Patents Assigned to Coretronic Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240134256
    Abstract: A projection device includes a shell, a lens, two first ribs, two second ribs, and a sliding cover. The shell has a top plate, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall, the top plate is respectively connected to the left sidewall and the right sidewall, and the top plate has an opening. The lens is disposed in the shell and exposed by the opening. The two first ribs are disposed on the top plate, extending directions of the two first ribs are perpendicular to the left sidewall and the right sidewall, and the opening is disposed between the two first ribs. The sliding cover is slidably disposed on the shell for covering the opening. The two second ribs are disposed on a top cover body of the sliding cover, and one of the two second ribs is located between the two first ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Min Chien, Yen-Ting Lin, Yao-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11966012
    Abstract: A projection lens projecting an image beam provided by a light valve onto a screen is provided. The projection lens includes first to fourth lenses in order from a screen side to a display side along an optical axis. Each lens has a screen side surface facing the screen side and allowing the image beam to pass, and a display side surface facing the display side and allowing the image beam to pass. The first and third lenses have a negative refractive power, and the second and fourth lenses have a positive refractive power. The projection lens satisfies 2<TTL/f<5. TTL is a distance from the screen side surface of the first lens to the display side surface of the fourth lens on the optical axis. f is an effective focal length of the projection lens. The projection lens covers a wide range of operating temperatures while being lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
  • Patent number: 11966153
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module includes a driving element, a wavelength conversion wheel, and at least one flow guide. The wavelength conversion wheel includes a rotary disc and at least one wavelength conversion layer. The driving element is connected to the rotary disc to drive the wavelength conversion wheel to rotate along an axis of the driving element as a central axis. The flow guide is disposed beside the wavelength conversion wheel at intervals along the axis, and at least one airflow channel is formed between the flow guide and the wavelength conversion wheel. The flow guide and the driving element are disposed at intervals, and the flow guide does not contact the rotary disc and the driving element. An orthographic projection of the flow guide on the rotary disc overlaps the wavelength conversion layer. When the wavelength conversion wheel rotates, the wavelength conversion wheel and the flow guide move relatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Feng Hou, Shi-Wen Lin, Shih-Hang Lin
  • Publication number: 20240126067
    Abstract: A color wheel module and a projector are provided. The projector includes the color wheel module, and the color wheel module includes a disk, an isolation framework, an assembly member, and an adhesive filler. The disk is configured to rotate around an axis. The isolation framework and the assembly member are disposed on the disk. The isolation framework is located between the disk and the assembly member. An air layer is formed between the assembly member and the isolation framework. The adhesive filler is disposed on the assembly member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240126002
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source, a first prism sheet disposed on the light source, and a light type adjustment sheet disposed on a side of the first prism sheet away from the light source and including a base and multiple light type adjustment structures. The multiple light type adjustment structures are disposed on the first surface of the base. Each light type adjustment structure has a first structure surface and a second structure surface connected to each other. The first structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a first base angle therebetween, and the second structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a second base angle therebetween. The angle of the first base angle is different from the angle of the second base angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang, Shih-Yen Cheng, Jung-Wei Chang, Han-Yuan Liu, Chun-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 11960085
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a waveguide and a head mounted display device having the waveguide are provided. The head mounted display device includes a display unit, a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The display unit is configured to provide an image beam. The first waveguide is located between the display unit and the second waveguide. The first waveguide is configured to transmit the image beam to the second waveguide and adjust a light shape of the image beam to maintain a field angle and expand a pupil in a single dimension. The second waveguide is configured to transmit the image beam to outside of the head mounted display device, and the second waveguide can extend a light transmission path and provide a uniform image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Shih, Hung-Ta Chien
  • Patent number: 11951901
    Abstract: A display system suitable for a vehicle is provided. The display system suitable for the vehicle includes a center console, a processing device, and a display device. The center console is configured to generate a power sequence according to a customization setting, and the power sequence corresponds to content of a data table. The processing device is configured to receive the power sequence and decodes the power sequence through a lookup table to generate a decoding result. The lookup table includes the content of the data table. The display device is coupled to the processing device and is configured to display a display image according to the decoding result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Ta Liu, Wen-Chang Chien, Tsung-Hsin Yeh, Shao-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 11953817
