Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive flash with pulse width modulation
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Application No.: US17978678Application Date: 2022-11-01
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Publication No.: US12120414B2Publication Date: 2024-10-15
- Inventor: Nicola Bettina Pfeffer , Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde , Pieter Johannes Quintus van Voorst Vader , Marcus Hendrikus Adrianus van Steen , Ronald Johannes Bonne
- Applicant: Lumileds LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Lumileds LLC
- Current Assignee: Lumileds LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04N23/56
- IPC: H04N23/56 ; H04N23/667 ; H04N23/74

Abstract:
A sensor can sense time-varying ambient light that is present in a scene to produce an ambient light signal. A processor can determine an ambient light frequency and an ambient light phase of the ambient light signal. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) of an LED array can be electrically powered with pulse-width modulation (PWM) electrical signals having a same amplitude to produce illumination. Each LED can illuminate a respective region of the scene. Each PWM electrical signal can have a respective duty cycle that corresponds to a specified illumination intensity in a respective region of the scene. The PWM electrical signals can have a same PWM frequency that is an integral multiple of the ambient light frequency. Each PWM electrical signal can have a respective PWM phase that is synchronized to the ambient light phase. A lens can direct the illumination toward the scene to illuminate the scene.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230137928A1 ADAPTIVE FLASH WITH PULSE WIDTH MODULATION Public/Granted day:2023-05-04
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