Abstract: The present disclosure related generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of display systems, such as laser scan beam display systems or other types of display systems (e.g., micro-displays). Display systems of the present disclosure may include a polarization compensation optic, such as a spatially varying polarizer, that provides phase retardation that varies as a function of position, which provides polarization compensation to provide light that is well suited for a polarization sensitive optic of the display system, such as a waveguide-based optical system, a pancake optical system, a birdbath optical system, a coating-based optical system, etc. The display systems of the present disclosure may be components of head-mounted display systems, or other types of display systems.

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an optical modulator, an optical device, and a sensor unit. The optical device splits a modulated light beam modulated by the optical modulator into a first split light beam and a second split light beam, the first split light beam and the second split light beam each travelling in a different direction, and prevents a light beam, which backwardly travels on an optical path of the first split light beam and enters the optical device, from travelling along an optical path of the second split light beam. The sensor unit is disposed on the optical path of the second split light beam and detects a state of the second split light beam.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device for use by a user having reduced visual acuity. In one embodiment, the device comprises: a digital display medium comprising an array of pixels and operable to render a pixelated image accordingly; a light field shaping layer defined by an array of light field shaping elements and disposed relative to said digital display so to align each of said light field shaping elements with a corresponding set of said pixels to shape a light field emanating therefrom and thereby at least partially govern a projection thereof from said display medium toward the user; and a hardware processor operable on pixel data for the image such that said processed image is rendered to at least partially compensate for the user's reduced visual acuity.

Abstract: A presentation system for a celebration of an individual comprising: a frame; a lighting system disposed along an inner edge of a perimeter of the frame; a fabric removably attached to the frame disposed outwardly from the lighting system adapted to be illuminated by the lighting system; an image included on the fabric associated with aspects of a subject of the celebration of the individual; and, a memorial container disposed in front of the fabric wherein the image and the memorial container cooperate to form a composite image when viewed by an audience.

Abstract: A head up display mirror holder arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a picture generation unit producing a light field. A mirror reflects the light field such that the light field is visible to the driver as a virtual image. A mirror holder has two opposite ends and an activation feature. The two opposite ends are aligned along a rotational axis of the mirror. The mirror holder retains the mirror. Each of two bushings is coupled to a respective opposite end of the mirror holder. A calibration switch has minimum proximity to the activation feature of the mirror holder.

Abstract: An illuminator includes a light source that outputs first light having a first wavelength band, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into second light having a second wavelength band different from the first, a first optical element that reflects part of the first light to cause the reflected first light to be incident on the wavelength converter and transmits the other part of the first light and the second light, and a second optical element that reflects the other part of the first light having the first wavelength band and passing through the first optical element, the direction of the reflected light being the traveling direction of the second light having the second wavelength band and passing through the first optical element, and transmits the second light having the second wavelength band and emitted from the wavelength converter.

Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce the appearance of a seam in an image reflected onto a mirror array from a screen is provided. The systems and methods may include a light source to emit light into a seam between a pair of mirrors of the mirror array; a camera for taking a picture of the image displayed on the screen and yielding image data from the picture; and a control system in communication with the light source and the camera. The control system may be operable to cause the light source to emit light of a first color into a first portion of the seam and to emit light of a second color into a second portion of the seam based on the image data, thereby providing colored light in the seam to substantially match colors in the image reflected onto pair of mirrors adjacent to the seam.

Abstract: An optical element according to the present disclosure includes a main body part including an optical part having an optical surface, and a support part which is provided to the optical part, and which is to be supported by a support body, and a functional layer which is provided as a film to the main body part, wherein the functional layer is disposed so as to cover the optical surface of the optical part, and so as not to cover at least a part of the support part.

Abstract: An optical device includes an optical device including, a movable frame configured to hold an optical member, and a coupling frame to be coupled to the movable frame via an oscillation axis, and a stationary frame to which the coupling frame is fixed via a vibration absorbing member. The stationary frame has a shaft part to which the vibration absorbing member is attached, and a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other outside the shaft part, the coupling frame is disposed so as to be separated from the shaft part, the first surface, and the second surface with the vibration absorbing member, and a thickness of the vibration absorbing member existing between the coupling frame and the first surface and/or the second surface is thicker than a thickness of the vibration absorbing member existing between the coupling frame and the shaft part of the stationary frame.

Abstract: A projection system includes a screen forming device configured to form a screen by ejecting liquid from a plurality of nozzles and a projector, acquires three-dimensional shape data formed by a three-dimensional coordinate system having an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis, divides the three-dimensional shape data in an X-axis direction to generate sectional shape data, acquires coordinates of the sectional shape data, executes matching processing for correlating the coordinates of the sectional shape data, pixels with which the projector draws an image, the nozzles of the screen forming device, and heights in an ejection space of the liquid ejected from the nozzles, and projects an image onto the screen according to the correlation by the matching processing.

