Patents by Inventor Haw-Woei Pan

Haw-Woei Pan 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: 11899351
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes a first laser light source providing a first laser light, a wavelength conversion module, a first light splitting element and a microlens array. When the first laser light is incident to at least one non-conversion region of the wavelength conversion module, the first laser light forms a first color light. When the first laser light is incident to at least one wavelength conversion region of the wavelength conversion module, the first laser light forms at least one second color light. The microlens array is located on a transmission path of the first color light and the at least one second color light, and the first color light and the at least one second color light form an illumination light after passing through the microlens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11860527
    Abstract: An illumination system including an excitation light source array, a multi-region dichroic device, a color sequence generator, and a wavelength converter is provided. The excitation light source array emits excitation light beams. The multi-region dichroic device has first dichroic regions and non-dichroic regions that are alternately arranged in stripe shapes. The first dichroic regions are respectively disposed on transmission paths of the excitation light beams. The excitation light beams from the excitation light source array are transmitted to the color sequence generator through the first dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device, and at least one second dichroic region of the color sequence generator respectively reflects the excitation light beams to the non-dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device. The excitation light beams from the color sequence generator are transmitted to the wavelength converter through the non-dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Kuan-Ta Huang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11841612
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source providing a first light beam, a first light uniformizing element disposed on a transmission path of the first light beam, a wavelength conversion element, and an optical part. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on the same transmission path and converts the first light beam into a second light beam. The optical part is disposed on a transmission path of the second light beam. The wavelength conversion element is disposed between the first light uniformizing element and the optical part. The second light beam includes a first portion, which is transmitted toward the first light uniformizing element, and a second portion, which is transmitted toward the optical part, reflected by the optical part, and further transmitted and passes through the wavelength conversion element for being transmitted toward the first light uniformizing element. A projection device including the illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jyun-Cong Lai, Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 11796901
    Abstract: An illumination system adapted to provide an illumination light beam is provided. At a first timing, after an excitation light beam is reflected by a non-conversion reflecting region of a wavelength conversion wheel, the excitation light beam passes through a light splitting element, and is then reflected by a reflecting element, passes through the light splitting element a first lens group and a light uniformizing element in sequence, so as to output a first color light. At a second timing, a converted light beam is converted and reflected by a wavelength conversion reflecting region. A central axis of the excitation light beam reflected by the reflecting element and passing through the light splitting element and a central axis of the converted light beam reflected by the light splitting element are coincided with an optical axis of the first lens group. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Patent number: 11789353
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device using the same are provided. The illumination system provides an illumination light beam and includes a blue light source, a red light source, a wavelength conversion device, a first light splitting element, a filter device, and a light uniformizing element. The blue light source provides a blue excitation light beam. The red light source provides a red light beam. The wavelength conversion device converts the blue excitation light beam into an excited light beam. The filter device includes a filter region. The blue excitation light beam, the excited light beam and the red light beam are sequentially transmitted to the filter device and the light uniformizing element to form the illumination light beam, wherein the excited light beam and the red light beam pass through the filter region in different time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11785190
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an illumination system including a first laser light source and a second laser light source, a first light valve, and a second light valve. The first laser light source provides a first laser beam in first time periods. The second laser light source provides a second laser beam in second time periods. A color refresh rate of the projection apparatus is the number of times of alternating the first and second time periods with each other, and the color refresh rate ranges between 60 Hz and 6000 Hz. The first and second laser beams respectively form a first color light and a second color light when exiting the illumination system. The first and second light valves are located on a transmission path of the first color light. One of the first and second light valves is located on a transmission path of the second color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11785189
    Abstract: An illumination system, including a light source module and a light uniformizing element, is provided. The light source module provides an illumination light beam. The light uniformizing element has a light incident surface and a light exit surface opposite to the light incident surface, and includes at least one light splitting surface. The light splitting surface is located inside the light uniformizing element. A normal vector of the light splitting surface is perpendicular to a central axis of the light uniformizing element. The illumination light beam is incident to the light incident surface of the light uniformizing element at an oblique angle, and the illumination light beam is split multiple times by the light splitting surface, so that the light uniformizing element outputs a uniformized illumination light beam at the light exit surface. A projection device and a light uniformizing element are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11693301
    Abstract: An illumination system, including a light source module, a phosphor wheel, a light recycling element, and a light uniformizing element, is provided. The light source module emits an excitation light beam. The phosphor wheel includes a phosphor region. At a second timing, the other part of the excitation light beam transmitted to the phosphor region forms an unconverted light beam and is transmitted to the light recycling element, and is reflected by the light recycling element to form a recycled light beam. A part of the recycled light beam is converted into a second converted light beam. A first converted light beam and the second converted light beam are transmitted to the light uniformizing element through a same path, so that the illumination system outputs second light in the illumination light beam. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Shan Chen, Wan-Ting Hsieh, Ming-Tsung Weng, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Kuan-Ta Huang
  • Patent number: 11669003
    Abstract: An illumination system, including an excitation light source, a beam splitting filter device, and a wavelength conversion element, is provided. The excitation light source is configured to emit an excitation beam. The beam splitting filter device includes a light penetration region and a beam splitting filter region. The excitation beam penetrates the light penetration region to form a first beam. The excitation beam is reflected by the beam splitting filter region. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam coming from the beam splitting filter region. The wavelength conversion element is configured to convert the excitation beam coming from the beam splitting filter region to a conversion beam and transmit the conversion beam back to the beam splitting filter region, and the conversion beam at least partially penetrates the beam splitting filter region to form a second beam. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Kuan-Ta Huang
  • Patent number: 11614681
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a first light source, a wavelength conversion device, a first light-splitting element, a light-filtering device, and a light-homogenizing element. The first light source provides a first light beam. The wavelength conversion device includes a single wavelength conversion material configured to convert the first light beam into a conversion light beam. The first light-splitting element is disposed on transmission paths of the first light beam and the conversion light beam. The light-filtering device is disposed on the transmission paths of the first light beam and the conversion light beam. The light-homogenizing element is disposed on the transmission paths of the first light beam and the conversion light beam. When the first light beam is transmitted to the light-homogenizing element, the first light beam is not incident on the wavelength conversion device. A projection apparatus including the illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Kuan-Ta Huang, Yu-Hua Hsieh, Jo-Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 11520221
    Abstract: An illumination system, an illumination control method and a projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes a first laser light source providing a first laser beam, and a light splitting module. When the first laser beam is incident to the light splitting module, a first portion of the first laser beam penetrates through the light splitting module, a second portion is reflected by the light splitting module. In the first illumination mode, the first laser beam is incident to the first light splitting region to form a first proportion of the first portion and the second portion. In the second illumination mode, the first laser beam is incident to the first light splitting region to form a second proportion of the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first proportion and the second proportion are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11520220
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module is configured to receive an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion module includes a substrate and a wavelength conversion material arranged on the substrate. The substrate includes a ring-shaped light irradiation region, and the wavelength conversion material is annularly arranged on at least part of the ring-shaped light irradiation region. A first color light obtained through conversion when the excitation beam is incident to the wavelength conversion material of the ring-shaped light irradiation region in a first time sequence has a first light intensity, the first color light obtained through conversion when the excitation beam is incident to the wavelength conversion material of the ring-shaped light irradiation region in a second time sequence has a second light intensity, and the first light intensity and the second light intensity are different. In addition, a projection device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11470288
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection apparatus including the illumination system are provided with a rotatable light splitting module, wherein when a light splitting element rotates, a first laser beam forms a first color light through a reflecting region of the light splitting element and a light combining element during a first time period, a second laser beam passes through the light combining element to form a second color light during the second time period and the fourth time period, the first laser beam forms a third color light by the wavelength conversion module and the light combining element after passing through the transmitting region of the light splitting element during the third time period, and the first color light, the second color light and the third color light from the light combining element form an illumination beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11467479
    Abstract: A polarizing rotation device including a rotation shaft, a driving element and a polarizing element is provided. The driving element is configured to drive the rotation shaft to rotate. The polarizing element is connected to the rotation shaft and is disposed on a transmission path of at least one beam, where the driving element is configured to drive the polarizing element to rotate sequentially while taking the rotation shaft as a rotation central axis, and when the polarizing element is rotated, the at least one beam penetrates through the polarizing element, and the at least one beam penetrating through the polarizing element has different polarization states at different time. Therefore, when a projection device is in a polarized stereoscopic mode, a color or brightness of a display image is uniform, and a user observes a 3D display image with good uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11448954
    Abstract: The invention provides an illumination system, configured to provide an illumination beam. The illumination system includes blue, green, and red laser modules respectively configured to provide blue, green, and red beams and a wavelength conversion component. The wavelength conversion component includes a wavelength conversion region and an optical output region. In a first time interval, the blue, green, and red beams are sequentially transmitted to the optical output region, where the illumination beam includes the blue, green, and red beams. In a second time interval, the blue beam is transmitted to the wavelength conversion region to form a converted beam, where the illumination beam includes the converted beam. A projection device including the illumination system is also provided. The projection device using the illumination system in the invention achieves color performance of a wide color gamut at relatively low costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • 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: 20220291339
    Abstract: A LIDAR device having a light-emitting end and a light-receiving end is provided. The LIDAR device includes a light source, a collimating lens and a microlens array. The light source is configured to provide a light beam. The collimating lens is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam and to configured form the light beam into a parallel beam. The microlens array is configured to form the parallel beam into a plurality of sub-beams. The collimating lens is disposed between the light source and the microlens array. The luminous intensities of the sub-beams are different. Through the light-emitting end, each of the sub-beams forms a sub-spot on a reference region away from the LIDAR device, and the sub-spots formed by the sub-beams in the reference region are superimposed into an integrated light spot. The LIDAR device has a stable detection distance and good system efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Publication number: 20220291502
    Abstract: An optical scanning system, including a laser source, an optical module, a scanning reflection element, and a controller, is provided. The laser source is configured to emit a laser beam. The optical module is disposed on an optical path of the laser beam and has a first axial direction and a second axial direction perpendicular to each other. The laser beam is focused onto the scanning reflection element in the first axial direction, and is collimated and transmitted to the scanning reflection element in the second axial direction after passing through the optical module. The scanning reflection element reflects the laser beam to an object to be scanned and forms a one-dimensional scanning beam thereon. The controller is electrically connected to the scanning reflection element and controls an action thereof, so that the one-dimensional scanning beam scans the object to be scanned along a scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • 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: 20220268898
    Abstract: An optical sensing system for sensing a target object is provided. The optical sensing system includes a light source, an optical wave plate, a polarizing beam-splitting element, a reflecting element, and a sensing element. The light source provides a first linearly polarized light beam. The optical wave plate is adapted to convert the first linearly polarized light beam into a circularly polarized light beam and convert the circularly polarized light beam into a second linearly polarized light beam. The polarizing beam-splitting element is adapted to allow the first linearly polarized light beam to pass and reflect the second linearly polarized light beam. The reflecting element is adapted to reflect the circularly polarized light beam to the target object and to reflect the circularly polarized light beam from the target object. The sensing element is disposed on a transmission path of the second linearly polarized light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng