Patents by Inventor Ching-Chuan Wei

Ching-Chuan Wei 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).

  • Publication number: 20250093760
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first and a second optical lens assembly. The first optical lens assembly is configured to transmit an image beam to the second optical lens assembly, which projects out the image beam from the projection lens. The second optical lens assembly includes a first and a second reflective element, and an optical member disposed between the first and the second reflective element and including a translucent region and a reflective region. The first reflective element is configured to reflect the image beam from the first optical lens assembly and transmit to the translucent region, which allows the image beam from the first reflective element to pass through and transmit to the second reflective element. The second reflective element is configured to reflect the image beam from the translucent region and transmit to the reflective region, which reflects the image beam from the second reflective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Wei-Ting Wu, You-Da Chen, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Publication number: 20240385463
    Abstract: An optical engine module including a display panel, a transflective layer, a polarizing reflective layer, a first bifocal lens, a first and second electrically controlled half waveplate is provided. The transflective layer is disposed between the display panel and the polarizing reflective layer. The polarizing reflective layer is configured to allow the light beam having a first polarization state to pass through, and reflect the light beam having a second polarization state. The first and second electrically controlled half waveplate are disposed between the transflective layer and the polarizing reflective layer. The first bifocal lens disposed between the first and second electrically controlled half waveplate has a first focal length for the light beam with the first polarization state, and has a second focal length for the light beam with the second polarization state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Hung Lin, Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Bo-Han Cheng, Wei-Ting Wu
  • Publication number: 20240361681
    Abstract: A projection device including an imaging module, a freeform-surface reflective mirror, and a projection lens assembly is provided. The imaging module is configured to provide imaging beams and includes a display panel and a light-source module. The imaging beams are transmitted toward the projection lens assembly by the freeform-surface reflective mirror. The projection lens assembly includes a first optical axis and a second optical axis. The first optical axis passes through the projection lens assembly. The imaging beams emitted by the projection device form an imaging-beam region, in which the first optical axis does not pass through a geometric center of the imaging-beam region, and the second optical axis passes through a geometric center region of the display panel. The geometric center region is a region having a distance less than or equal to 40% of a minimum width of the display panel from a geometric center of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Wen-Chun Wang, Ching-Chuan Wei, You-Da Chen, Chun-An Wei, Yi-En Hsu
  • Patent number: 11982798
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture stop. The first lens group is disposed between a reduced side and a magnified side. The second lens is disposed between the first lens group and the magnified side. The second lens group has a light incident surface, a reflective surface and a light emitting surface, the light incident surface faces the first lens group, the light emitting surface faces a projection surface, the light incident surface, the light emitting surface and the first lens group are disposed at a single side of the reflective surface, and at least one of the light incident surface, the reflective surface and the light emitting surface is a freeform surface. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. Moreover, a projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Publication number: 20240134170
    Abstract: An ultra-short focus projection lens is configured to receive an image beam from an image source side and project the image beam toward a projection surface. The ultra-short focus projection lens has an optical axis. The ultra-short focus projection lens includes a reflective optical element, a first lens group, a stop, and a second lens group arranged in sequence along the optical axis. The image beam from the image source side passes through the second lens group, the stop, and the first lens group in sequence, and is reflected by the reflective optical element and projected to the projection surface. The first lens group includes a plurality of lenses having diopters. The second lens group 10 includes a plurality of lenses having diopters. The first lens group and the second lens group include ten lenses having diopters in total. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, You-Da Chen, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Patent number: 11966012
    Abstract: A projection lens projecting an image beam provided by a light valve onto a screen is provided. The projection lens includes first to fourth lenses in order from a screen side to a display side along an optical axis. Each lens has a screen side surface facing the screen side and allowing the image beam to pass, and a display side surface facing the display side and allowing the image beam to pass. The first and third lenses have a negative refractive power, and the second and fourth lenses have a positive refractive power. The projection lens satisfies 2<TTL/f<5. TTL is a distance from the screen side surface of the first lens to the display side surface of the fourth lens on the optical axis. f is an effective focal length of the projection lens. The projection lens covers a wide range of operating temperatures while being lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240036429
