Patents Assigned to APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Patent number: 11215909
    Abstract: A light source system includes a first light source emitting first laser; a wavelength conversion device; a driver device driving the wavelength conversion device to move in such a manner that regions of the wavelength conversion device sequentially and periodically receive the first laser; a second light source emitting supplementary light consistent in color with light emitted by one primary color light region; a control device controlling on and off of the second light source, the control device controlling the second light source to be on in at least two of: every time period during which a primary color light region of a same color is receiving the first laser, every time period during which the mixed color light region is receiving the first laser, and some time periods during which a primary color light region of a different color is receiving the first laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Yuxuan Zhou, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20210404631
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a related illumination device. The wavelength conversion device comprises a fluorescent powder layer (110) that is successively stacked, a diffuse reflection layer (120), and a high-thermal-conductivity substrate (130). The diffuse reflection layer (120) comprises white scattered particles for scattering the incident light; the high-thermal-conductivity substrate (130) is one of an aluminum nitride substrate, a silicon nitride substrate, a silicon carbide substrate, a boron nitride substrate, and a beryllium oxide substrate. The wavelength conversion device has good reflectivity and thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanzheng XU, Zifeng TIAN, Qian LI, Hu XU
  • Publication number: 20210389512
    Abstract: A light reflecting material, a reflecting layer and a preparation method therefor; the light reflecting material comprises glass powder particles (1), diffuser particles, ultrafine nano particles and an organic carrier; the particle size of the glass powder particles (1) is ?5 ?m, the particle size of the diffuser particles is 0.1 ?m to 0.2 ?m, and the particle size of the ultra-fine nano particles is 0.01 ?m to 0.05 ?m. The glass powder particles (1), diffuser particles and ultra-fine nano particles the particle sizes of which decrease progressively in sequence by one order of magnitude are used as the raw materials of the reflecting layer, without deceasing the adhesion between the reflecting layer and a substrate, the surface area within the reflecting layer that may cause reflection or refraction is increased to obtain better reflectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian LI, Yusan CHEN, Yangang WANG, Yanzheng XU
  • Publication number: 20210389653
    Abstract: A laser light source (300), a wavelength conversion light source, a light combining light source, and a projection system. The laser light source comprises a laser element array, a focusing optical element (33), a collimation optical element (34), an integrator rod (36) for receiving and homogenizing a secondary laser beam array (382), an angular distribution control element (35) disposed on the light path between the laser element array and the integrator rod (36) for enlarging the divergence angle of the laser beam array (382) in the direction of the short axis of the light distribution, such that the rate between the divergence angle of each of the secondary laser beam that enters the integrator rod (36) in the direction of the short axis of the light distribution and the divergence angle in the direction of the long axis is greater than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei HU, Haixiong HOU
  • Patent number: 11202042
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a light source device, an image data processing module, a light modulation device, and an image synthesizing device. The light source device is configured to emit first light and second light. The image data processing module is configured to receive original image data of an image to be displayed, the original image data of the image to be displayed being image data based on a second color gamut range and comprising original control signal values of m colors of pixels, and the second color gamut range covers a first color gamut range and has a portion beyond the first color gamut range. The image data processing module further maps the original control signal values as m corrected control signal values and n control signal values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Fei Hu, Zu-Qiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11194243
    Abstract: Provided is a projection screen, comprising a substrate (10), a total reflection layer (20), and a light absorbing layer (30) for absorbing light rays, which are sequentially arranged from a light incident side, wherein the total reflection layer (20) is provided with a plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures extending in the vertical direction of the projection screen, and the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is periodically arranged in the horizontal direction of the projection screen. The projection screen has the characteristics of simple structure, easy processing, low cost and high contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Wei Sun, Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 11175578
    Abstract: Provided is a light source system, including: a light emitting device configured to provide first and second light emitted in time sequence; and a light splitting system including: a light splitting device configured to split first light into first and second primary light and split second light into two paths of third primary light, in such a manner that first and second primary light exit respectively along first and second optical paths in a first time-sequence, first primary light exits along the second optical path and second primary light exits along the first optical path in a second time-sequence, and two paths of third primary light exit respectively along the first and second optical paths in a third time-sequence; and at least two light channels respectively disposed on the first and second optical paths. Each light channel is used for first to third primary light to exit in time sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haixiong Hou, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20210351331
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LED display screen, including an LED array including LED light emitting units and arranged on a substrate, a diffusion film arranged at a light-exiting side of the LED array, and a matrix light-shielding frame arranged between the LED array and the diffusion film. A hollow grid array including hollow grids is included. The hollow grids correspond one-to-one to the LED light emitting units and a projection of each hollow grid on the substrate surrounds a corresponding one of the plurality of LED light emitting units. Light emitted from the LED array can pass through a projection region of the matrix light-shielding frame on the diffusion film and exiting therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shijie LI, Fei HU, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20210341827
    Abstract: A projection screen and a projection system using the projection screen. The projection screen includes a microstructure layer and a light absorbing layer sequentially stacked from the side where a projected light is introduced. The microstructure layer includes multiple microstructure units. Each microstructure unit includes one reflective surface and one lens surface opposite the reflective surface; moreover, the reflective surface is provided at a position matching the focus of the lens surface. The projection screen and the projection system can resist ambient light and have a high gain and a high contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin WANG, Wei SUN, Jie WANG, Fei HU, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20210341825
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically adjusting a color gamut of a display system, and a display system are provided. The display system includes a light source system and an imaging system. The light source system includes an excitation light source and a narrow-spectrum primary-light source. The imaging system includes a spatial light modulation device and the system for dynamically adjusting the color gamut of the display system. The excitation light source emits excitation light which is processed to output at least one broad-spectrum primary light. The narrow-spectrum primary light source outputs at least one narrow-spectrum primary light. The narrow-spectrum primary light and the wide-spectrum primary light are combined and then output to the imaging system. The brightness of light emitted by the excitation light source and the narrow-spectrum primary light source is adjusted. Therefore, the efficiency is improved and the costs are reduced while enhancing the color gamut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin YU, Fei HU, Xianpeng ZHANG, Zuqiang GUO, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 11156908
    Abstract: A light source device and a projection display system. The light source device comprises: a first light source (301) used for emitting a first light; a wavelength conversion unit (303) provided with at least two areas, that being a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area emitting the first light and the excited light in a time-division manner; a second light source (302) used for emitting a second light; a light splitting and merging component (304) used for guiding the first light, the excited light, and the second light, allowing the first light emitted by the wavelength conversion unit (303), the excited light, and the second light to converge and then be emitted in a same direction. The light source device increases brightness while keeping balance of the white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongyun Chen, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11150547
    Abstract: A light source system includes an excitation light unit, a spectral filter unit, a scattering unit, and an excited-light unit. The excitation light unit is configured to emit excitation light. In an embodiment, the spectral filter unit reflects a portion of the excitation light to the scattering unit, the scattering unit scatters the same to generate a first light and a second light, and the spectral filter unit transmits the second light. The spectral filter unit also transmits another part of the excitation light to the excited-light unit, the excited-light unit emits excited light under the illumination thereof, and the spectral filter unit reflects the excited light, so that the spectral filter unit merges and emits the transmitted second light and the reflected excited light. The excitation light is thus split into two paths at the spectral filter unit, and finally emits light by combining excitation light and excited light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Zuqiang Guo, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11143947
    Abstract: A screen comprises the following layers sequentially stacked from an incident side of projected light rays: a micro-lens layer, a transparent matrix layer, a total internal reflection layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The light-absorbing layer absorbs light passing through the micro-lens layer, the transparent matrix layer and the total internal reflection layer. The micro-lens layer comprises a plurality of micro-lens units. The total internal reflection layer comprises a plurality of microstructure units. The microstructure unit has a lower first flat surface and an upper second flat surface. The first flat surface intersects the second flat surface The micro-lens units and the microstructure units are at least partially arranged in an alternating manner. The projected light rays converged toward the first flat surface exit after being totally reflected by the first flat surface and the second flat surface sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Fei Hu, Wei Sun, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11137669
    Abstract: A color wheel heat dissipation device and a projection apparatus having the same are provided. The color wheel heat dissipation device includes a housing, a color wheel, a built-in radiator and a fan, wherein the housing includes a first cavity, a second cavity, and a third cavity that are mutually communicated with one another, the first cavity and the second cavity are sequentially arranged in an airflow direction; the built-in radiator is located in the first cavity; the fan is located in the second cavity; and the color wheel is located in the third cavity. The color wheel heat dissipation device and the projection apparatus having the color wheel heat dissipation device can maximally increase the heat exchange rate in the color wheel cavity, improve performance of the color wheel, reduce temperature of the color wheel, thereby achieving the purpose of improving efficiency and service life of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Lunchun Du, Min Huang, Lan Min, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11106121
    Abstract: A laser light source (300), a wavelength conversion light source, a light combining light source, and a projection system. The laser light source comprises a laser element array, a focusing optical element (33), a collimation optical element (34), an integrator rod (36) for receiving and homogenizing a secondary laser beam array (382), an angular distribution control element (35) disposed on the light path between the laser element array and the integrator rod (36) for enlarging the divergence angle of the laser beam array (382) in the direction of the short axis of the light distribution, such that the rate between the divergence angle of each of the secondary laser beam that enters the integrator rod (36) in the direction of the short axis of the light distribution and the divergence angle in the direction of the long axis is greater than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haixiong Hou
  • Patent number: 11102460
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, a display apparatus, and an image processing and display apparatus and method. The image processing and display apparatus includes a data acquisition module, a data conversion and storage module, a data analysis module, a light-emitting module, and an image modulation module. The data conversion and storage module stores brightness data of a color of each pixel of an image as N-bit grayscale data based on data of a highest brightness of the color of the image and stores a brightness increase index of the color of the image. The light-emitting module adjusts emitted illumination light of the color based on the brightness increase index, so that the image modulation module modulates the illumination light of the color based on the N-bit grayscale data to modulate a displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11097984
    Abstract: A composite ceramic with improved mechanical performance and a preparation method therefor. The composite ceramic comprises fluorescent powder, a ceramic matrix, and an optional sintering aid. The weight ratio of the fluorescent powder to the ceramic matrix is from 3:17 to 9:1, and the relative density of the composite ceramic is greater than 95%. The preparation method comprises using core shell-structured coated fluorescent powder as a raw material, and ball-milling and sintering the raw material to obtain the composite ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Li, Mengmeng Xu, Yusan Chen, Yanzheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11073751
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wavelength conversion device, a light source and a projection device. A light conversion region and a light path conversion region are provided on one surface of the wavelength conversion device. The light path conversion region includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment and the second segment are configured to alternately receive excitation light and respectively guide the excitation light to different preset light paths. The light conversion region is provided with a wavelength conversion material for receiving excitation light emitted from one of the segments, converting the received excitation light into excited light that has at least one wavelength range different from a wavelength of the excitation light, and emitting the excited light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Zuqiang Guo, Peng Du, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11067881
    Abstract: The light source system includes a first light source, a light splitting device, a wavelength conversion device, and a light guiding device. The first light source emits first light. The wavelength conversion device includes at least a first color light region and a second color light region, which are sequentially inserted into an outgoing path of the first light. The first color light region emits second light excited by the first light to the light splitting device. The second color light region reflects the first light to the light splitting device. The light splitting device directs one of the first light and the second light to a light path and directs the other to the light guiding device. The first light or the second light is reflected by the light guiding device to the light splitting device, and then is guided to the light path by the light splitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Peng Du, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20210218937
    Abstract: A light source system comprises: an exciting light source for emitting exciting light; a supplemental light source for emitting supplemental light; a wavelength conversion apparatus for converting the wavelength of part of the exciting light and emitting first light; and a guide apparatus comprising a converging lens and a light combining element. The converging lens is used for adjusting a divergence angle of the first light. The light combining element comprises a first region. The supplemental light focuses on the vicinity of the first region, and the supplemental light and the first light emitted from the converging lens are combined with etendue at the light combining element. Light spots of the first light on a surface of the wavelength conversion apparatus form a magnified image at the light combining element by means of the converging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Peng DU, Ning LU, Zuqiang GUO, Yi LI