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Illumination system for generating a boundary between a shaded area and an irradiated area

US9732926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2015
Grant dateAug 15, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An illumination system includes: a light irradiation unit that projects light toward a predetermined illumination area; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of the illumination area; an object detecting unit that detects a shading object based on image information of the illumination area, acquired by the image acquisition unit; an information generating unit that generates the control information for setting each of the plurality of reflecting mirrors to an on state or an off state such that a plurality of irradiation patterns are alternately irradiated, each of the plurality of irradiation patterns having different arrangement of the dark pixels and the light pixels from each other; and an irradiation control unit that controls the light irradiation unit based on the generated control information.

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