Selective and adaptive illumination of a target
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1. A system for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the system comprising:
- an input for receiving an image updated in time acquired on said scene, said image comprising said target;
an illumination device having an illumination field and adapted to illuminate a selected portion only of said illumination field according to an illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field; and
an illumination controller for determining said illumination figure from said image such that said portion adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field, said illumination figure being updated in time as a function of said image such that said illumination figure tracks said target as it moves in the scene.
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Abstract
There are provided a method and a system for illuminating one or more target in a scene. An image of the scene is acquired using a sensing device that may use an infrared sensor for example. From the image, an illumination controller determines an illumination figure, such that the illumination figure adaptively matches at least a position of the target in the image. The target is the selectively illuminated using an illumination device, according to the illumination figure.
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1. A system for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the system comprising:
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an input for receiving an image updated in time acquired on said scene, said image comprising said target; an illumination device having an illumination field and adapted to illuminate a selected portion only of said illumination field according to an illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field; and an illumination controller for determining said illumination figure from said image such that said portion adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field, said illumination figure being updated in time as a function of said image such that said illumination figure tracks said target as it moves in the scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the method comprising:
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acquiring an image of said scene and updating said image in time, said image comprising said target; determining, from said image, an illumination figure defined on an illumination field and updating said illumination figure in time, such that said illumination figure adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field; and illuminating a selected portion only of said illumination field according to said illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field as it moves in the scene. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the system comprising:
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an input for receiving an image acquired on said scene, said image comprising said target; an illumination device having an illumination field and adapted to illuminate a selected portion only of said illumination field according to an illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field, said illumination device comprising a single light source and a spatial light modulator array coupled thereto to define an array of illumination zones individually corresponding to points in said illumination figure; and an illumination controller for determining said illumination figure from said image such that said portion adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the method comprising:
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acquiring an image of said scene, said image comprising said target; determining, from said image, an illumination figure defined on an illumination field, such that said illumination figure adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field; and illuminating a selected portion only of said illumination field according to said illumination figure by activating part of an array of light sources for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field, said light sources individually corresponding to points in said illumination figure. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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