Illumination system including a virtual light source

Claim 1

A LIGHT SOURCE FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ENVIRONMENT TEST CHAMBER COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF REAL LIGHT SOURCES, MEANS DEFINING A TEST CHAMBER, SAID ARRAY DISPOSED OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER, A LIGHT CONVERGING REFLECTOR INTERMEDIATE SAID CHAMBER AND SAID ARRAY, REFLECTORS INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF SAID REAL LIGHT SOURCES DIRECTING LIGHT IN A COMMON DIRECTION TOWARD THE CHAMBER AND SAID REFLECTOR, A DIVERGENT REFLECTOR POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID ARRAY RECEIVING LIGHT FROM SAID CONVERGENT REFLECTOR AND DIRECTING COLLIMATING LIGHT SO RECEIVED TOWARD THE CHAMBER, A REFLECTOR COMPOSED OF A CLOSE PACKED ARRAY OF CURVED SURFACES POSITIONED WITHIN THE CHAMBER FACING SAID DIVERGENT REFLECTOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL LIGHT SOURCES WITHIN THE CHAMBER, A LENS CONSTITUTING A WINDOW IN THE CHAMBER WALL IMAGING SAID DIVERGENT SURFACES OF SAID REFLECTOR UPON SAID CLOSE PACKED REFLECTOR, A SECOND LIGHT CONVERGING REFLECTOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER RECEIVING LIGHT FROM SAID CLOSE PACKED SURFACES ON SAID REFLECTOR AND COLLIMATING LIGHT SO RECEIVED WITHIN THE TEST CHAMBER.