group of lenses consisting of positive or negative spherical lenses and positive or negative cylindrical lenses; selecting a predetermined number of lenses from said group of lenses; creating a plurality of lens segments from each selected lens by segmenting each selected lens by forming a first plurality of cuts parallel to a Y axis of each selected lens and each cut of said first plurality of cuts being spaced apart by a common predetermined distance, and by forming a second plurality of cuts parallel to an X axis of each selected lens and each cut of said second plurality of cuts being spaced apart by said predetermined distance so that all lens segments of said plurality of lens segments have a common width and height; selecting from each plurality of lens segments a predetermined number of lens segments; arranging the selected lens segments in a predetermined array so that the light passing through each lens segment, when arranged in said predetermined array, recombines at a common plane; each lens segment in said predetermined array being unique, there being no two lens segments in said predetermined array having the same optical characteristics.