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: 20190373227
    Abstract: A projecting apparatus includes an illuminating system and a first sensing module. The illuminating system includes a light source module and a filter element. The first sensing module is disposed beside the filter element, and includes a first light emitter and a first light sensor. The first light emitter emits a first sensing light. Outside the transmission path of the light beam, a first and a second filter regions of the filter element are sequentially cut into a transmission path of the first sensing light. When the first filter region is cut into the transmission path of the first sensing light, the first light sensor generates a first sensing signal, and when the second filter region is cut into the transmission path of the first sensing light, the first light sensor generates a second sensing signal, and the first sensing signal is different from the second sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190361243
    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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190353995
    Abstract: An illumination system including an excitation light source, a first light splitting element, a wavelength conversion element, a second light splitting element, a third light splitting element and a fourth light splitting element is provided. The excitation light source provides a light beam. The first light splitting element allows the light beam to pass through to generate a first light beam or reflects it to generate a second light beam. The wavelength conversion element is located on a light path of the first light beam. The second light splitting element allows the first light beam to pass through to be transmitted to the wavelength conversion element to generate a third light beam and reflects the third light beam. The third light splitting element reflects the second light beam. The fourth light splitting element allows the second light beam to pass through and reflects the third light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Publication number: 20190354001
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an illumination system, a projection device and an illumination control method. The illumination system includes a first sensor, a second sensor and a control module. The first sensor receives a part of an excitation beam and a part of at least one converted beam scattered by a wavelength conversion module, so as to generate a first photoelectric signal. The second sensor receives a part of a first set of color light and a part of a second set of color light scattered by a filter module, so as to generate a second photoelectric signal. The control module generates a synchronization signal based on relative intensity changes of the first and second photoelectric signals. The synchronization signal is to synchronize the wavelength conversion module with the filter module, and the first set of color light and the second set of color light sequentially form an illumination beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Publication number: 20190346753
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a blue light source, an excitation light source, a first light splitting element and a wavelength conversion element. The blue light source provides a blue light beam. The excitation light source provides an excitation light beam. The first light splitting element is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation light beam. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on the transmission paths of a blue light beam and the excitation light beam and includes a columnar diffusion member and a wavelength conversion member respectively located on opposite sides of the wavelength conversion element. The blue light beam passes through the columnar diffusion member, and the excitation light beam passing through the first light splitting element is transmitted to the wavelength conversion member and converted into an excited light beam including a first red light beam and a green light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190346752
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a blue light source, an excitation light source, a first light splitting element and a wavelength conversion element. The blue light source provides a blue light beam. The excitation light source provides an excitation light beam. The first light splitting element and the wavelength conversion element are disposed on transmission paths of the blue light beam and the excitation light beam. The wavelength conversion element includes a diffusion region and a wavelength conversion region. In a first timing period, the excitation light beam passing through the first light splitting element is transmitted to the wavelength conversion region to be converted into an excited light beam. In a second timing period, the blue light beam passing through the diffusion region is transmitted to the first light splitting element. The excited light beam includes a first red light beam and a green light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190339602
    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: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yao-Shun Lin, Jo-Han Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190331997
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10444611
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an exciting light source, a first lens set, a dichroic element, a wavelength-converting element and a beam splitter. The exciting light source emits an excitation beam. The dichroic element reflects the excitation beam to the first lens set. The first lens set has an optical axis. The excitation beam is incident into the first lens set in a direction parallel to the optical axis and passes through the first lens set. The beam axis of the excitation beam is noncoaxial with the optical axis. The wavelength-converting element has a reflective region and a wavelength-converting region. The wavelength-converting region converts the excitation beam into a converted beam, which passes through the dichroic element and the beam splitter. The reflective region reflects the excitation beam to the first lens set and the beam splitter. The beam splitter splits the excitation beam into two branch excitation beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10437068
    Abstract: An optical waveguide element including a light entrance portion and a light exit portion is provided. The light entrance portion includes a first light guide layer, a second light guide layer, and at least one third light guide layer. Light entrance surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a first inclined surface. Light exit surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a second inclined surface. The first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined relative to a bottom surface of the first light guide layer. The thickness of the light exit portion is less than the total thickness of the first light guide layer, the second light guide layer, and the at least one third light guide layer. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Patent number: 10429650
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including a transparent display, a liquid crystal lens and a first Fresnel lens is provided. The transparent display is configured to emit an image light beam. The liquid crystal lens is disposed near the transparent display. The transparent display is disposed between the liquid crystal lens and the first Fresnel lens. The first Fresnel 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 liquid crystal lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190246080
    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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: HAW-WOEI PAN, CHI-TANG HSIEH, CHIH-HSIEN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190235368
    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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190227418
    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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Yueh Chang, Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190227417
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Hsin-Yueh Chang
  • Publication number: 20190227416
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190196315
    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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: HAW-WOEI PAN, CHIH-HSIEN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190187544
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190182459
    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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Haw-Woei Pan
  • Publication number: 20190163043
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an exciting light source, a first lens set, a dichroic element, a wavelength-converting element and a beam splitter. The exciting light source emits an excitation beam. The dichroic element reflects the excitation beam to the first lens set. The first lens set has an optical axis. The excitation beam is incident into the first lens set in a direction parallel to the optical axis and passes through the first lens set. The beam axis of the excitation beam is noncoaxial with the optical axis. The wavelength-converting element has a reflective region and a wavelength-converting region. The wavelength-converting region converts the excitation beam into a converted beam, which passes through the dichroic element and the beam splitter. The reflective region reflects the excitation beam to the first lens set and the beam splitter. The beam splitter splits the excitation beam into two branch excitation beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh