Patents Examined by William C. Dowling
  • Patent number: 11281081
    Abstract: A projector and a method for holding the projector, which can prevent the projector from dropping and which can prevent noise emission. The projector of the present disclosure includes resin housing having multiple mounting portions, hanging metal plate disposed inside housing, at least one metal member disposed inside housing, connected to hanging metal plate, and integrated with hanging metal plate to form a loop shape, grounding member that is connected to the loop shape and grounds hanging metal plate, hanging metal fitting for fixing housing to a wall surface or ceiling, fixing member for fixing hanging metal fitting from the outside of housing to multiple portions, the hanging metal plate being fixed to hanging metal fitting through fixing member in at least one portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11269247
    Abstract: A light source module for providing an illumination light includes a light source configured to provide a first beam of a first waveband, a microlens array disposed corresponding to the light source and configured to uniform the first beam, a first lens set configured to focus at least a portion of the first beam uniformed by the microlens array, and a wavelength conversion unit configured to convert at least a portion of the first beam focused by the first lens set into a second beam of a second waveband different from the first waveband, wherein the second beam and the first beam not converted by the wavelength conversion unit together form the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Ming Zhang, Chien-Chiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11269242
    Abstract: An adjusting module and a projector are provided. The adjusting module includes a frame, an optical assembly, an elastic assembly and an adjusting member. The optical assembly is fixed to the elastic assembly. The elastic assembly is detachably assembled on the frame, and includes a fixing portion, a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The fixing portion is fixed to the optical assembly. The first and second elastic portions respectively include first and second hooks and first and second elastic arms. The first and second elastic arms are respectively connected to the fixing portion, and the first and second hooks are respectively assembled to the frame. The adjusting member penetrates through the through hole and leans against the optical assembly. When the adjusting member is adjusted, the optical assembly is displaced relative to the frame in a plane perpendicular to an incident optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Kun-Chen Hsu
  • Patent number: 11262645
    Abstract: A lens shift mechanism of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a projection lens; a cylindrical housing that holds the projection lens; and an operating unit that moves the cylindrical housing in one axial direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens. The operating unit includes a pair of a main shaft and a countershaft extending in the one axial direction and disposed to be opposed to each other across the cylindrical housing, and a pair of elastic bodies provided respectively for the main shaft and the countershaft. The pair of elastic bodies are parallel to the one axial direction, and have biasing directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeaki Hirasawa, Takahiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11256164
    Abstract: An optical element includes a prism and a light blocking member. The prism has a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The first surface is connected to the second surface. The third surface is connected between the first and second surfaces and opposite to a light valve of a projection device. The first surface reflects an image light beam from the light valve to allow the image light beam to pass through the second surface. The light blocking member is disposed on the prism and includes a first light blocking portion and a second light blocking portion adjacent to each other. The first light blocking portion shields a part of the first surface adjacent to the second surface, and the second light blocking portion shields a part of the second surface adjacent to the first surface. A projection device using the optical element is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Mao-Min Fu, Hung-Pin Chen, Yen-Po Chang, Chien-Ming Peng
  • Patent number: 11249381
    Abstract: A projection apparatus configured to project a projection image based on image data through a projection optical system that includes a field curvature adjustment lens unit configured to adjust a field curvature in order to focus on a nonplanar projection surface includes a processor configured to generate the image data including information on a focus fixed position where a focus does not change on the projection surface in adjusting the field curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Kano
  • Patent number: 11228744
    Abstract: A method for controlling a projection system including a projector and a portable apparatus including a camera includes causing the projector to project light representing a pattern image, acquiring image data from the camera that captures the light, determining a path in the pattern image based on a change in the image data according to displacement of the camera, and generating a filter that changes a portion of an image projected by the projector in the range defined by the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Kadota
  • Patent number: 11221548
    Abstract: Provided are an adjustable optical module and a projector including the same. The adjustable optical module includes an optical element; a carrier; a frame; a base; a first adjusting assembly including a first driving member, a first adjusting member, and a first rotating member; and a second adjusting assembly including a second driving member, a second adjusting member, and a second rotating member. The first adjusting member is adjusted to drive a first boss of the first driving member to move, the first rotating member being correspondingly driven to rotate, thereby pushing the carrier to rotate around a first axis relative to the base. The second adjusting member is adjusted to drive a second boss of the second driving member to move, the second rotating member being correspondingly driven to rotate, thereby pushing the frame to rotate around a second axis relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Yii-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 11221547
    Abstract: A projector including an optical machine, a lens and a casing is provided. The optical machine is configured to form an optical image. The lens is located on a projection path of the optical machine so that the optical image is projected on the lens. The casing is configured to receive the optical machine and the lens. The casing is provided with a positioning mark, which is aligned with an imaging center of the optical image in a vertical direction and configured to align the imaging center of the optical image with a center of a projection screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, BENQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tung-Chia Chou, Chin-Fu Chiang
  • Patent number: 11221550
    Abstract: A projection device includes a laser light source and a wavelength conversion assembly. The laser light source is configured to emit a first laser light having a first wavelength. The wavelength conversion assembly is configured to convert a first portion of the first laser light into a second laser light, wherein the second laser light has a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The second laser light is reflected back to an upstream optical path of the wavelength conversion assembly through the wavelength conversion assembly, and a second portion of the first laser light is reflected to a downstream optical path of the wavelength conversion assembly through the wavelength conversion assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: BENQ CORPORATION, BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chen-Cheng Huang, Tung-Chia Chou
  • Patent number: 11215908
    Abstract: The lens unit includes a jointed lens having a first optical member, a second optical member disposed on an optical axis of the first optical member, and a jointing member having a light transmissive property and disposed between the first optical member and the second optical member, and an adjustment mechanism holding the first optical member and the second optical member and adjusting a distance between the first optical member and the second optical member along an optical axis direction. The jointing member adheres to the first optical member and the second optical member in a deformable manner. The adjustment mechanism adjusts the distance to change the thickness of the jointing member along the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotaka Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 11215907
    Abstract: An optical unit includes: a projection optical system on which light from a display unit is incident; a common optical system that projects light passing through the projection optical system to a projection target object and forms an image of a subject at a side of the projection target object; an optical member for guiding light passing through the projection optical system to the common optical system and guiding an intermediate image formed by at least a part of the common optical system to an imaging element; and an imaging optical system for forming the intermediate image on the imaging element, and an image forming position of the intermediate image is present between a component closest to a side of the projection target object among components constituting the common optical system and the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Inoue, Chikara Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11209723
    Abstract: An optical module and a projector including the optical module are provided. The optical module includes a base, a first frame body disposed in the base, an optical element disposed in the first frame body, and at least one driving assembly disposed between the base and the first frame body. The first frame body is configured to swing relative to the base through a magnetic force generated by the at least one driving assembly, and each of the at least one driving assembly includes a coil and a magnetic structure that is separated from the coil and includes a magnetic permeable plate, a separation medium, and a magnet element. The separation medium is located on one side of the magnetic permeable plate facing the coil. The magnet element is disposed on the side of the magnetic permeable plate facing the coil and is separated by the separation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Chang, Shu-Yu Lin, Chien-Sheng Liu, Chun-Min Wu
  • Patent number: 11206380
    Abstract: A projector controller includes an object detector and control electronics, and is configured to protect audience members from intense light imposing an exclusion zone in front of a projector. The object detector is configured to optically sense a presence of an object in a detection region beneath the exclusion zone and above the audience members. The control electronics is configured to control the projector when the object detector indicates the presence of the object in the detection region. A method for protecting audience members from intense light imposing an exclusion zone in front of an output of a projector includes: (i) optically sensing a presence of an object in a detection region between the exclusion zone and the audience members, and (ii) controlling the projector when the presence of the object is sensed in the detection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: John Frederick Arntsen, Juan P. Pertierra, Martin J. Richards, Barret Lippey, Christopher John Orlick, Douglas J. Gorny
  • Patent number: 11204541
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a light valve, a projection lens, and a light source device. The light source device provides an illumination beam and includes a casing, a light source, and a wavelength-converting module. The casing has an opening portion. The light source device is disposed in the casing and provides an excitation beam. The wavelength-converting module is disposed at the opening portion and includes a bracket, a motor, and a wavelength-converting wheel. Heat-dissipating fin set of the bracket is exposed out of the casing via the opening portion. The motor is disposed on a carrying portion of the bracket. The wavelength-converting wheel is driven to rotate by the motor. The wavelength-converting wheel converts the excitation beam into a conversion beam. The illumination beam includes the conversion beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmissive path of the illumination beam to convert the illumination beam into an image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jhen Ouyang, Wen-Ching Ho
  • Patent number: 11199694
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes: a fixed body that contains a light source and a light modulation element for spatially modulating light from the light source based on image data; a movable body that includes a reflecting member for reflecting light emitted from the fixed body, is rotatably supported by the fixed body around a rotation axis parallel to an incidence direction of the light onto the reflecting member, and is movable with respect to the fixed body; a fixed body side electrode; a movable body side electrode; a driving unit; and an optical member that is provided at the movable body and driven by the driving unit, and the fixed body includes a driving controller that controls the driving unit in a case where the movable body side electrode is electrically conducted with the fixed body side electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuto Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11199760
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical module, including a first frame body, a second frame body, a first adjustment member, and a first optical component. The first frame body is rotatably connected to a base body and includes a first adjustment portion and a boss, and the first adjustment portion drives the first frame body to rotate with a first axial line as a rotating axis. The second frame body is rotatably connected to the first frame body and includes a second adjustment portion. The first adjustment member is screwed to the boss and moves along the first axial line relative to the boss to push the second adjustment portion and drive the second frame body to rotate with a second axial line as a rotating axis. The first optical component is disposed on the second frame body. The invention further provides a projector including the foregoing optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Chang Chen, Shou-Cheng Huang, Chien-Chung Liao
  • Patent number: 11199761
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical projection system with microlens arrays. The optical projection system includes a light source, a collimating lens, a first microlens array, a projection source, a positive lens module, a second microlens array and a receiving surface which are arranged in sequence. The first microlens array includes n first microlens units arranged in an array. The projection source includes n projected image units arranged in an array. The second microlens array includes n second microlens units arranged in an array. The first microlens unit and the second microlens unit which are opposite to each other have a common optical axis. According to the system of the present invention, sub-real image units can be compounded and superposed on the receiving surface, such that optical crosstalk between adjacent optical channels can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: YEJIA OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (GUANGDONG) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng Jiang, Jun She, Jixue Nan
  • Patent number: 11194235
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection lens and a projector body. In the projection lens, a U-shaped optical path is formed by optical axis to optical axis. A lens barrel is a U-shaped barrel. A housing of the projector body includes a storage section. The projection lens is supported rotatably about the optical axis with respect to the housing, in an up-down direction and a right-left direction of the housing perpendicular to the optical axis, between a first position where the projection lens is stored inside a storage section provided in the housing and a second position where the projection lens is protruding from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Amano, Yukiko Nagatoshi, Hironobu Kayano, Kenji Ito
  • Patent number: 11194236
    Abstract: An optical-element angle adjustment device includes: a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion formed to protrude on the same axis from opposite positions across an optical mirror held by a mirror holding portion; a first adjustment member having an elongated hole formed along a direction corresponding to a first rotation direction representing a direction in which the axis is rotated, in which the second protruding portion is inserted; and a second adjustment member fitting with the second protruding portion protruding from the first adjustment member. A position of the second protruding portion in the elongated hole is adjusted using the first adjustment member. An angle of rotation of the second adjustment member in a second rotation direction with the axis as a rotation axis is adjusted. Thereafter positions of the first adjustment member and the second adjustment member are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Mikutsu