Abstract: A modeling projection lamp has a stand, a driving assembly, a first pattern frame, and a second pattern frame. The stand has a first swing bracket and a first gear. The first gear is mounted on the first swing bracket. The driving assembly has a rotating mechanism and a second swing bracket. The rotating mechanism can drive the second swing bracket so that the first swing bracket is swung about a first axis and the second swing bracket is swung about a second axis at the same time. The second pattern frame is movably connected to the second swing bracket. With the second swing bracket swinging with respect to the first swing bracket, the second pattern frame can moves or rotates with respect to the first pattern frame. Therefore, the image formed via the first pattern and the second pattern can be a dynamic image.

Abstract: Provided is an illumination system for providing an illumination beam. The illumination system includes at least one light source, a movable reflective element, a lens element, and a light uniformizing element. The light source is configured to emit at least one beam. The beam is reflected by the movable reflective element, and then passes through the lens element and the light uniformizing element to form an illumination beam. An optical effective area of the beam on the lens element is configured to be larger than that of the beam on the movable reflective element by motion of the movable reflective element. The optical effective area is an area of a union of each beam that irradiates the lens element or the movable reflective element at different times. A projection device is also provided. The illumination system and projection device provide a uniformized illumination beam and improve the projection effect.

Abstract: An image display device according to the present disclosure includes a first self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of first color light, a second self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of second color light, a third self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of third color light, and a prism including a dichroic mirror that synthesizes images of three colors, the first, the second, and the third self-luminous display element are each configured to extract light from a side of a semireflective semitransmissive electrode included in the first, the second, and the third self-luminous display element, and at least one of sums of a thickness of a transparent electrode and a thickness of an optical adjustment layer differs from other in the first, the second, and the third self-luminous display element.

Abstract: The invention provides a projection device including a first display, a second display, a third display, a light-combining module, a first angle selector, a second angle selector, a third angle selector, and a projection lens. The first display, the second display, and the third display are respectively adapted to provide a first image beam, a second image beam, and a third image beam. The projection lens is configured on one side of a light-outgoing surface of the light-combining module, and is adapted to project the first image beam, the second image beam, and the third image beam out of the projection device. The first image beam, the second image beam, and the third image beam respectively pass through the first angle selector, the second angle selector, and the third angle selector, and are then transmitted to the projection lens by the light-combining module.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a projection picture includes: receiving a first image, captured by a first imaging module, of a position where the projection picture is located, and a second image, captured by a second imaging module, of surroundings of a projection device; identifying, based on the first image, whether a projection shade is present within a projection range of a projecting module; identifying position information of a projection shade in response to the projection shade being present; identifying, based on the second image, movable directions and movable distances of the projection device; and controlling, based on the position information of the projection shade and the movable directions of the projection device and the movable distances in the movable directions, the position adjusting module to adjust the projection device, such that the projection device escapes from the projection shade and a complete projection picture is acquired.

Abstract: An illumination system is adapted to provide an illumination light beam. The illumination system includes a light-source module and a light-shape adjustment module. The light-source module is adapted to emit a first light beam. The light-shape adjustment module is disposed on the transmission path of the first light beam and is adapted to adjust the light shape of the first light beam. The light-shape adjustment module includes a first light-diffusing element, a second light-diffusing element, and a first lens element. The first light beam sequentially passes through the first light-diffusing element, the first lens element, and the second light-diffusing element to form the illumination light beam. A projection device having the illumination system is also provided.

Abstract: A projection system can include a first modulator including a plurality of pixels in a first modulator surface, a second modulator including a plurality of pixels in a second modulator surface, and an intermediate imaging optical unit, which images the first modulator surface onto the second modulator surface, wherein the intermediate imaging optical unit includes a first lens having a convex side and wherein the convex side of the first lens is a free-form surface, which is not spherical and not rotationally symmetric and does not exhibit any mirror symmetry.

Abstract: A projector, including a body, a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, and a lens adjustment module, is provided. The light source and the light valve are disposed in the body, and the projection lens is movably disposed on the body. The lens adjustment module includes a driven structure connected to the projection lens, a guiding member and a rotating member connected to the guiding member. The guiding member is disposed on the body to be rotatable along an axis of rotation and has a closed ring guiding rail. The driven structure is slidably disposed at the closed ring guiding rail and is configured to move relative to the guiding member along a closed ring path defined by the closed ring guiding rail. A normal direction of a surface where the closed ring path is located is not parallel to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: An optical processing turntable and a projection device are provided. The optical processing turntable has a first mass center and a height. The optical processing turntable includes a substrate and a driving component. The substrate has a second mass center. The driving component is disposed on the substrate to drive the substrate to rotate. The driving component has a locking surface. A distance between the locking surface and one of the first mass center and the second mass center relatively far from the locking surface is less than or equal to ? of the height. The invention can effectively reduce the vibration and noise of the optical processing turntable during high-speed operation, and can increase the operating life of the optical processing turntable.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a projection system and a gamma curve correction method. The projection system includes a projection target and a projection device. A test image is projected on the projection target. The projection device obtains a first gamma curve of the test image by receiving the test image projected on the projection target or sensing a light beam of the projected test image, and judges whether multiple difference values between the first gamma curve and a preset gamma curve is larger than a preset value. The first gamma curve is corrected to generate a second gamma curve when at least one of the difference values is larger than the preset value. The projection system and the gamma curve correction method of the disclosure provides an ideal gamma curve according to the output performance of the use situation.