    Abstract: An electrically controlled optical screen including a switchable scattering element and an electrically controlled decorating module is provided. The switchable scattering element is disposed on a side of the electrically controlled decorating module and is configured to switch between a scattering state and a transparent state. The electrically controlled decorating module includes a first polarizer, a first quarter-wave plate, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, an electrically controlled wave plate, a second quarter-wave plate and a second polarizer, which are sequentially stacked. The electrically controlled wave plate has a liquid crystal layer. The second polarizer is disposed between the switchable scattering element and the second quarter-wave plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Jing-Yu Wu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Wei-Ting Wu, Tzu-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20230176342
    Abstract: A fixed-focus projection lens module used for projecting an image beam provided by a light valve onto a screen is provided. The fixed-focus projection lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a light-transmitting element arranged in sequence from a screen side to a display side along an optical axis. The fixed-focus projection lens module satisfies: 1<|OAL/BFL|<2.1, and OAL is a distance from the screen side surface of the first lens to the display side surface of the seventh lens on the optical axis, BFL is a distance from the screen side surface of the light-transmitting element to a display surface of the light valve on the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Cheng-Huan Lyu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230083141
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first lens group, an aperture stop, a second lens group, a reflective optical element, and a refractive optical element arranged in sequence on a transmission path of an image beam. The first lens group, the aperture stop and the second lens group are sequentially arranged from a minified side to a magnified side along an optical axis. The reflective optical element and the refractive optical element are located on opposite sides of the optical axis. The image beam sequentially passes through the first lens group, the aperture stop and the second lens group from the minified side to be transmitted to the reflective optical element. The image beam is reflected by the reflective optical element to the refractive optical element, and passes through the refractive optical element to form a projection beam toward the magnified side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: You-Da Chen, Cheng-Huan Lyu, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Wei-Ting Wu, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Patent number: 11604403
    Abstract: An imaging system, including a light valve and a projection lens, is provided. The projection lens has a reduction side and a magnification side, and includes a lens group and a convex mirror. The light valve is configured on the reduction side. The projection lens is configured to image the beam from the light valve on a projection surface, and the projection surface is configured on the magnification side. There is an included angle between the projection surface and a light receiving surface. The lens group is configured on an optical path between the magnification side and the reduction side, and includes first to seventh lens elements sequentially arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side. The refractive powers of the first to seventh lens elements are respectively negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and positive. The convex mirror is configured on an optical path between the lens group and the magnification side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230073671
    Abstract: A projection lens including a first lens group, an aperture stop, a second lens group, and a reflective optical element sequentially arranged from a reduction side to a magnification side along an optical axis is provided. The first lens group has positive refractive power. The second lens group has negative refractive power. The reflective optical element has positive refractive power. The projection lens satisfies 1.2<|F2/F1|<3.5, wherein F2 is an effective focal length of the reflective optical element, and F1 is an effective focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: You-Da Chen, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Patent number: 11520128
    Abstract: A zoom projection lens with eleven lens elements is provided. The zoom projection lens sequentially includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, an aperture stop, a fourth lens group and a fifth lens group along an optical axis from a screen side to an image source side. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes three lens elements. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes one lens element. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and includes one lens element. The fourth lens group has a negative refractive power and includes four lens elements. The fifth lens group has a positive refractive power and includes two lens elements. A first lens element in the first lens group is an aspheric lens made of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Lun Hu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Meng-Feng Chung, Tao-Hung Kuo, Chuan-Te Cheng
  • Patent number: 11422336
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a projection lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group arranged in sequence along an optical axis from a magnification side to a reduction side. The first lens group includes a plurality of lenses having refractive power. The second lens group includes at least one lens having refractive power. The third lens group includes a diaphragm, and a plurality of lenses having refractive power, wherein an intermediate image is formed between the first and third lens groups, and the refractive powers of the first, second and third lens groups are positive, positive, and positive, respectively. A projection device including the above projection lens is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
  • Patent number: 11340517
