Patents by Inventor Fu-Ming Chuang

Fu-Ming Chuang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11982798
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture stop. The first lens group is disposed between a reduced side and a magnified side. The second lens is disposed between the first lens group and the magnified side. The second lens group has a light incident surface, a reflective surface and a light emitting surface, the light incident surface faces the first lens group, the light emitting surface faces a projection surface, the light incident surface, the light emitting surface and the first lens group are disposed at a single side of the reflective surface, and at least one of the light incident surface, the reflective surface and the light emitting surface is a freeform surface. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. Moreover, a projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Patent number: 11899196
    Abstract: A light homogenizing element includes a light incident surface and at least one diffusion surface, including: a first substrate, a carrier layer, a piezoelectric film, a driving electrode, a light-transmitting layer, and multiple light diffusion microstructures. The first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The carrier layer is located on the first surface of the first substrate and includes a light passing region penetrating the carrier layer, and includes a protruding structure enclosing the light passing region. The light-transmitting layer is provided overlapping on the protruding structure, and the surface of the light-transmitting layer covering the light passing region is the light incident surface. The multiple light diffusion microstructures are provided on the at least one diffusion surface, and projections of the multiple light diffusion microstructures on the light-transmitting layer are located in the light passing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Hung-Ta Chien
  • Patent number: 11719940
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device including a projection device and an optical waveguide is provided. The projection device has an optical pupil located on a second surface of the optical waveguide, and includes a light source, a first MEMS mirror element, a second MEMS mirror element, and a relay optical element group. The relay optical element group has a first axis equivalent focal length corresponding to a first parallel light beam and has a second axis equivalent focal length corresponding to a second parallel light beam. The first parallel light beam and the second parallel light beam travel along an optical axis of the relay optical element group, and a value of the first axis equivalent focal length is different from a value of the second axis equivalent focal length. The head-mounted display device may provide good image quality and a large field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Hsin-Hsiang Lo
  • Patent number: 11709419
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display unit and a projection device. The display unit includes a first display panel having first light emitting elements configured to provide a first color light, a wavelength conversion element located on a transmission path of the first color light and having a conversion region and a non-conversion region, a second display panel having second light emitting elements configured to provide a second color light, and a light combining element. A quantum dot conversion material is disposed on the conversion region. Part of the first color light is converted into a third color light after passing through the conversion region, and another part of the first color light passes through the non-conversion region. The light combining element is located on transmission paths of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light and is configured to form an image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-An Huang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230176342
    Abstract: A fixed-focus projection lens module used for projecting an image beam provided by a light valve onto a screen is provided. The fixed-focus projection lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a light-transmitting element arranged in sequence from a screen side to a display side along an optical axis. The fixed-focus projection lens module satisfies: 1<|OAL/BFL|<2.1, and OAL is a distance from the screen side surface of the first lens to the display side surface of the seventh lens on the optical axis, BFL is a distance from the screen side surface of the light-transmitting element to a display surface of the light valve on the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Cheng-Huan Lyu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Patent number: 11644650
    Abstract: An optical lens and a head-mounted display device including the optical lens are provided. The optical lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side. An image generator is disposed at the light incident side. The optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator. A stop is formed at the light exit side of the image light beam. At the stop, the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area. The technical solution of the invention may be used to shorten an overall length of the optical lens, so as to reduce an appearance volume of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Patent number: 11604403
    Abstract: An imaging system, including a light valve and a projection lens, is provided. The projection lens has a reduction side and a magnification side, and includes a lens group and a convex mirror. The light valve is configured on the reduction side. The projection lens is configured to image the beam from the light valve on a projection surface, and the projection surface is configured on the magnification side. There is an included angle between the projection surface and a light receiving surface. The lens group is configured on an optical path between the magnification side and the reduction side, and includes first to seventh lens elements sequentially arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side. The refractive powers of the first to seventh lens elements are respectively negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and positive. The convex mirror is configured on an optical path between the lens group and the magnification side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230049696
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including an image generator, a projection lens, and a waveguide is provided. The image generator is configured to provide an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a path of the image beam. The projection lens has an image side and an object side. The image generator is configured at the image side. The projection lens includes a first lens element and a lens element group. The lens element group is disposed between the image generator and the first lens element. A first central axis of the first lens element and a second central axis of the lens element group are not overlapped. The waveguide is disposed on the path of the image beam and located at the object side of the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Hsin-Hsiang Lo
  • Publication number: 20230029214
    Abstract: An HMD apparatus includes an image source, a light guiding element, a first modulating element, and a second modulating element. The image source provides an image beam. The light guiding element is arranged on a transmission path of the image beam to transmit the image beam. The light guiding element has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The image beam undergoes total internal reflection at the first surface and is emitted from the second surface. The first modulating element is arranged on one side of the first surface of the light guiding element and configured to adjust a transmittance of an ambient beam. The light guiding element is arranged between the first and second modulating elements, and the second modulating element is configured to adjust a focus position of the image beam. The HMD apparatus may improve wearing comfort and achieve good display effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Yu-An Huang, Chuan-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20220397764
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device including a projection device and an optical waveguide is provided. The projection device has an optical pupil located on a second surface of the optical waveguide, and includes a light source, a first MEMS mirror element, a second MEMS mirror element, and a relay optical element group. The relay optical element group has a first axis equivalent focal length corresponding to a first parallel light beam and has a second axis equivalent focal length corresponding to a second parallel light beam. The first parallel light beam and the second parallel light beam travel along an optical axis of the relay optical element group, and a value of the first axis equivalent focal length is different from a value of the second axis equivalent focal length. The head-mounted display device may provide good image quality and a large field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Hsin-Hsiang Lo
  • Publication number: 20220308335
    Abstract: A light homogenizing element includes a light incident surface and at least one diffusion surface, including: a first substrate, a carrier layer, a piezoelectric film, a driving electrode, a light-transmitting layer, and multiple light diffusion microstructures. The first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The carrier layer is located on the first surface of the first substrate and includes a light passing region penetrating the carrier layer, and includes a protruding structure enclosing the light passing region. The light-transmitting layer is provided overlapping on the protruding structure, and the surface of the light-transmitting layer covering the light passing region is the light incident surface. The multiple light diffusion microstructures are provided on the at least one diffusion surface, and projections of the multiple light diffusion microstructures on the light-transmitting layer are located in the light passing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Hung-Ta Chien
  • Publication number: 20220291357
    Abstract: An optical sensing system, including a light source, a projection module, and a sensing module, is provided. The light source is configured to provide an illumination beam transmitted to a target object by the projection module. The projection module is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The target object reflects the illumination beam to generate a sensing beam. The sensing module is disposed on a transmission path of the sensing beam and includes at least one sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a light receiving element and a sensing element, and has an optical axis. The light receiving element is located between the target object and the sensing element, and is configured to guide the sensing beam to the sensing element along the optical axis. The light receiving element has a focal point on the optical axis. The sensing element is not located at the focal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Haw-Woei Pan, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20220283304
    Abstract: A light source module configured to provide a detection light beam and including a plurality of light-emitting elements, a light spot shaping element, and a micro-mirror element, and a lidar device having a light-emitting end and comprising the light source module are provided. The light-emitting elements are configured to provide light beams. The light spot shaping element has a plurality of light spot shaping regions configured with different deflection angles and light beam convergence capabilities corresponding to the light beams. The micro-mirror element is located on a transmission path of the light beams from the light spot shaping element. A second light beam width of each light beam corresponds to an incidence angle of each light beam incident on a reflecting surface of the micro-mirror element, such that a light spot dimension of each light beam on the reflecting surface substantially coincides with a dimension of the reflecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20220236465
