Patents Examined by Jerry L Brooks
  • Patent number: 11340518
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a projection system and a projection operation method. The projection operation method causes the projection device disposed inside the biologically-modeled housing to project the facial image onto the face projection area of the biologically-modeled housing. The face projection area is light-transmissive and curved. The controller identifies the voice signal received by the sound-receiving device. When the controller obtains the identification result, if the projection data stored in the storage device includes the target projection data corresponding to the identification result, the controller controls the projection device to project the facial image according to the target projection data, or, if the projection data stored in the storage device does not include the target projection data, the controller controls the communication device to receive the target projection data from the external device and stores it in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Lun Hung
  • Patent number: 11340521
    Abstract: In described examples, a first TIR or RTIR element is arranged to introduce at least red light to a first spatial light modulator for modulation thereof, and a second TIR or RTIR element is arranged to introduce at least green light to a second spatial light modulator for modulation thereof. At least one of the first and second TIR or RTIR elements is arranged to introduce blue light to at least one of the first and second spatial light modulators, respectively, for modulation thereof: time-sequentially apart from the first spatial light modulator's modulation of the introduced red light, to an extent the blue light is so introduced to the first spatial light modulator; and time-sequentially apart from the second spatial light modulator's modulation of the introduced green light, to an extent the blue light is so introduced to the second spatial light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William M. Bommersbach, Gregory S. Pettitt, John M. Ferri, Sajjad Khan
  • Patent number: 11333963
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes a light source device, a light homogenizing element, and a polarization element. The light source device is configured to provide first, second, third, and first compensation beams. The light homogenizing element is disposed on transmission paths of the first, second, and third beams and the first compensation beam and is configured to convert the first, second, and third beams and the first compensation beam into an illumination beam. The polarization element is disposed on the transmission paths of the first beam and the first compensation beam and located between the light source device and the light homogenizing element. The first beam and the first compensation beam pass through the polarization element to change polarization states of the first beam and the first compensation beam to be the same as polarization states of the second and third beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Lin, Chin-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11333962
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source section, a first polarization separator that transmits a first polarization component of first light and reflects a second polarization component of the first light, a second polarization separator that reflects the first polarization component, transmits a third polarization component of second light, and reflects a fourth polarization component of the second light, a diffuser that diffuses the second polarization component and causes the diffused second polarization component, and a wavelength converter that converts the wavelength of the first polarization component and causes the second light. The first polarization separator includes a first polarization separation layer and first bases. The second polarization separator includes a second polarization separation layer and second bases. At least one of the first bases and the second bases is made of quartz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11330234
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first duct for guiding the air blown out from blowers for cooling a liquid crystal panel mounted on an illumination optical system to the liquid crystal panel, a second duct for guiding the air passing through the liquid crystal panel in the opposite direction of the air blown out from the blowers, a heat sink for removing heat from the air passing through the second duct and a blower holding unit for holding the blowers are provided in a dust-proof case, and the top surface of the blower holding unit, the blower holding unit forms a third duct for guiding the air from which heat has been removed by the heat sink to the air inlet of the blowers that is a space formed along the top surface of the dust-proof case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 11320727
    Abstract: A light source module and a projection apparatus comprising the same are provided. The light source module comprises a light source unit, a light splitting element, and a condenser lens. The light source unit is configured to provide first color light beams including a first sub-light beam and a third sub-light beam, and second color light beams including a second sub-light beam and a fourth sub-light beam. The light source unit comprises a first light source unit to provide the first and second sub-light beams, and a second light source unit to provide the third and fourth sub-light beams. One of the first sub-light beam and the third sub-light beam is transmitted to the condenser lens after being reflected by the light splitting element, and the other of the first sub-light beam and the third sub-light beam is transmitted to the condenser lens after passing through the light splitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kun-Chen Hsu, Chin-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11320728
    Abstract: In described examples, a projector includes a light source to produce first light of a first color. The projector also includes a phosphor to selectively receive the first light and produce second light of a second color in response to the first light. The projector also includes a dichroic mirror to pass a portion of the second light to produce a third light of a third color. The dichroic mirror reflects a portion of the second light as fourth light of a fourth color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregory S. Pettitt, Michael Terry Davis, James Francis Hallas, John Marshall Ferri
  • Patent number: 11314100
    Abstract: A system for forming a homogenized illumination line which can be imaged as a low-speckle line is disclosed. The system includes a laser configured to emit a collimated laser beam; and an illumination-fan generator that includes one or more linear diffusers. The illumination-fan generator is arranged and configured to (i) receive the collimated laser beam, (ii) output a planar fan of diffused light, such that the planar fan emanates from a light line formed on the distal-most one of the one or more linear diffusers, and (iii) cause formation of an illumination line at an intersection of the planar fan and an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Cognex Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Parrett, John F. Filhaber, Andrew Goodale, Laurent Belanger, Ronald Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11307407
    Abstract: A two-dimensional optical scanning mirror device, a manufacturing method for the same, a two-dimensional optical scanning device and an image projector. A two-dimensional optical scanning mirror device includes a substrate, a movable mirror portion supported on the substrate in such a manner that two-dimension optical scanning is possible, a hard magnetic thin film provided in the movable mirror portion and a magnetic field generator that includes at least an alternating magnetic field generator for driving the movable mirror portion, where the hard magnetic thin film has a magnetization direction in a direction of a film plane, and the ratio of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator relative to the coercive force of the hard magnetic thin film is 0.2 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI
    Inventors: Toshio Katsuyama, Ryoya Ishigami
  • Patent number: 11300860
    Abstract: A light projection system and method for generating an image with three primary colors having a module of first blue lasers, second lasers and a wavelength conversion element configured to emit light at a plurality of wavelengths after absorption of a light beam from the second lasers at an excitation wavelength, the output of the module being a combined light beam having a pre-defined chromaticity where the projector is calibrated so as to provide the pre-defined chromaticity of the combined beam over at least a range of laser drive current values to correct for non-linear performance of the wavelength conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Arnout Vetsuypens, Nico Coulier
  • Patent number: 11300866
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source section, a first polarization separator that transmits a first polarization component of first light and reflects a second polarization component of the first light, a second polarization separator that reflects the first polarization component, transmits a third polarization component of second light, and reflects a fourth polarization component of the second light, a diffuser that diffuses the second polarization component and causes the diffused second polarization component, a wavelength converter that converts the wavelength of the first polarization component and causes the second light, and a first phase retarder that is provided in the optical path of the first light between the first polarization separator and the second polarization separator and converts the first polarization component of the first light into the second polarization component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11287729
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source that emits first and second excitation lights, a first wavelength conversion section including a first phosphor, and configured to convert the first excitation light into first fluorescence having a first wavelength band, a second wavelength conversion section including a second phosphor, and configured to convert the second excitation light into second fluorescence having a second wavelength band, and a light combining section that combines the first fluorescence and the second fluorescence. A first side surface of the first wavelength conversion section and a second side surface of the second wavelength conversion section are opposed to each other, the first fluorescence is emitted from a first end surface of the first wavelength conversion section toward the light combining section, and the second fluorescence is emitted from a first end surface of the second wavelength conversion section toward the light combining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidefumi Sakata, Junichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11287736
    Abstract: A compound eye illumination system for an LCD projector includes: an LED light source, an LED collector, a fly-eye lens, an overlapping lens, a focusing lens, an LCD light valve, a field lens, and a projection lens, which are arranged in sequence according to a light travelling direction. The compound eye illumination system further includes: a quarter wave plate and a brightness-enhancing polarizer, which are sequentially arranged between the LED collector and the fly-eye lens according to the light travelling direction. According to the present invention, a polarized light passes through the quarter wave plate twice to complete polarization conversion. As a result, lighting efficiency of the projector is significantly improved and power consumption is saved, which greatly improves the product competitiveness. Moreover, the overall structure is simple, the volume is relatively small, the production is easy, and the price is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NANHUA INTELLIGENT PRECISION MACHINE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hanwen Guo
  • Patent number: 11275237
    Abstract: An apparatus for presenting an image for a heads-up display includes three arrays of light-emitting diodes, wherein the light-emitting diodes of an array are arranged and output electromagnetic beams in an emission direction of an emission side of the array, the light-emitting diodes output an electromagnetic beam with a first opening angle in the emission direction, a collimation apparatus provided on the emission side at a specified spacing in front of the array of the light-emitting diodes, wherein the collimation apparatus reduces the first opening angles of the beams of the light-emitting diodes downstream of the collimation apparatus in the emission direction to a second opening angle, the second opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle, and a combination optical unit arranged downstream of the collimation apparatus in the emission direction, the combination optical unit superposes the electromagnetic rays from the three arrays to form an image for the head-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Uli Hiller, Stefan Morgott
  • Patent number: 11269244
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method that reduces the precision of the manual alignment process. Users select correspondences between projectors or components of a projector, to form a common coordinate. Using models of the display system, and projectors, the common coordinate system can be mapped quickly to the entire display. The process avoids a need to measure screen points, and allows the user to move significantly fewer points. Alternatively, the invention allows introduction of machine-vision style algorithms into manual calibration techniques to improve performance. This overcomes the tediousness of prior systems by introducing models of the display into the manual alignment process, allowing selection of a small number of points on each projector, and avoiding selection of precisely measured screen points. The system conversely finds correspondences between projectors, allowing mapping of the projectors into a common coordinate system, and quick warping of the coordinate system to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Scalable Display Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samson J. Timoner, Tyler M. Johnson, Eugene Hsu, Rajeev J. Surati, Kevin Amaratunga
  • Patent number: 11269248
    Abstract: In a projector, an optical sensor including a wavelength variable interference filter is disposed in the vicinity of the optical path of illumination light that exits out of an illumination system and travels to a color separation system, and the optical sensor detects the amounts of blue light and fluorescence contained in the illumination light. A processor of the projector adjusts the amounts of blue light and fluorescence based on the result of the detection performed by the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotaka Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11252387
    Abstract: There is provided a projection apparatus which includes a projection unit configured to project an image, an acquisition device configured to acquire a distance between an apparatus main body and a projection target, a ranging device including a ranging axis which is substantially parallel to a projection optical axis of the projection unit, and a controller configured to control a projection operation, based on a result of ranging of the ranging device with reference to the distance acquired by the acquisition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kosuke Sugama
  • Patent number: 11249377
    Abstract: A projector includes a lens, a first base, a lock member, a second base and a first fixing member. The lens includes at least one adjusting member. The first base is disposed with respect to the lens. The lock member is disposed on the at least one adjusting member. The second base is disposed with respect to the lock member. When the first fixing member fixes the second base to the first base, the second base pushes the lock member, such that the lock member forces the at least one adjusting member on the lens tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, BENQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chiang, Tung-Chia Chou
  • Patent number: 11243459
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a light irradiation device configured to irradiate a laser beam, an optical scan device configured to deflect the laser beam to make an optical scan, and project an image on a display region, an optical sensor arranged outside the display region, and including a first light receiving region and a second light receiving region that are arranged at different positions along a vertical scanning direction of the optical scan, and a deflection angle controller. The deflection angle controller corrects a deflection angle in the vertical scanning direction of the optical scan device, based on a number of times the laser beam is detected by the first light receiving region and a number of times the laser beam is detected by the second light receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Toyoki Tanaka, Motoi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11237470
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source module, a wavelength conversion module, a first collimator lens, a second collimator lens, a dichroic filter and a reflector. The light source module provides a first beam. The wavelength conversion module includes a reflecting plate and a wavelength conversion layer. The dichroic filter reflects a first part of the first beam to form a second beam, and a second part of the first beam can pass or detour the dichroic filter to form a third beam. The second beam is condensed by the first collimator lens and projected onto the wavelength conversion layer to excite a fourth beam. The third beam is condensed by the second collimator lens and projected onto the reflecting plate to reflect a fifth beam. The fifth beam is reflected via the reflector and the dichroic filter to mix with the fourth beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: QISDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Shiung Chien, Ming-Kuen Lin