APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING OBJECTS

An apparatus (1) for illuminating items comprises a the imaging device (2) for capturing an image of an area (A), and generating a first signal (EVI) representative of the captured image; a processing unit (3) which is configured to: receive a first signal (EVI), process it through an image recognition and edge detection algorithm to identify one or more shapes (F) delimited by edges (B), the processing unit (3) being further configured to process the captured image by applying a first color inside the edge (B) of each shape (F) and a second color outside the edge (B) of each shape (F), and generate a second signal (EL) representative of the processed image; the apparatus (1) further comprises an image projection device (4), which is configured to receive the second signal (EL), generate a light beam representative of the processed image and direct the light beam to the area (A).