Patent ID: 6991336

Claim:
An illumination apparatus which directs light from a light source to an illuminated area, comprising: a plurality of light emitters as the light source; a lighting unit configured to cause the light emitters to emit light so that the intensities of light emitted by them can be adjusted; an optical system configured to, of light emitted by the emitters, direct light passed through its light concentration area to the illuminated area; a light control member configured to perform at least one of changing the path of light from the emitters to be directed to the illuminated area and moving of the light emitters; a movement unit configured to allow the light control member to operate; and a light selector control unit configured to control at least one of the movement unit and the lighting unit so as to select light to be directed to the illuminated area from light of the emitters, wherein the light selector control unit controls the lighting unit to cause an emitter to emit light when it is positioned in the vicinity of the light concentration area by the operation of the light control member.