System for illuminating an environment with reduced shadows using two angularly varying light emitting devices

A system for illuminating an environment, the system comprising:

• a first light fixture comprising a first angularly varying light emitting device comprising one or more first light sources, the first angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into the environment from the one or more first light sources into different angular bins individually;
• a second light fixture comprising a second angularly varying light emitting device comprising one or more second light sources, the second angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into the environment from the one or more second light sources into different angular bins individually;
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• the second light fixture further comprises an imager positioned to receive light reflected from the environment from the first angularly varying light emitting device and the second angularly varying light emitting device,
• wherein when the first angularly varying light emitting device emits first light flux onto on object or individual in the environment and the object or individual occludes the first light flux creating a shadow region on a surface of the environment, the second angularly varying light emitting device emits second light flux from one or more second light sources into an angular bin that illuminates the shadow region.

A method of illuminating an environment, the method comprising:

• illuminating a region of the environment with light from one or more angular bins of a first angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into the environment from one or more first light sources into different angular bins individually;
• identifying a shadow region from the region of the environment illuminated by the first angularly varying light emitting device using information from a light sensor on a second angularly varying light emitting device operable to adjust light flux output into the environment from one or more second light sources into different angular bins individually, identifying a shadow region including differentiating the shadow region from a surface that absorbs greater than 70% of incident light from the one or more first light sources using the information from the light sensor;
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• illuminating the shadow region from one or more angular bins from the second angularly varying light emitting device such that the difference in illuminance in the shadow region and a region of the environment adjacent the shadow region is reduced.