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: 10782600
    Abstract: A light source module includes a plurality of light combining elements, a plurality of first light emitting elements, and a plurality of second light emitting elements. Each of the light combining elements has a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. Each of the first light emitting elements emits a first illuminating beam, and one of the first reflecting surfaces reflects the first illuminating beam to be transmitted along a light combining direction. Orthographic projections of the light combining elements on a reference plane are connected in sequence, and the reference plane is perpendicular to the light combining direction. Each of the second light emitting elements emits a second illuminating beam, and one of the second reflecting surfaces reflects the second illuminating beam to be transmitted along the light combining direction. In addition, a projector having the light source module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yao-Shun Lin, Jo-Han Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10775689
    Abstract: An illumination system includes at least one excitation light source, a holographic optical element and a phosphor wheel. The excitation light source provides a first color beam. The holographic optical element is located on a path of the first color beam and transmits the first color beam to the phosphor wheel along a first path. The phosphor wheel has a light wavelength conversion portion and a reflective portion. The light wavelength conversion portion converts the first color beam into a second color beam and reflects the second color beam back to the holographic optical element. The reflective portion reflects the first color beam back to the holographic optical element. The holographic optical element transmits the second color beam and the first color beam reflected from the phosphor wheel along a second path, and the first path is different from the second path. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Jo-Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 10684540
    Abstract: An illumination system including a first excitation light source, a wavelength conversion element, and a scattering element is provided. The first excitation light source emits a first excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element includes a wavelength conversion material. The wavelength conversion element has a first region and a second region. A concentration of the wavelength conversion material in the first region is greater than a concentration of the wavelength conversion material in the second region. The scattering element is disposed on a transmission path of the first excitation beam. A projection apparatus with the illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10678122
    Abstract: The invention provides a wavelength conversion device, including a first wavelength conversion portion and a second wavelength conversion portion. The second wavelength conversion portion includes a wavelength maintenance zone and a plurality of wavelength conversion structures. When the second wavelength conversion portion is switched onto a transmission path of the excitation beam, a portion of the excitation beam is incident on the wavelength maintenance zone and becomes a second color beam, and another portion of the excitation beam is incident on the wavelength conversion structures and converted into a predetermined color beam. A first chromaticity coordinate value of the second color beam in color space is (x, y), a second chromaticity coordinate value of the second color beam, after being combined with the predetermined color beam by the dichroic element, in the color space is (x?, y?), and x??x and y??y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200166826
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes at least one laser light source providing at least one laser beam and a polarizing rotation module including a first axle, a first driving element, and a polarizing element. The first axle has a first revolution frequency. The polarizing element is disposed on a transmission path of the laser beam. The first driving element causes the polarizing element to rotate in a temporally sequenced manner. When the polarizing element is rotated, the laser beam is transmitted to the polarizing element at a specific frequency in a plurality of first time periods. The laser beam passing through the polarizing element has different polarizing states at different times. The specific frequency and the first revolution frequency of the first axle are not exactly divisible by each other. The invention can generate an image with uniform polarizing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chien-Chung Liao
  • Patent number: 10663735
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including a transparent display, a main liquid crystal lens and a first liquid crystal lens is provided. The transparent display is configured to emit an image light beam. The main liquid crystal lens is disposed near the transparent display. The transparent display is disposed between the main liquid crystal lens and the first liquid crystal lens. The first liquid crystal lens is configured to receive an ambient light beam. The head-mounted display allows at least a part of the image light beam emitted from the transparent display passing through a pupil by phase modulating of at least a part of the main liquid crystal lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20200150520
    Abstract: A polarization rotation device including a rotation shaft, a driving element, a polarization element and a reflective element is provided. The polarization element is disposed on a transmission path of the at least one excitation light beam. The reflective element is disposed on a side of the polarization element. The driving element drives the polarization element to sequentially rotate with the rotation shaft as a rotation center axis. When the polarization element rotates, the excitation light beam is transmitted to the polarization element and passes through the polarization element and is again transmitted to and passes through the polarization element by the reflective element. The excitation light beam outputting from the polarization rotation device has different polarization states at different time periods. A projection device applying the polarization rotation device of the invention achieves the effect of uniform color or brightness when displaying images in a 3D display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yao-Shun Lin