    Abstract: A projection lens module and a projector are provided. The projector includes an optical engine and a projection lens module. The optical engine includes a casing, a light source, a light valve, and a prism, where the light source, the light valve, and the prism are disposed in the casing. The light source emits an illumination beam to the light valve. The light valve modulates the illumination beam to generate an image beam and projects the image beam to the projection lens module. The prism is disposed on an optical path of the image beam. The projection lens module is connected to the casing of the optical engine and is configured to project the image beam. The projection lens module includes a projection lens and a smooth picture actuator, where the smooth picture actuator is fixed to the projection lens and is located outside the optical engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuang-Hsiang Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tsung-Hsin Liao
  • Publication number: 20220155666
    Abstract: An imaging system, including a light valve, a projection surface, and a projection lens, is provided. The projection lens has a reduction side and a magnification side, and includes a lens group and a convex mirror. The light valve is configured on the reduction side. The projection surface is configured on the magnification side. There is an included angle between the projection surface and a light receiving surface. The lens group is configured on an optical path between the magnification side and the reduction side, and includes first to seventh lens elements sequentially arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side. The refractive powers of the first to seventh lens elements are respectively negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and positive. The convex mirror is configured on an optical path between the lens group and the magnification side. A projection device, including the imaging system, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
  • Publication number: 20220155569
    Abstract: A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture stop. The first lens group is disposed between a reduced side and a magnified side. The second lens is disposed between the first lens group and the magnified side. The second lens group has a light incident surface, a reflective surface and a light emitting surface, the light incident surface faces the first lens group, the light emitting surface faces a projection surface, the light incident surface, the light emitting surface and the first lens group are disposed at a single side of the reflective surface, and at least one of the light incident surface, the reflective surface and the light emitting surface is a freeform surface. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. Moreover, a projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Publication number: 20220035127
    Abstract: A projection lens projecting an image beam provided by a light valve onto a screen is provided. The projection lens includes first to fourth lenses in order from a screen side to a display side along an optical axis. Each lens has a screen side surface facing the screen side and allowing the image beam to pass, and a display side surface facing the display side and allowing the image beam to pass. The first and third lenses have a negative refractive power, and the second and fourth lenses have a positive refractive power. The projection lens satisfies 2<TTL/f<5. TTL is a distance from the screen side surface of the first lens to the display side surface of the fourth lens on the optical axis. f is an effective focal length of the projection lens. The projection lens covers a wide range of operating temperatures while being lightweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
  • Publication number: 20210199932
    Abstract: A projection lens module and a projector are provided. The projector includes an optical engine and a projection lens module. The optical engine includes a casing, a light source, a light valve, and a prism, where the light source, the light valve, and the prism are disposed in the casing. The light source emits an illumination beam to the light valve. The light valve modulates the illumination beam to generate an image beam and projects the image beam to the projection lens module. The prism is disposed on an optical path of the image beam. The projection lens module is connected to the casing of the optical engine and is configured to project the image beam. The projection lens module includes a projection lens and a smooth picture actuator, where the smooth picture actuator is fixed to the projection lens and is located outside the optical engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuang-Hsiang Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tsung-Hsin Liao
  • Publication number: 20210096341
    Abstract: The invention provides a projection zoom lens and a projector. The projection zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group sequentially arranged along an optical axis from a screen end to an image source end. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, a ninth lens, a tenth lens, an eleventh lens, and a twelfth lens. The first lens to the twelfth lens are sequentially arranged along the optical axis from the screen end to the image source end, and the refractive powers of the first lens to the twelfth lens are negative, negative, positive, positive, positive, negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Meng-Feng Chung, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tao-Hung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210072498
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a projection lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group arranged in sequence along an optical axis from a magnification side to a reduction side. The first lens group includes a plurality of lenses having refractive power. The second lens group includes at least one lens having refractive power. The third lens group includes a diaphragm, and a plurality of lenses having refractive power, wherein an intermediate image is formed between the first and third lens groups, and the refractive powers of the first, second and third lens groups are positive, positive, and positive, respectively. A projection device including the above projection lens is also proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen