Patent ID: 7500763

Claim:
An apparatus for causing incapacitation comprising: an LED cluster, wherein the LED cluster comprises a plurality of LED dies, the plurality of LED dies comprising at least a first plurality of LED dies of a first color and a second plurality of LED dies of a second color; a lens microstructure forming light from the LED cluster into a beam, wherein the lens microstructure comprises a plurality of microlenses, wherein each microlens of the plurality of microlenses is disposed to receive light from a corresponding single die of the plurality of LED dies of the LED cluster; a control element operative to cause the first plurality of LED dies and the second plurality of LED dies to flash in a prescribed pattern, wherein the number of dies in the first plurality and in the second plurality provide for a power level in the beam at a desired power level at a specified range; and further comprising a range finder operative to control the control element to prevent the power level in the beam from exceeding a maximum permissible exposure level at a detected range.