  • Publication number: 20200142290
    Abstract: A composite phase conversion element and a projection apparatus are provided. The composite phase conversion element is disposed on a transmission path of at least one beam, and includes at least one polarizing element, and the polarizing element includes multiple polarizing regions, where at least two of the polarizing regions have different polarization directions, the at least one beam simultaneously penetrates through at least two of the polarizing regions of the at least one polarizing element to respectively form at least two sub-beams, and polarization states of the two sub-beams correspond to the polarization directions of the at least two of the polarizing regions penetrated by the at least two sub-beams. Therefore, in a polarized 3D mode of the projection apparatus using the composite phase conversion element, color and brightness of a display image are uniform, and a user observes a 3D display image with good uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10630945
    Abstract: A projection device and a light engine module thereof are provided. The light engine module includes a first dichroic element, a first light valve, a second light valve, a light combining element, a first light converging element, a second light converging element, a first light guiding element, and a second light guiding element. The first dichroic element divides an illumination beam into a first color beam and a second color beam. The first light valve converts the first color beam into a first image beam. The second light valve converts the second color beam into a second image beam. The light combining element is disposed on transmission paths of the first image beam and the second image beam. The first light guiding element guides the first color beam to the first light valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10627624
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including an apparatus body including a first part and a second part connected to the first part and an image display device disposed in the apparatus body is provided. The image display device projects an image to a projection target and includes an image output element, a plurality of lens elements, a light diffuser, and an imaging element. The imaging element projects the image beam to the projection target to display the image. The lens elements include a first lens element and a second lens element. The image output element generates an intermediate image on a transmitting path of the image beam between the first and second lens elements. The light diffuser is disposed on the transmitting path of the image beam and in a predetermined interval where the intermediate image is located at the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Patent number: 10602101
    Abstract: A light source module includes an excitation light source providing an excitation light beam; a light guiding apparatus disposed on a light path of the excitation light beam and; a light collecting element disposed on a first transmission path and a second transmission path; a light homogenizing element disposed on the first transmission path; and a wavelength conversion element disposed on the second transmission path. The light guiding apparatus swings sequentially along a reference axis of the light path. Through the swinging action, the excitation light beam is transmitted along the first transmission path and the second transmission path at a first timing and a second timing, respectively. Then, the excitation light beam passes through the light collecting element. The light homogenizing element receives the excitation light beam. The wavelength conversion element converts the excitation light beam passing through the light collecting element into an excited light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20200089095
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10571792
    Abstract: A projection device for forming an image frame on a projection screen includes a first illumination system for emitting an illumination beam, a second illumination system for emitting an ultraviolet beam, a first light valve located on a transmission path of the illumination beam and for converting the illumination beam into a visible image beam, a lens located on a transmission path of the visible image beam and the ultraviolet beam and for projecting the visible image beam onto the projection screen to form an image frame area and projecting the ultraviolet beam onto the projection screen to form an opaque area, and a processor electrically connected to the first illumination system and the second illumination system and for controlling the first illumination system to emit the illumination beam and controlling the second illumination system to emit the ultraviolet beam. The image frame area partially overlaps the opaque area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Jo-Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 10564536
    Abstract: A projection screen for receiving a visible image beam and an ultraviolet beam from a projection device is provided. The projection screen includes a substrate, an anti-reflection layer and an anti-ultraviolet layer. The substrate includes a first surface adjacent to the projection device, a second surface away from the projection device and opposite to the first surface, a scattering reflection layer disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and an ultraviolet absorption layer disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The scattering reflection layer scatters and reflects the visible image beam. The ultraviolet absorption layer absorbs the ultraviolet beam so as to be changed from a transparent state to an opaque state. The anti-reflection layer is disposed on the first surface. The anti-ultraviolet layer is disposed at the second surface. The ultraviolet absorption layer is located between the scattering reflection layer and the anti-ultraviolet layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Jo-Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 10558044