    Abstract: A wheel provided by the disclosure includes a substrate, a driving component, a clamping element and a balance component. The driving component is connected to the substrate, and is configured to drive the substrate to rotate about the axis of the driving component as the central axis. The clamping element is arranged on the substrate along the axis, and the clamping element includes a plurality of protruding structures. The balance component includes a balance substance and an adhesive. The balance substance is arranged on the protruding structure, and the adhesive covers the balance substance and the protruding structure to fix the balance component on the clamping element. The wheel and projection device provided by the disclosure have better structural reliability and heat dissipation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: I-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20240111207
    Abstract: A projection device including a casing, a light source module, an optical engine module and a projection lens is provided. A front cover, a rear cover, a first side cover, a second side cover, an upper cover and a lower cover of the casing surround an accommodating space. The light source module includes a first and a second light sources, and a first and a second light source heat dissipation modules. The lower cover has a first, a second and a third air inlets. The first and the second side covers respectively have a first and a second air outlets. The first and the second light source heat dissipation modules are correspondingly disposed above the first air inlet and correspond to the first air outlet. The second and the third air inlets are respectively disposed below two sides of the projection lens and adjacent to the front cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Lun Hou, Shi-Wen Lin, Wen-Jui Huang, Wen-Hao Chu
  • Publication number: 20240114116
    Abstract: A multi-projector system and a method of calibrating the multi-projector system are provided. The method includes: controlling a first projector to project a first image, and capturing and generating a first captured image including the first image to obtain a first color value from the first captured image through an image capturing device; projecting a second image according to a first projection parameter, and capturing and generating a second captured image including the second image to obtain a second color value from the second captured image through the image capturing device, wherein the first projection parameter includes an electrical parameter of a light source module of the second projector; calculating an absolute difference between the first color value and the second color value; and adjusting the first projection parameter to update the absolute difference in response to the absolute difference being greater than a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Xuan-En Fung, Chun-Lin Chien, Yu-Wen Lo, Yu-Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11950027
    Abstract: An interactive projection system including a projector and a touch interactive light source device is provided. The projector includes a projection optical engine, a camera module, and a control module. The touch interactive light source device includes at least one infrared light source module and a wireless signal transmission module. The control module is electrically connected to the projection optical engine and the camera module, and controls the touch interactive light source device through the wireless signal transmission module, so that the touch interactive light source device is placed in a recommended installation position and the interactive projection system is in an interactive mode. An operation method of the interactive projection system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Ching-Feng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11947250
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element is provided. The wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, a reflective layer, and a heat conductive layer. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the substrate. The reflective layer is disposed on the substrate and is located between the substrate and the wavelength conversion layer. The heat conductive layer is disposed on the substrate, and at least a portion of the heat conductive layer is located between the substrate and the reflective layer. A projector is also provided, and the projector includes the wavelength conversion element. The wavelength conversion element exhibits a favorable heat dissipation effect and provides improved conversion efficiency, so that the projector exhibits favorable projection quality and product competitiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsiang Fu
  • Patent number: 11947251
    Abstract: An illumination system provides an illumination beam and includes a red light source, a green light source, a blue light source, a first supplementary light source, a first X-shaped light-splitting assembly, a first light-splitting element, and a light-uniforming element. The red light source provides a red beam. The green light source provides a green beam. The blue light source provides a blue beam. The first supplementary light source provides a first supplementary beam. The first X-shaped light-splitting assembly guides the first supplementary beam and the blue beam to the first light-splitting element. The first light-splitting element guides the red beam, the green beam, the blue beam, and the first supplementary beam to the light-uniforming element. The first supplementary beam is a red supplementary beam or a blue supplementary beam, and the illumination system includes at least five light-emitting elements. A projection apparatus including the above illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Fu Liu, Tsung-Hsin Liao, Chun-Li Chen, Hung-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11947217
