Patent Document ID: 20060038959
Application ID: 10924618
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. Apparatus for adaptively and interactively lighting selected portions of a scene, the apparatus comprising: a digital light projector, comprising: a light emitter; and, a digital light processor optically coupled to the light emitter such that light from the emitter is selectively projected onto respective individual fields of view of a field of regard of the projector illuminating the scene in accordance with a control signal applied to the projector; a camera disposed adjacent to the projector and operative to: detect light reflected or projected from a portion of the illuminated scene, and generate a signal corresponding to the light detected; and, a signal processor coupled to the projector and the camera and operative to: receive the signal generated by the camera, process the received signal into a light projector control signal in accordance with a set of instructions, and apply the control signal to the light projector such that the light projected onto respective ones of the individual fields of view of the field of regard of the projector is controlled in accordance with the instructions.