    Abstract: An optical waveguide device and a head-mounted display apparatus using the same are provided. The optical waveguide device used for transmitting an image light includes a light entering surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and at least one planar reflective structure. The image light enters the optical waveguide device through the light entering surface. The first side surface is parallel to the second side surface. The at least one planar reflective structure is disposed between the first side surface and the second side surface, and the planar reflective structure is parallel to the first side surface. The planar reflective structure and the light entering surface have a distance therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10558114
    Abstract: An illumination system including an excitation light source, a transparent substrate, a dichroic film, a first color wheel element and a light uniforming element are provided. The excitation light source emits a first color light. The first color wheel element includes a wavelength conversion material. The first color wheel element has a first side and a second side. The first color light passes through a solid structure of the transparent substrate and the dichroic film, and is transmitted to the first color wheel element and converted into a second color light by the wavelength conversion material. A first part of the second color light is transmitted towards the dichroic film, and is reflected back to the first color wheel element by the dichroic film to enter the light uniforming element. A second part of the second color light passes through the first color wheel element to enter the light uniforming element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10534247
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a projector, an image generation device, and an image generation method thereof. The projector includes an image generator, a light combiner, and a projection lens. The image generator includes light valves and generates an image beam. The light combiner includes a diffusing and filtering component, which generates a combined beam, and the image generator receives the combined beam from the diffusing and filtering component. In a first time period, the light combiner converts a first input beam into partial beams. The partial beams are transmitted to the light valves respectively. In a second time period, the light combiner receives a second input beam. The diffusing and filtering component filters out one of the partial beams, and the other of the partial beams are transmitted with the second input beam respectively to the light valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corportion
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Hsin-Yueh Chang
  • Publication number: 20200012178
    Abstract: A projector and an illumination system are provided. The projector includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system includes a light source configured to provide an illumination beam and a light processing module comprising a reflective wheel structure and a driving unit. The reflective wheel structure includes first and second reflective structures. The first and second reflective structures are located on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The driving unit is connected to the first reflective structure or the second reflective structure and is configured to drive the first and second reflective structures to rotate synchronously. The light valve is located on a transmission path of the illumination beam transmitted from the second reflective structure and configured to convert the illumination beam from the second reflective structure into an image beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10520802
    Abstract: An illumination system including a first light-emitting module, a wavelength conversion unit, and a spherical-shell-shaped dichroic film is provided. The first light-emitting module emits a first color light including a first partial light and a second partial light. The first partial light is converged to the wavelength conversion unit, the second partial light passes by a location beside the wavelength conversion unit, and the wavelength conversion unit converts the first partial light into a converted light, where a wavelength of the converted light is greater than a wavelength of the first color light. The spherical-shell-shaped dichroic film is pervious to the at least one first color light, and reflects the converted light, where the converted light coming from the wavelength conversion unit is reflected by the spherical-shell-shaped dichroic film, and at least partially coincides with the second partial light. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190391470
    Abstract: An illumination system configured to provide an illumination beam and including an excitation light source and a wavelength conversion module is provided. The excitation light source is configured to emit an excited beam. The wavelength conversion module is located on a transmission path of the excited beam, and has an annular wavelength conversion region. A first part of the excited beam is incident to the annular wavelength conversion region and converted into a first color light, and a second part of the excited beam is incident to the wavelength conversion module to form a second color light. A proportional value range of the second part of the excited beam and the excited beam ranges between 5% and 30%. Moreover, a projection apparatus is also provided. The illumination system of the invention has a simple structure and a concise optical path layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh