Patents by Inventor Chi-Tang Hsieh
Chi-Tang Hsieh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20170212350Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus including a main body, a mask, and a projection apparatus is provided. The mask is pivotally connected to the main body. The mask includes a reflection area. The reflection area has a first normal line. The projection apparatus is disposed inside the main body and adapted to project an image beam to a target. The projection apparatus includes a mirror. The mirror has a second normal line. An acute angle exists between normal projections of the first normal line and the second normal line on a reference plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chih-Hsien Tsai
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Publication number: 20170184950Abstract: A projection system including a projection apparatus and a screen is provided. The projection apparatus is adapted to output a plurality of exciting beams respectively having a plurality of different wavebands. The screen is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beams. The screen includes a plurality of fluorescence material layers and at least one gas barrier layer. The fluorescence material layers are adapted to be excited by the exciting beams to emit image beams respectively having different wavebands, so as to form an image frame. The gas barrier layer covers the fluorescence material layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yu-An Huang, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chia-Hao Wang, Chien-Chiu Hsueh
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Publication number: 20170184953Abstract: A projection screen, adapted to receive an image beam, includes a transparent substrate, optical pillar structures, a light-scattering layer, Fresnel structures and a light-absorption layer. The transparent substrate has first surface and second surface opposing to each other. The optical pillar structures are located at the first surface, and between the light-scattering layer and the transparent substrate. Each optical pillar structure is arranged along the first direction. The Fresnel structures are located at the second surface, and disposed between the transparent substrate and the light-absorption layer. Each Fresnel structure has a reflective surface and a transmissive surface connected to the reflective surface. The image beam sequentially passes through the light-scattering layer, the optical pillar structures, the transparent substrate and travels to the reflective surfaces, and the image beam is reflected by the reflective surfaces and outputs from the projection screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Fang-Hsuan Su, Hung-Ta Chien, Fu-Chiang Hsu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
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Publication number: 20170160628Abstract: A light source module including a light source and a light diffusion and filtering plate is provided. The light source is configured to provide an illumination light beam. The light diffusion and filtering plate is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination light beam. The light diffusion and filtering plate includes a light-transparent substrate, a light diffusion structure, and a light filtering structure. The light-transparent substrate has a first surface facing to the light source and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The light diffusion structure is disposed on the first surface, and the light filtering structure is disposed on the second surface. The light source module may reduce flicker. Further, a projection apparatus having the light source module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: HUNG-YU LIN, CHI-FU LIU, CHUN-LI CHEN, CHI-TANG HSIEH
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Publication number: 20170153662Abstract: A head mounted display device includes at least one display panel, two first lenses, two second lenses, and microstructures. The display panel is adapted to provide an image beam. The first lenses are disposed between the display panel and a focus area. Each first lens includes a first surface and a second surface. The second lenses are disposed between the first lenses and the focus area. The microstructures are disposed on at least one of the first surfaces and the second surfaces. Each first lens has an axis. The microstructures include a first microstructure group disposed close to the axis and a second microstructure group disposed away from the axis. A first angle is formed between any two adjacent microstructures in the first microstructure group, and a second angle is formed between any two adjacent microstructures in the second microstructure group. The first angle is greater than the second angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: CHIH-HSIEN TSAI, CHI-TANG HSIEH
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Publication number: 20170115490Abstract: A head-mounted display including a device body, an assembly and a projection device is provided. The assembly includes a reflective surface, and is pivoted on the device body. The projection device includes a liquid crystal lens element, and is disposed inside the device body. The projection device is used to project an image beam on the assembly, and the assembly reflects the image beam to a projection target. The projection device uses the liquid crystal lens element to calibrate an aberration generated from the reflective surface of the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chung-Ting Wei, Hsiang-Hua Wang
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Patent number: 9599882Abstract: An illumination system including at least one laser source, at least one anisotropic light expanding element and a wavelength conversion element is provided. The at least one laser source emits a laser beam. The at least one anisotropic light expanding element is disposed on the transmission path of the laser beam and causes the laser beam to expand along a light expanding direction. The light expanding direction is substantially parallel to the slow axis of the laser beam. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on the transmission path of the laser beam. A projection apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chia-Hao Wang, Ko-Shun Chen, Chi-Hsun Wang
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Publication number: 20170059976Abstract: An illumination system including a coherent light source device, a light delivery module, and a light wavelength conversion module is provided. The coherent light source device includes a light emitting source and a light collimating element. The light emitting source is adapted to emit at least one coherent light beam. The light collimating element is located on a transmission path of the at least one coherent light beam from the light emitting source and collimates the at least one coherent light beam. The light delivery module is located on a transmission path of at least one coherent light beam from the light collimating element and includes a first lens. The first lens has a lens array surface adapted to diverge any of the coherent light beam from the light collimating element. A projection apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Chia-Hao Wang, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Ko-Shun Chen, Chi-Hsun Wang
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Patent number: 9581879Abstract: A light wavelength conversion module including a substrate, a first light wavelength conversion layer, and a first light transmissive layer is provided. The substrate has a light passing-through area and a first light wavelength conversion area. The first light wavelength conversion layer is located at the first light wavelength conversion area and between the first light transmissive layer and the substrate. The first light wavelength conversion layer is suitable for converting a coherent light beam into a first conversion light beam, wherein wavelengths of the coherent light beam and the first conversion light beam are different from each other. An illumination system and a projection apparatus are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chia-Hao Wang, Chi-Hsun Wang, Ko-Shun Chen
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Publication number: 20160370589Abstract: An image display apparatus adapted to dispose in front of at least one eye of a user and including a frame, a projecting optical system, at least one waveguide and at least one lens is provided. The projecting optical system is configured to provide an image beam and disposed on the frame. The waveguide and the lens are disposed on the transmission path of the image beam. The waveguide has a side surface and the side surface has a first curvature. The waveguide is disposed on a surface of the lens. The surface has a second curvature and the first curvature is the same as the second curvature to bond the side surface and the surface with each other. The image beam is transmitted to the eye through the lens to display a virtual image after being transmitted to the lens through the waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Hsiang-Hua Wang, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chung-Ting Wei
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Publication number: 20160356445Abstract: A vehicle illumination apparatus including a light guide bar, at least one light source, and a lens is provided. The light guide bar has at least one light incidence surface and a light emitting surface, and a shape of the light emitting surface is a polygon having an interior angle not smaller than 180 degrees. The at least one light source is disposed adjacent to the at least one light incidence surface. The lens is disposed adjacent to the light emitting surface and has an optical axis and a light incidence recess. The light incidence recess faces the light guide bar and has a light incidence opening, wherein a cross-sectional area of the light incidence opening on a first reference plane perpendicular to the optical axis is greater than an area of the light emitting surface of the light guide bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Han-Wen Tsai
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Patent number: 9441812Abstract: An illumination apparatus including an exciting light source, a reflective switching element, a first wavelength conversion element, and a second wavelength conversion element is provided. The exciting light source emits an exciting beam, and the reflective switching element is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam. When the reflective switching element is switched to a first state, the reflective switching element reflects the exciting beam to the first wavelength conversion element so as to excite the first wavelength conversion element to emit a first conversion beam. When the reflective switching element is switched to a second state, the reflective switching element reflects the exciting beam to the second wavelength conversion element so as to excite the second wavelength conversion element to emit a second conversion beam.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Fu-Ming Chuang
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Publication number: 20160238207Abstract: A lens includes a light input surface and a light output surface. The light output surface is opposite to the light input surface. A central region of the light output surface has a plurality of cylindrical surface microstructures. A depth of the cylindrical surface microstructures in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens is within a range from 0.02 millimeter to 0.2 millimeter. A vehicle lamp module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Han-Wen Tsai, Kuo-Sheng Huang
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Patent number: 9411218Abstract: A wavelength conversion device including a main body and a transparent component is provided. The main body has at least one wavelength conversion region and a slot. The transparent component is disposed in the slot to form a light transmission region, wherein one of the main body and the transparent component has at least one groove, and another one of the main body and the transparent component is engaged with the groove, such that the main body and the transparent component are fixed together. In addition, a projector having the wavelength conversion device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Ko-Shun Chen, Chi-Hsun Wang, Kun-Liang Jao
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Publication number: 20160224190Abstract: An optical object positioning apparatus including an optical element, a light sensor and a processing unit and a positioning method thereof are provided. The optical element includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and perpendicular to a first axis, and has at least two light-passing regions. Light beams from an object to be positioned pass through the light-passing regions from the first surface to the second surface. The light sensor and the optical element are spaced by a predetermined distance on a direction of the first axis. The light sensor senses the light beams from the light-passing regions to generate at least two light-sensing signals. A distance between the object and the optical element is positively correlated to the predetermined distance. The processing unit receives the light-sensing signals and positions the object according to the light-sensing signals and the predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY, CORETRONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Yu-Jie Su, Yu-Cheng Chang, Zong Qin, Yi-Pai Huang
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Publication number: 20160147068Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus configured to be disposed in front of an eye of a user is provided. The virtual image display apparatus includes an image displaying unit providing an image beam, a first beam splitting unit disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, and an image correction unit disposed on the transmission path of the image beam from the first beam splitting unit. The image correction unit includes a first optical element, a second optical element, and a planar reflective element. The image beam emitted by the image displaying unit sequentially travels through the first beam splitting unit, the first optical element, and the second optical element, and is reflected by the planar reflective element, then travels through the second optical element and the first optical element again, and is transmitted to the eye by the first beam splitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Chung-Ting Wei, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Tzu-Hua Huang
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Publication number: 20160004148Abstract: A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, and an image-forming system is provided. The illumination system includes a first dichroic unit, a second dichroic unit, a third dichroic unit, two wavelength conversion modules, two light sources respectively emitting a first beam and a second beam, and an excitation light source module emitting an excitation beam. The first dichroic unit and the second dichroic unit are disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam. The two wavelength conversion modules respectively convert the corresponding partial excitation beam coming from the first dichroic unit and the second dichroic unit into two converted beams. The light valve converts the first beam, the two converted beams, and the second beam coming from the third dichroic unit into an image beam. The image-forming system is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Hao-Wei Chiu, Ko-Shun Chen, Chi-Hsun Wang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
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Publication number: 20160004138Abstract: A wavelength conversion device including a main body and a transparent element is provided. The main body has at least one wavelength conversion region, a containing recess portion, and a stop portion. The containing recess portion and the stop portion encircle a closed slot. The transparent element is disposed in the closed slot to construct a light penetration region. The stop portion stops the transparent element along a radial direction of the main body. Moreover, a projector using the wavelength conversion device is also mentioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Kun-Liang Jao, Ko-Shun Chen, Chi-Hsun Wang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
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Publication number: 20150362154Abstract: An illumination apparatus including an exciting light source, a reflective switching element, a first wavelength conversion element, and a second wavelength conversion element is provided. The exciting light source emits an exciting beam, and the reflective switching element is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam. When the reflective switching element is switched to a first state, the reflective switching element reflects the exciting beam to the first wavelength conversion element so as to excite the first wavelength conversion element to emit a first conversion beam. When the reflective switching element is switched to a second state, the reflective switching element reflects the exciting beam to the second wavelength conversion element so as to excite the second wavelength conversion element to emit a second conversion beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Fu-Ming Chuang
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Publication number: 20150346579Abstract: A wavelength conversion module that includes a reflective substrate, a strip-shaped wavelength conversion layer, and a microstructure layer is provided. The strip-shaped wavelength conversion layer is located on the reflective substrate and includes a transparent base and a wavelength conversion material doped in the transparent base. The microstructure layer is located on the strip-shaped wavelength conversion layer and includes a plurality of microstructures. The microstructures are arranged on a surface of the microstructure layer in a close-packing manner. The wavelength conversion module satisfies n2?0.3?n1?n2+0.3, where n1 is a refractive index of the transparent base, and n2 is a refractive index of the microstructure layer. An illumination system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Tang Hsieh, Jo-Han Hsu