Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination
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1. An illumination system for illuminating a scene, comprising:
- an illuminator having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene;
optics that directs light from the illuminator to the scene;
a photosurface having pixels that is boresighted with the optics and the illuminator; and
a controller;
wherein the controller controls the photosurface to acquire an image the scene using light from the illuminator reflected by the scene and controls the light providing regions of the illuminator responsive to the image.
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Abstract
An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene; optics (30) that directs light from the illuminator to the scene; a range finder (22, 64, 112) that determines distances to regions of the scene; and a controller (28, 29, 118) that controls the plurality of light providing regions to provide light for illuminating the scene responsive to distances determined by the range finder (22, 64, 112).
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1. An illumination system for illuminating a scene, comprising:
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an illuminator having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene; optics that directs light from the illuminator to the scene; a photosurface having pixels that is boresighted with the optics and the illuminator; and a controller; wherein the controller controls the photosurface to acquire an image the scene using light from the illuminator reflected by the scene and controls the light providing regions of the illuminator responsive to the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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