Patent ID: 8876326

Claim:
A night vision compatible edge-light, comprising: a support base; a spacer substrate positioned on a surface of the support base, the spacer substrate defining a first set of openings and a second set of openings, the first set of openings and the second set of openings being linearly distributed along the support base; a set of white light-emitting diode (LED) modules electronically connected to the support base through the first set of openings; a set of color LED modules electronically connected to the support base through the second set of openings; and an infrared filter film positioned on a surface of the spacer substrate for providing infrared filtering for the set of color LED modules, the infrared filter film further defining a set of apertures generally coinciding with the first set of openings to avoid filtering the set of white LED modules, wherein the set of white LED modules and the set of color LED modules are selectively energized for providing: a first operation mode where the set of white LEDs are energized to emit unfiltered light, and a second operation mode where only the set of color LEDs are energized.