Patent ID: 7677746

Claim:
An illumination device for illuminating one or more users in front of a multimedia communication terminal, comprising: a LED lamp assembly, comprising: a gutter-shaped housing with a generally angular or U-shaped cross section including a light reflecting material on an interior of a bottom member of the gutter-shaped housing, a LED array including a number of light emitting diodes attached to the interior of the bottom member of said gutter-shaped housing, and a diffuser sheet including a light diffusing, partly transparent material disposed on top of said gutter-shaped housing; and a user interface allows for control adjustment of a light intensity of at least one of the light emitting diodes and for control adjustment of a position or angle of the LED lamp assembly relative to the multimedia communication terminal, the user interface including a menu system, wherein said illumination device is configured to be attached under, above or on a side of the multimedia communication terminal by one or more retaining devices, and said LED array is configured to be electrically coupled to a power source controlled by the multimedia communication terminal.