    Abstract: A backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source, a diffuse reflector and a light-splitting film is provided. The light guide plate has a light incident surface, and a light-emitting surface and a bottom surface which are respectively connected to the light incident surface and opposite to each other. The light source is disposed on one side of the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The diffuse reflector is disposed on one side of the bottom surface of the light guide plate. The light-splitting film is disposed between the light guide plate and the diffuse reflector. The light-splitting film has a substrate and a plurality of first optical microstructures disposed on one side of the substrate. An extending direction of the first optical microstructures intersects with the light incident surface of the light guide plate. A display apparatus using the backlight module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tzeng-Ke Shiau, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chia-Liang Kang
  • Patent number: 11947103
    Abstract: A color wheel module and a projector are provided. The projector includes the color wheel module, and the color wheel module includes a disk, an isolation framework, an assembly member, and a colloidal filler. The disk is configured to rotate around an axis. The isolation framework and the assembly member are disposed on the disk. The isolation framework is located between the disk and the assembly member. An air layer is formed between the disk, the assembly member and the isolation framework. The colloidal filler is disposed on the assembly member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240106996
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a projection boundary and a projection system are provided. Multiple imaging apparatuses corresponding to multiple projection apparatuses are driven, and each imaging apparatus obtains a corresponding captured image by capturing projected image projected by corresponding one projection apparatus and surrounding area of the projected image. All captured images are displayed on a display, and a main bounding box corresponding to each projected image and a reference bounding box corresponding to the surrounding area are displayed on each captured image. The main bounding box of each captured image is independently adjusted relative to the reference bounding box to obtain an adjusted main bounding box. A full image boundary is calculated based on the respective adjusted main bounding boxes. The projection apparatuses are driven to project an adjusted full image based on the full image boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Yen Ou, Hsun-Cheng Tu, Chien-Chun Peng, Kang-Shun Hsu
  • Patent number: 11939990
    Abstract: A fan structure including a center portion, multiple fan blades, and a fixing ring is provided. The center portion includes a bottom surface and a center shaft. The center shaft is perpendicular to the bottom surface, and the direction in which the center shaft extends is an axial direction. The fan blades are mutually separated and connected to the bottom surface of the center portion and are disposed around the axial direction. Each of the fan blades has a height which is parallel to the axial direction. The fixing ring simultaneously contacts the side of the fan blades which is away from the center shaft. Along the axial direction, with the bottom surface of the center portion as a reference surface, the fixing ring is disposed at a range of 40% to 80% of the height of each of the fan blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Shih-Hang Lin
  • Publication number: 20240094612
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module disposed in a projection device and dissipating heat from a heat source includes a heat dissipation member, a thermoelectric cooler, a heat conduction member, and a sealant. The thermoelectric cooler has a heat absorbing surface, a heat dissipating surface contacting the heat dissipation member, and a first side surface adjacent between the heat absorbing surface and the heat dissipating surface. The heat conduction member has a first contact surface, a second contact surface opposite to the first contact surface, and a second side surface adjacent between the first and the second contact surfaces. The first contact surface contacts the heat source, and at least part of the second contact surface contacts the heat absorbing surface. The sealant is filled between the heat dissipation member and the heat source to cover the first side surface and the second side surface. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Han Lu, Min-Hsueh Lee
  • Publication number: 20240097090
    Abstract: A display device including at least two light source modules and a display control substrate is provided. Each of the at least two light source substrates has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of connection pads. The light emitting elements are located on the second surface, and the connection pads are located on the first surface and are electrically connected to the light emitting elements. The display control substrate includes a back plate and a plurality of control elements. The control elements are located on the back plate, part of the control elements are electrically connected to the connection pads to drive and control the light emitting elements, and the second surface of each of the at least two light source substrates forms a part of a display surface of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Chuan Chih, Wen-Chun Wang, Chun-Chi Hsu, Bo-Chih Pan, Yu-Wei Liang
  • Patent number: 11933999
    Abstract: An optical structure film and a light source module are provided. The optical structure film includes multiple optical unit microstructures. Each of the optical unit microstructures has four side surfaces and an inwardly concave beam splitting surface. The beam splitting surface is respectively connected to the side surfaces, and the beam splitting surface has four endpoints when viewed from a front viewing angle. Connection lines of the four endpoints form a rectangle. The beam splitting surface includes at least one beam splitting curved surface. A junction of the at least one beam splitting curved surface and one of the four side surfaces is a first line segment. A projection of a midpoint of an edge of the rectangle on the beam splitting surface overlaps with a relative extreme point of the first line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang