Patents Examined by William C. Dowling
  • Patent number: 11619873
    Abstract: A novel projection system includes a base signal source, a highlight signal source, a base/highlight destination, and a shared optical element. A base signal provided by the base source and a highlight signal provided by the highlight source are combined by the shared optical element. In a particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight signal source each include a light source, a spatial light modulator, and optics, and the base/highlight destination includes optics and a spatial light modulator. In a more particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight source provide spatially modulated lightfields to the shared optical element. In another particular embodiment, the base signal and the highlight signal are modulated by the spatial light modulator of the base/highlight destination after being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Juan P. Pertierra, Martin J. Richards, Barret Lippey, Nathan Shawn Wainwright, John David Jackson
  • Patent number: 11619870
    Abstract: A projector includes a laser source, a light modulation element configured to modulate light emitted from the laser source in accordance with image information, and a light transmissive member disposed in a light path between the laser source and the light modulation element, and configured to transmit the light emitted from the laser source, wherein the laser source and the light modulation element are bonded to the light transmissive member, the laser source includes a substrate, and a laminated structure provided to the substrate, and having a light emitting layer configured to emit light, and the laminated structure constitutes a photonic crystal structure configured to confine the light emitted by the light emitting layer in an in-plane direction of the substrate, and emit the light emitted by the light emitting layer in a normal direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Itoh
  • Patent number: 11616935
    Abstract: There is provided an information generation method including, identifying a correspondence relationship between a projector coordinate system and a camera coordinate system, receiving a first operation of designating a first display area representing an arrangement destination of a projection object which is projected on a projection target in a first coordinate system which is one of the camera coordinate system or the projector coordinate system, transforming the first display area into a second display area representing an arrangement destination of the projection object in a second coordinate system which is another of the camera coordinate system or the projector coordinate system based on the correspondence relationship, receiving a second operation of changing at least one of a shape or a position of the second display area, and generating information for changing at least one of a shape or a position of the projection object in accordance with the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ippei Kurota
  • Patent number: 11614520
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging system include a chassis and a galvo mirror assembly. The galvo mirror assembly includes a mirror holder including a handle and a galvo mirror for receiving and reflecting a light beam; a galvo mirror mount detachably mounted on the chassis and including a recess for receiving the handle of the mirror holder; two elastic members coupled to the handle of the mirror holder and the galvo mirror mount; two set screws in contact with the handle of the mirror holder and at least partially in the galvo mirror mount; and a galvo motor in the galvo mirror mount and configured to rotate the mirror holder. The two set screws are individually adjustable to change a compression force applied to at least one of the two elastic members and a tilt angle of the mirror holder (and the galvo mirror) with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anan Pan, Henghui Jiang
  • Patent number: 11609487
    Abstract: A projection screen control method of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes irradiating a display member with first control light, and irradiating the display member with second control light, in which the irradiating the display member with the first control light and the irradiating the display member with the second control light are performed in sequence. The display member has a visible light transmittance or a visible light reflectance that varies depending on light, and contains a photochromic material, and the first control light and the second control light have different light intensities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Takanashi, Hideki Ono, Yui Ishii
  • Patent number: 11606540
    Abstract: A system for controlling laser drivers of lasers, incorporated into optical devices which seek to provide e.g. project laser images including at least one laser image whose pixels are non-uniformly distributed, the system comprising memory which stores desired pixel location data; and a location-to-time converter e.g. hardware processor configured by software or firmware, which is configured to translate the desired pixel location data into time stamps and which, when embedded into an optical device which incorporates a laser having a laser driver, communicates the time stamps to the laser driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MARADIN LTD.
    Inventors: Matan Naftali, Gad Yearim, Ran Gabai, Menashe Yehiel, Gil Cahana
  • Patent number: 11531255
    Abstract: A projector includes a projector main body including an optical unit for generating an image light beam, and a projection optical device attached to a mounting part of the projector main body, and projecting the image light beam generated by the optical unit on a screen, a chassis of the projection optical device includes a camera attachment part to which a camera is attached, and an imaging range of the camera attached to the camera attachment part includes at least a part of a projection image projected by the projection optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kubota
  • Patent number: 11528460
    Abstract: An automatic keystone correction method for projector system includes obtaining full field of view coordinates of a projecting picture being projected to a plane by a time of flight (TOF) ranging device as a first reference picture, utilizing the Gravity sensor to calibrate TOF scanning time deviation, and constructing a motion virtual line of a fixed field of view (FOV) through calibrating its horizontal and vertical angle to implement a rectangle adjustment function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Chin-Chau Chen
  • Patent number: 11525729
    Abstract: A projection device and a household appliance are provided. The projection device includes a casing, a lens component, and a pattern lighting module. An opening is disposed at a front end of the casing. The lens component is disposed inside an accommodating space of the casing and fixed on the casing, and the lens component corresponds to the opening. The pattern lighting module is disposed inside the accommodating space of the casing and fixed on the casing, and the pattern lighting module corresponds to the lens component. The pattern lighting module emits at least one patterned light beam that passes through the lens component and the opening sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: LITE-ON OPTO TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD., LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 11506960
    Abstract: An actuator including a frame body, a base, a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and an optical element is provided. The frame body includes the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The base surrounds the frame body. The first drive assembly is disposed between the base and the first frame portion. The second drive assembly is disposed between the base and the second frame portion. When the actuator is set to a first mode, a phase difference between the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly is substantially 0 degrees, and the optical element exhibits a first actuation mode relative to the base. Alternatively, when the actuator is set to the second mode, the phase difference between the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly is substantially 90 degrees, and the optical element exhibits a second actuation mode relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Hao Chen, Ken-Teng Peng
  • Patent number: 11506959
    Abstract: An optical element adjusting mechanism is provided, including a frame, a carrier, and an optical element. The frame includes a plurality of first positioning portions. The carrier includes a hollow body, a first axial portion connected to the hollow body, and a plurality of second positioning portions connected to the hollow body. The hollow body is connected to the frame through the first axial portion. The plurality of second positioning portions are disposed corresponding to the plurality of first positioning portions. The optical element is fixed on the hollow body. The plurality of second positioning portions are fixed to the plurality of first positioning portions through a plurality of adhesives. An optical element adjusting system and a projection device are also proposed. The optical element adjusting mechanism, the optical element adjusting system, and the projection device quickly, easily, and accurately adjust a rotation angle of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Hao Chen, Ken-Teng Peng
  • Patent number: 11506958
    Abstract: A first holding barrel, a first mirror bending a first optical axis of the first holding barrel at 90°, a second holding barrel, a second mirror bending a second optical axis of the second holding barrel at 90°, and a third holding barrel are disposed on an optical axis from a screen side to an image forming panel. A first connection member connects the first holding barrel including the first mirror to the second holding barrel to be rotationally movable in increments of 90°. A second connection member connects the second holding barrel and the second mirror to the third holding barrel to be rotationally movable in increments of 90°. An orientation of a display image of the image forming panel is changed based on rotational movement states of an optical axis of a first sensor and an optical axis of a second sensor to make an orientation of a projection image on the screen match an original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Amano, Yukiko Nagatoshi, Hironobu Kayano, Kenji Ito
  • Patent number: 11503261
    Abstract: A processing device generates a marker image to use as a reference for correcting a shape of a projection image projected on a projection surface from a projector, takes a taken image of the projection surface using the imaging device from an imaging position different from an observation position from which the projection surface is observed, generates a parameter for reducing a distortion of the projection image based on the marker image included in the taken image, displays an area image representing a range wherein projection can be performed on the projection surface on the display device, disposes a video content at an indicating position in the area image with an input to the input device, generates an original image including the video content, and corrects the original image thereby generating an input image for input to a projector configured to project the projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ide, Toshiki Fujimori, Makoto Shigemitsu, Takahiro Otsu
  • Patent number: 11490058
    Abstract: Provided is an optoelectronic light source that includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers each configured to emit a laser beam and arranged on a mounting platform, and a redirecting optical element configured to redirect the laser beams. The redirecting optical element includes for each one of the plurality of semiconductor lasers a separate reflection zone, the reflection zones are shaped differently from one another, and after passing the redirecting optical element, the laser beams run in a common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Erich Sorg, Alan Lenef
  • Patent number: 11487196
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a projection device for projecting an image, a transparent projection screen for displaying the projected image and a secondary image surface on an opposite side of the screen to the projector device and where an undesired secondary image appears. Different arrangements for the management of the undesired secondary image are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Elisabeth Berry
  • Patent number: 11480660
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging system includes multiple scanning mirror assemblies to increase a receive aperture. The multiple scanning mirror assemblies are controlled to mimic the operation of one large scanning mirror. The multiple scanning mirror assemblies may be arranged in one-dimensional arrays or two-dimensional arrays. Two arrays of scanning mirror assemblies provide for scanning in two dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Ellis, Jonathan A. Morarity, Alga Lloyd Nothern, III
  • Patent number: 11480856
    Abstract: There is provided a projection lens that is mounted on a housing of a projection device including an electro-optical element. The projection lens includes a first holding frame through which light emitted from the housing passes, a second reflective part that refracts an optical axis of light emitted from the first holding frame and includes a pair of side surfaces facing each other, and a second holding frame that holds the second reflective part and includes a pair of first holes provided at positions corresponding to the pair of side surfaces; and each of the pair of side surfaces has a gap between itself and the second holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kamigaki, Hitoshi Shimizu, Yasuto Kuroda, Hironobu Kayano
  • Patent number: 11480857
    Abstract: An adjustable optical module including a housing, an optical component and a cover component is provided. The housing has a positioning slot and an opening. The optical component is rotatably disposed on the positioning slot and includes an optical film and a carrying base for carrying the optical film. The carrying base includes an adjusting lever corresponding to the opening, and the adjusting lever is adapted to adjust an angle of the optical film. The cover component is fixed on the housing and covers the opening, and the cover component presses against the adjusting lever to fix the optical film. A projector having the adjustable optical module described above is also provided. The adjustable optical module and the projector of the invention can adjust the angle of the optical film through the above structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tung-Yi Ko, Hsiang-Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 11480861
    Abstract: Examples of light projector systems and methods of use. A method can include providing an optical device having a first surface, a second surface normal to the first surface, and a third surface arranged at an angle to the second surface. The third surface can be reflective to light of a first state and transmissive to light of a second state. An input beam having the first state can be normally incident on the first surface. A transmissive diffractive optical element on the first surface can convert the input beam into at least a first diffracted beam directed toward the third surface, where it is reflected by the third surface in a direction substantially parallel to the first surface. The reflected first diffracted beam can be modulated with image information using a spatial light modulator to produce a modulated light beam having the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Jahja Trisnadi, Pierre St. Hilaire, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Clinton Carlisle, Michael Anthony Klug, Kevin Richard Curtis
  • Patent number: 11483528
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method for suppressing a decrease in the accuracy of image projection correction. By use of an image projection model using a distortion factor of an f? lens with an image height of incident light expressed by the product of a focal point distance f and an incident angle ? of the incident light, the posture of a projection section for projecting an image and the posture of an imaging section for capturing a projection plane to which the image is projected are estimated. The present disclosure may be applied, for example, to information processing apparatuses, projection apparatuses, imaging apparatuses, projection imaging apparatuses, projection imaging control apparatuses, or image projection and imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomu Tahara, Naoki Kobayashi, Yugo Katsuki