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module including an isolation structure layer, multiple wavelength conversion patterns, a dichroic filter film, and at least one dichroic filter layer is provided. The isolation structure layer has multiple openings. The wavelength conversion patterns are disposed in a part of the openings, and configured to absorb a first part of multiple excitation light beams be excited to generate multiple converted light beams. The dichroic filter film is disposed on one side of the isolation structure layer. The at least one dichroic filter layer is disposed on another side of the isolation structure layer or disposed in the openings. A part of the converted light beams are reflected to the wavelength conversion patterns by the dichroic filter film. A second part of the excitation light beams passing through the wavelength conversion patterns are reflected to the wavelength conversion patterns by the at least one dichroic filter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, Yu-An Huang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20220155569
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture stop. The first lens group is disposed between a reduced side and a magnified side. The second lens is disposed between the first lens group and the magnified side. The second lens group has a light incident surface, a reflective surface and a light emitting surface, the light incident surface faces the first lens group, the light emitting surface faces a projection surface, the light incident surface, the light emitting surface and the first lens group are disposed at a single side of the reflective surface, and at least one of the light incident surface, the reflective surface and the light emitting surface is a freeform surface. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. Moreover, a projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Publication number: 20220155666
    Abstract: An imaging system, including a light valve, a projection surface, and a projection lens, is provided. The projection lens has a reduction side and a magnification side, and includes a lens group and a convex mirror. The light valve is configured on the reduction side. The projection surface is configured on the magnification side. There is an included angle between the projection surface and a light receiving surface. The lens group is configured on an optical path between the magnification side and the reduction side, and includes first to seventh lens elements sequentially arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side. The refractive powers of the first to seventh lens elements are respectively negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and positive. The convex mirror is configured on an optical path between the lens group and the magnification side. A projection device, including the imaging system, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Patent number: 11327335
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device and an optical element. The display device is configured to project an image beam to a first diaphragm. The optical element is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam. The optical element includes a second diaphragm, the second diaphragm is located on one side of the first diaphragm, and the first diaphragm is located between the second diaphragm and the display device. The area of the second diaphragm approximates the area of the first diaphragm. The image beam passes through the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm and is projected to a projection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Chien Lo, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20220113618
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display unit and a projection device. The display unit includes a first display panel having first light emitting elements configured to provide a first color light, a wavelength conversion element located on a transmission path of the first color light and having a conversion region and a non-conversion region, a second display panel having second light emitting elements configured to provide a second color light, and a light combining element. A quantum dot conversion material is disposed on the conversion region. Part of the first color light is converted into a third color light after passing through the conversion region, and another part of the first color light passes through the non-conversion region. The light combining element is located on transmission paths of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light and is configured to form an image beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-An Huang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Patent number: 11169378
    Abstract: A near-eye display apparatus is configured to be disposed in front of at least one eye of a user and includes an illumination system, a display device, and a micro-lens array. The illumination system is configured to provide an illumination beam including sub-illumination beams. The display device is located on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The sub-illumination beams form corresponding sub-illumination regions on the display device, and the display device is configured to convert the sub-illumination beams irradiating the display device and corresponding to the sub-illumination regions into sub-image beams. An exit angle of each sub-image beam emitted from the display device is less than or equal to 20 degrees. The near-eye display apparatus provided herein is capable of eliminating stray light and characterized by good quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Hsin-Hsiang Lo
  • Publication number: 20210271055
    Abstract: An optical lens is provided. The optical lens includes a first lens element to a fifth lens element sequentially arranged from a light incident side to a light exit side. An image generation device is disposed at the light incident side, and the optical lens is configured to receive an image beam provided by the image generation device. The image beam forms a stop at the light exit side. The stop has a minimum cross-sectional area of beam shrinkage of the image beam. The optical lens provided by the invention exhibits good optical quality and thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Fu-Ming Chuang, Po-Che Lee, Hsin-Wen Tsai