Patents Assigned to APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Patent number: 10830416
    Abstract: A light guide component and a light source device. The light guide component comprises a reflecting plate (131) having an aperture and a transflective coated plate (132). The reflecting plate (131) reflect light. The aperture allows light to pass through. The transflective coated plate (132) is connected to the reflecting plate (131) and covers the aperture, and transmits an excitation light and reflects light of a color different from that of the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haixiong Hou
  • Patent number: 10831088
    Abstract: A projection display system, comprising: a first light source for emitting a first light; a first light modulation system for receiving the first light and modulating the first light into a first image light; a supplementary light source for at least emitting a supplementary light, wherein a spectrum of the first light comprises a spectrum of the supplementary light; a second light modulation system for receiving the supplementary light and modulating the supplementary light into a supplementary image light; a light combining device for combining the first image light and the supplementary image light, the beam cross-sectional area of the first image light being greater than the beam cross-sectional area of the supplementary image light at the light combining position; and a projection lens system for causing the first image light and the supplementary image light to form coincident images at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Lin Mi, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 10824066
    Abstract: A light source, including an excitation light source, an excited light supplying device, a partially coating film and a light supplementing device. The partially coating film is arranged on light path of the excitation light and the excited light, which includes a first area for transmitting/reflecting the excitation light to form main path light or side path light respectively, and a second region area for reflecting/transmitting all incident light; the excited light supplying device is provided on light path of the main path light to generate excited light transmitted to the partially coating film after irradiated by main path light; the light supplement device is provided on light path of the side path light for performing light homogenization on the side path light and generating supplemental light transmitted to the partially coating film; and the supplemental light combines with the excited light after passing through the partially coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haixiong Hou, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20200319543
    Abstract: A projector control system and a control method corresponding to same. The system includes a main controller, a dynamic current adjusting module, a color wheel controller, a color wheel rotation speed feedback module, and a light source; the dynamic current adjusting module includes a DLP module, a light source controller, and a power supply module; the color wheel rotation speed feedback module generates a feedback signal; the DLP module receives the feedback signal, and the DLP module receives dynamic brightness information and sends processed dynamic brightness information and a control signal to the light source controller according to the feedback signal; the light source controller controls the power module according to the received processed dynamic brightness information and the control signal sent by the DLP module to turn on a power switch and output a corresponding current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Kairong CHEN, Hao JIANG, Qitao SONG, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20200319539
    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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Zuqiang GUO, Fei HU, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 10775685
    Abstract: A projector, comprising a housing (100) and a machine body provided inside the housing (100). A supporting piece (200) is connected to the housing (100) via a connection mechanism, and the supporting piece (200) can be converted between a first position and a second position under the limiting action of the connection mechanism. The supporting piece (200) is attached to a surface of the housing (100) at the first position, and a projection element is triggered at the same time to enable the machine body to be in a first working state. The supporting piece (200) departs from the surface of the housing (100) at the second position and drives the housing (100) to change a projection elevation thereof with respect to a horizontal plane, and the projection element is triggered at the same time to enable the machine body to be in a second working state, thereby controlling the working states of the machine body on the premise of free adjustment of a projection angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiliang Wu, Yongzhuang Chen, Yi Deng
  • Patent number: 10775024
    Abstract: A phosphor layer comprising a phosphor plate adhesively formed by a phosphor powder and an adhesive agent. The phosphor plate has a front side and a back side. The phosphor layer also has particles which are fixedly connected to the front and/or back side of the phosphor plate. Also provided in the present invention are a phosphor component, a corresponding light source, a projection system, and a method for manufacturing the phosphor layer. The phosphor component prevents adhesion between the phosphor plate and substrates thereof in high temperature conditions. A manufacturing method for the phosphor layer includes forming a phosphor plate by adhesively fixing a phosphor powder by an adhesive agent, the phosphor plate having a front side and a back side, and fixedly connecting at least one particle to the front and/or back side of the phosphor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Yi Li, Huai Tang, Xiliang Wu
  • Patent number: 10719005
    Abstract: Provided is a projection screen. The screen includes: a base layer; a cylindrical lens layer formed on a side of the base layer close to a viewer, a Fresnel structure formed on a side of the base layer facing away from the viewer, a reflective layer formed on a side of the Fresnel structure facing away from the base layer, including reflective particles and configured to scatter and reflect, in a solid angle range corresponding to a particle size of the reflective particles, incident light incident from the Fresnel structure, to form reflected light; and a light-absorbing layer formed on a side of the reflective layer facing away from the Fresnel structure. The cylindrical lens layer includes a plurality of cylindrical lenses each having an axis perpendicular to a horizontal direction, and scatters light from the Fresnel structure to increase a viewing angle in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Hongxiu Zhang, Zuqiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20200200992
    Abstract: An optical module a first adjusting screw rod, a first anti-loosening assembly, a second adjusting screw and a second anti-loosening assembly. The first adjusting screw rod is configured to adjust a position of a component in a first direction a, and the second adjusting screw is configured to adjust a position of a component in a second direction b. The first anti-loosening assembly is configured to lock the first adjusting screw rod after position adjustment of the first adjusting screw rod, and the second anti-loosening assembly is configured to lock the second adjusting screw after position adjustment of the second adjusting screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jinjiang FU, Fei HU, Lunchun DU, Xinbo WEN, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 10670951
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wavelength conversion device, a light-emitting device and a projection system, comprising a wavelength conversion layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other. The first surface receives an excitation light. The wavelength conversion layer absorbs the excitation to produce a converted light and emits the converted light or the mixture of the converted light and the excitation light from the first surface and the second surface. A scattering reflective substrate is stacked with the wavelength conversion layer and includes a white porous ceramic or a white scattering material for scattering the incident light. The scattering reflective substrate includes a third surface facing the second surface and scatters at least a part of the incident light on the third surface and then emits all the light from the third surface to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Jiayi Yang, Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 10663845
    Abstract: Disclosed are a color wheel device and a projector, wherein the color wheel device comprises: a color wheel chamber used for accommodating a color wheel module and provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a heat exchanger having a heat-exchange core, the heat-exchange core being provided with a first channel for air in the color wheel chamber passing, the air outlet of the color wheel chamber being communicated with a heat-exchange inlet of the first channel, and a heat-exchange outlet of the first channel being communicated with the air inlet of the color wheel chamber to form a closed circulating air duct, wherein the first channel has multiple layers spaced apart from one another, and the space between two adjacent layers of the first channel forms a second channel for outside air passing; and an air propulsion device used for accelerating air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Gaofei Deng, Wei Lin, Tao Xie, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 10656513
    Abstract: Provided are a light-reflecting microstructure, a projection screen and a projection system. The light-reflecting microstructure includes a transparent structure, the transparent structure including a light incident surface, a light-reflecting surface and a light-absorption surface connecting the light incident surface and the light-reflecting surface; a light-absorption structure located on the light-absorption surface; and a reflection layer located on the light-reflecting surface. The transparent structure is configured to refract projected light incident on the light incident surface at a preset angle to the reflection layer, and refract stray light incident on the light incident surface at another angle to the light-absorption structure. The reflection layer is configured to reflect the projected light in such a manner that the projected light is emitted at a certain angle from the light incident surface after being refracted twice through the transparent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Yuxuan Zhou, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 10638101
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a projection system and a control method thereof, comprising: a light source system, configured to sequentially generate primary light of three colors; a light modulation system comprising at least one light modulator configured to module the primary light; and a control system, configured to: divide time duration of each primary light in each source image frame into a plurality of modulation periods according to the number of gray scales, sequentially arrange the modulation periods, wherein at least two modulation periods of at least one primary light are arranged with an interval, and control the light source system to generate the primary light of the corresponding color in each modulation period according to a sequence of the modulation periods, and control the at least one light modulator to modulate the primary light of the corresponding color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zeqing Wang, Zuqiang Guo
  • Publication number: 20200123063
    Abstract: A preparation method for a ceramic composite material, a ceramic composite material, and a wavelength converter. The preparation method comprises: preparing an aluminium salt solution and a fluorescent powder; dispersing the fluorescent powder into a buffer solution having a pH 4.5-5.5 to obtain a suspension; titrating the suspension with the aluminium salt solution to obtain a fluorescent powder coated with Al2O3 hydrate film; calcining the fluorescent powder coated with Al2O3 hydrate film to obtain a Al2O3-coated fluorescent powder; mixing aluminium oxide powder with a particle size of 0.1 ?m-1 ?m and aluminium oxide powder with a particle size of 1 ?m-10 ?m to obtain mixed aluminium oxide powder; mixing the Al2O3-coated fluorescent powder and the mixed aluminium oxide powder to obtain mixed powder, the Al2O3-coated fluorescent powder being present in 40%-90% by weight of the mixed powder; and pre-pressing and sintering the mixed powder to obtain the ceramic composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian LI, Yanzheng XU
  • Patent number: 10620524
    Abstract: A projection system has a light source, a spatial light modulator, a light recycling system, and a lens assembly. The light source emits source light toward the spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator modulates, according to an image signal, light incident on the spatial light modulator, so as to form projection light and non-projection light. The light recycling system receives at least a portion of the non-projection light, and guides the at least a portion of the non-projection light toward the spatial light modulator. The lens assembly receives and emits the projection light to form a projection image. The projection system of the present disclosure enables efficient use of non-projection light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Yi Li, Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo
  • Publication number: 20200110329
    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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei HU, Yuxuan ZHOU, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 10585293
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light source and a display system. The light source comprises at least one original light emitting device group (1) and at least one supplementary light emitting device group (2). The original light emitting device group (1) comprises at least two LED (11, 12, 13) and a wavelength light combining device (14, 15), wherein the energy of the overlapped spectrum in the normalized spectrum of the two LED is smaller than 50% of the smaller energy of the two, and the wavelength light combining device combines the light output from all the LED in the original light emitting device group (1) in a wavelength light combining way. The supplementary light emitting device group (2) comprises at least one LED (21). The energy of the overlapped spectrum in the normalized spectrum of any LED of the supplementary light emitting device group (2) and at least one LED of the original light emitting device group (1) is larger than or equal to 10% of the smaller energy of the two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 10554938
    Abstract: A light source system including: a light source device emitting excitation light; an light output device receiving the excitation light and converting it into converted light, wherein the light output device includes at least two different wavelength conversion materials, the converted light of at least one wavelength conversion material being a multi-color light; a light splitting and combining device splitting the multi-color light into a first and a second color light propagating respectively along a first and a second optical channel, wherein the first and second color lights have different wave spectrum coverage ranges; and a first and a second light modulation device respectively modulating the light propagating over the first and second optical channels, wherein the light of three primary colours can be allocated to two DMDs for processing. This results in improved colour gamut of the light source and the light efficiency and reliability of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zuqiang Guo, Zeqin Wang
  • Patent number: 10539298
    Abstract: A color wheel includes a phosphor wheel, a color correction wheel, a rotation shaft, and a metal piece fixed on the rotation shaft, and the phosphor wheel and the color correction wheel are fixed together with the metal piece, such that they both contact the metal piece and heat generated by the phosphor wheel can be quickly transmitted to the metal piece and the color correction wheel and emitted into the air to cool the phosphor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Jiayi Yang
  • Patent number: RE48107
    Abstract: A multicolor illumination device using an excitation light source and a multi-segmented moving plate with wavelength conversion materials (e.g. phosphors) is disclosed. The exciting light source is a light emitting diode or a laser diode emitting in the UV and/or blue region. The wavelength conversion materials absorb the excitation light and emit longer wavelength light. Each segment of the moving plate contains a different wavelength conversion material or no wavelength conversion material. The plate is supported to move so that different segments are exposed to the excitation light at different times. The plate may be a wheel or rectangular in shape and rotates or oscillates linearly. When the plate moves, light of different colors is generated sequentially in time by the different wavelength conversion materials in different segments of the plate. The multicolor illumination device may be used in a projector system having a microdisplay imager for image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Yi Li, Li Xu