Optoelectronic lighting device, method of illuminating a scene, camera and mobile terminal
An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image includes a pixelated emitter including a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution.
1. An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image comprising:
two or more pixelated emitters each comprising a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image,
a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution, and
an optical element,
wherein each pixelated emitter comprises at least one semiconductor chip comprising two or more of the plurality of pixels,
the semiconductor chip has an epitaxially deposited semiconductor layer sequence,
the semiconductor layer sequence is part of two or more of the plurality of pixels, and
the optical element is configured such that each pixel of one of the two or more pixelated emitters is assigned to a pixel of another of the two or more pixelated emitters such that the radiation emitted by the pixels congruently overlaps in a common section of the scene to be captured.
2. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of the pixels are configured to emit light of different wavelengths, the driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on the at least one parameter such that the scene to be recorded is illuminated with a predetermined spectral intensity distribution.
3. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured to individually control the pixels depending on the at least one parameter such that predetermined locations in the scene to be recorded are each illuminated with light having a predetermined color temperature.
4. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured to control a respective operating current for the pixels depending the at least one parameter.
5. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter is an element selected from parameters 1)-6):
1) a recording format of the image,
2) a location of a luminous light source in the scene,
3) a color temperature of a luminous light source in the scene,
4) a light intensity of a luminous light source in the scene,
5) a distance of an object in the scene from the pixelated emitter,
6) a material property of an object in the scene.
6. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured, depending on the recording format of the image, to drive the light emitting pixels such that light emitting pixels that illuminate an area of the scene outside a recording area corresponding to the recording format are dimmed compared to light emitting pixels that illuminate the recording area or switched off.
7. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured depending on a first distance of a first object and a second distance of a second object in the scene to the pixelated emitter, and the first distance is smaller than the second distance, to drive the light emitting pixels such that light emitting pixels illuminating the first object compared to light emitting pixels illuminating the second object are dimmed or switched off.
8. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured, depending on a reflectivity of an illuminated surface of at least one object, to drive the light emitting pixels such that light emitting pixels that illuminate a surface of higher reflectivity compared to light emitting pixels that illuminate a surface of lower reflectivity are dimmed or switched off.
9. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured, depending on a color of the surface of at least one object, to drive the light emitting pixels such that light emitting pixels illuminating a surface of a first color are dimmed or switched off compared to light emitting pixels illuminating a surface of another color.
10. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is configured to drive the light emitting pixels such that a face of a person is illuminated with a different illuminance and/or with light of a different color location than the surroundings.
11. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pixelated emitters is formed by exactly one semiconductor chip.
12. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein light of the at least two pixelated emitters is emitted through the optical element into a field of view of the lighting device, and the field of view is divided into a plurality of sections.
13. A method of illuminating a scene to be captured as an image with the optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 comprising:
providing at least one parameter, and
illuminating the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution by driving the light emitting pixels by the driving device based on the at least one parameter.
14. A camera that captures an image of a scene comprising:
an image sensor that captures an image of a scene,
an object lens that images the scene onto the image sensor, and
the optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 .
15. The camera according to claim 14 further comprising a processor configured to determine the at least one parameter from a captured image of the scene.
16. A mobile terminal comprising the camera according to claim 14 .
17. A mobile terminal comprising the optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 1 .
18. A mobile telephone comprising the mobile terminal according to claim 16 .
19. A mobile telephone comprising the mobile terminal according to claim 17 .
20. An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image comprising:
two or more pixelated emitters each comprising a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and
a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution,
wherein the each pixelated emitter comprises at least one semiconductor chip comprising two or more of the plurality of pixels,
the semiconductor chip has an epitaxially deposited semiconductor layer sequence,
the semiconductor layer sequence is part of two or more of the plurality of pixels,
pixels of one of the pixelated emitters are configured to emit warm white light in operation and pixels of another of the pixelated emitters are configured to emit cold white light in operation, and
radiation emitted by at least one pixel of one of the two or more pixelated emitters and by at least one pixel of another of the two or more pixelated emitters congruently overlaps in a common section of the scene to be captured.
21. The optoelectronic lighting device according to claim 20 , wherein an additional pixelated emitter of the two or more pixelated emitters is configured to emit colored light in operation.
22. An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image comprising:
two or more pixelated emitters each comprising a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and
a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution, and
an optical element,
wherein the each pixelated emitter comprises at least one semiconductor chip comprising two or more of the plurality of pixels,
the semiconductor chip has an epitaxially deposited semiconductor layer sequence, and
the semiconductor layer sequence is part of two or more of the plurality of pixels,
pixels of one of the two or more pixelated emitters are configured to emit warm white light in operation and pixels of another of the two or more pixelated emitters are configured to emit cold white light in operation,
the light of the at least two pixelated emitters is emitted through the optical element into a field of view of the lighting device, and the field of view is divided into a plurality of sections, and
each section is illuminated by at least one pixel of one of the two or more pixelated emitters and by at least one pixel of another of the two or more pixelated emitters such that radiation emitted by the pixels overlaps in a common section of the scene to be captured, and
radiation emitted by the pixels in the field of view overlaps in the common section congruently.