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).
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Patent number: 11966012Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
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Publication number: 20240036429Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Jing-Yu Wu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Wei-Ting Wu, Tzu-Hung Lin
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Publication number: 20230176342Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Cheng-Huan Lyu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Fu-Ming Chuang
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Publication number: 20230083141Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: You-Da Chen, Cheng-Huan Lyu, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Wei-Ting Wu, Ching-Chuan Wei
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Patent number: 11604403Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
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Publication number: 20230073671Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: You-Da Chen, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Ching-Chuan Wei
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Patent number: 11520128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Li-Lun Hu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Meng-Feng Chung, Tao-Hung Kuo, Chuan-Te Cheng
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Patent number: 11422336Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
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Patent number: 11340517Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Kuang-Hsiang Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tsung-Hsin Liao
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Publication number: 20220155569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Ming Chuang, Chuan-Chung Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei
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Publication number: 20220155666Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Chung Chang, Fu-Ming Chuang
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Publication number: 20220035127Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
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Publication number: 20210199932Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Kuang-Hsiang Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tsung-Hsin Liao
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Publication number: 20210096341Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wei-Ting Wu, Meng-Feng Chung, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tao-Hung Kuo
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Publication number: 20210072498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ching-Chuan Wei, Yi-Chin Chen
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Publication number: 20200379224Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Li-Lun Hu, Ching-Chuan Wei, Meng-Feng Chung, Tao-Hung Kuo, Chuan-Te Cheng
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Patent number: 9915810Abstract: A projection lens and a projection apparatus are provided. The projection lens has a screen side and an image side. The projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group disposed between the screen side and the image side includes a first, a second, and a third lenses arranged sequentially from the screen side to the image side. The second lens group disposed between the first lens group and the image side includes a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, an eighth, a ninth, and a tenth lenses arranged sequentially from the screen side to the image side. The third lens group disposed between the second lens group and the image side includes an eleventh and a twelfth lenses, and a distance between the twelfth lens and the light valve is a constant.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Te Cheng
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Patent number: 9798118Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes a light source module, an optical engine module and a projection lens module. The optical engine module includes a prism and a light valve. The projection lens module includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between the screen end and the imaging end. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens, which are sequentially disposed from the screen end to the imaging end and have negative, negative and positive refractive powers, respectively. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the imaging end and has a positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens, which are sequentially disposed from the screen end to the imaging end and have negative, positive and positive refractive powers, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Yi-Chin Chen, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Te Cheng
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Patent number: 9791680Abstract: A projection lens disposed between a screen side and an image side and including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. Refractive powers of the first lens group and the second lens group are respectively negative and positive. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from the screen side to the image side, and refractive powers thereof are respectively negative, negative, and positive. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, a ninth lens, and a tenth lens arranged in sequence from the screen side to the image side, and refractive powers thereof are respectively positive, positive, negative, negative, negative, positive, and positive. A projection apparatus is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Tzu-Yuan Lin, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Te Cheng
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Patent number: 9733457Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from a magnified side to a minified side, refractive powers of which are negative, negative, and positive, respectively. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, a ninth lens, and a tenth lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side to the minified side, refractive powers of which are positive, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive, respectively. The first lens and the tenth lens are aspheric lenses, and the second lens to the ninth lens are spherical lenses.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tao-Hung Kuo, Hsin-Wen Tsai, Ching-Chuan Wei, Chuan-Te Cheng