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).

  • Publication number: 20220210384
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20220206371
    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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Shan Chen, Wan-Ting Hsieh, Ming-Tsung Weng, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Kuan-Ta Huang
  • Publication number: 20220206375
    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: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20220197121
    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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Publication number: 20220171276
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20220171266
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jyun-Cong Lai, Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220128896
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Kuan-Ta Huang
  • Publication number: 20220100067
    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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Kuan-Ta Huang, Yu-Hua Hsieh, Jo-Han Hsu
  • Publication number: 20220075252
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Kuan-Ta Huang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11249379
    Abstract: An illumination system including first, second and third light sources, a splitting element and a wavelength conversion element is provided. The first light source emits a first light beam. The second light source emits a second light beam. The third light source emits a third light beam. The splitting element is disposed on transmission paths of the first, the second and the third light beams. The splitting element reflects the first and the third light beams, and allows the second light beam to pass through. During a first time period, the first light beam is transmitted to a first position and the second light beam is transmitted to a second position. During a second time period, the third light beam is transmitted to the first position and the second light beam is transmitted to the second position. Furthermore, a projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Yueh Chang, Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11199765
    Abstract: An illumination system comprises a blue light source, an excitation light source, a first dichroic element and a wavelength converting element. The blue light source provides a blue light beam. An excitation light source provides an excitation beam. The first dichroic element is disposed on transmitting paths of the blue light beam and the excitation beam. The wavelength converting element is disposed on a transmitting path of the excitation beam and adapted to convert the excitation beam into an excited beam. The excitation beam passes through the first dichroic element to the wavelength converting element and converted into the excited beam. The excited beam is transmitted to the first dichroic element and reflected. A wavelength of the blue light beam is greater than a wavelength of the excitation beam, and the blue light source and the excitation light source are disposed on the same side of the first dichroic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210368145
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11175575
    Abstract: An illumination system including a first laser light source, a second laser light source, and a wavelength conversion module is provided. The first laser light source provides a first laser light beam in a first time interval and a third time interval. The wavelength conversion module is located on a transmission path of the first laser light beam. The wavelength conversion module includes at least one wavelength conversion region, at least one non-conversion region, a first standby region, and a second standby region, and is configured to rotate along a rotating shaft, so that the wavelength conversion region, the first standby region, the non-conversion region, and the second standby region are sequentially rotated in one direction, and the wavelength conversion region and the non-conversion region are alternately cut into the transmission path of the first laser light beam. An illumination control method and a projection apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11153545
    Abstract: A projection device includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system includes a light source, a lens array, a condenser lens, and a wavelength conversion element. The light source is for providing a light beam. The lens array and the condenser lens are disposed on a transmission path of a light beam. The condenser lens is for receiving the light beam passing through the lens array and converting the light beam into a condenser light beam. The wavelength conversion element is for receiving the condenser light beam and converting at least a portion thereof into a converted light beam. The projection device and the illumination system provided by the invention can effectively improve the conversion efficiency of the wavelength conversion element and prevent the wavelength conversion element from damage, and effectively project the converted light beam generated by the wavelength conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210302819
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20210294200
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20210297639
    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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11126075
    Abstract: A projection device includes: an illumination system providing an illumination beam; a light valve disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam to modulate the illumination beam into an image beam; and a projection lens disposed on a transmission path of the image beam to project the image beam out of the projection device to form a portrait image. A center of the light valve has a first offset relative to a reference plane in a long side direction of the light valve. The reference plane includes a central axis of the projection lens. The reference plane is perpendicular to the long side direction of the light valve. A center of the portrait image has a second offset relative to the reference plane in a long side direction of the portrait image. The projection device of the invention provides a portrait image with favorable display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Ying Su, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan, Sea-Huang Lee
  • Patent number: 11126074
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes an excitation light source, an auxiliary light source emitting an auxiliary light beam, and a dichroic device located on a transmission path of the auxiliary light beam. The auxiliary light beam has a first polarization light beam having a first polarization state and a second polarization light beam having a second polarization state. A ratio of light intensity of the first polarization light beam to light intensity of the second polarization light beam is greater than or equal to 20. The dichroic device provides a light beam having the first polarization state and a first wavelength with transmittance of 50% and provides the light beam having the second polarization state and a second wavelength with transmittance of 50% when an angle at which the light beam enters the dichroic device is greater than a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 11099473
    Abstract: An illumination system including at least one laser light source, at least one light spot shaping element and a light uniforming element is provided. The at least one laser light source emits at least one laser beam. The light spot shaping element is disposed on a transmission path of the at least one laser beam. At least one surface of the light spot shaping element has multiple microstructures, and a shape of an orthogonal projection of each one of the microstructures on a reference plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the light spot shaping element is a rectangle. The light uniforming element is disposed on the transmission path of the laser beam, and the light uniforming element has a rectangular light entering end, wherein an aspect ratio of each microstructure of the light spot shaping element corresponds to an aspect ratio of the rectangular light entering end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan