US 11,889,603 B2
System for illuminating an environment with reduced shadows using two angularly varying light emitting devices
Zane Coleman, Elmhurst, IL (US)
Filed by Zane Coleman, Elmhurst, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,325.
Application 18/165,325 is a continuation of application No. 17/532,881, filed on Nov. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,576,243.
Application 17/532,881 is a continuation of application No. 16/949,353, filed on Oct. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,184,967, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Application 16/949,353 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/406,005, filed on May 7, 2019, granted, now 10,816,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/667,629, filed on May 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389161 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 14/02 (2006.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 45/12 (2020.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC H05B 47/11 (2020.01) [F21V 14/02 (2013.01); H05B 45/12 (2020.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light emitting system comprising:
a first angularly varying light emitting device comprising one or more first light sources, the first angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into an environment from the one or more first light sources into different angular bins individually;
a second angularly varying light emitting device comprising one or more second light sources, the second angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into the environment from the one or more second light sources into different angular bins individually;
a light sensor positioned on the second angularly varying light emitting device to receive light reflected from the environment from the first angularly varying light emitting device and the second angularly varying light emitting device; and
one or more processors,
wherein when the first angularly varying light emitting device emits first light flux onto on object or individual in the environment and the object or individual occludes the first light flux creating a shadow region on a surface of the environment, the one or more processors receive information from the light sensor, identify the shadow region, and direct the second angularly varying light emitting device to emit second light flux from one or more second light sources into one or more angular bins that illuminates the shadow region.