Patents by Inventor Yi-Chin Fang

Yi-Chin Fang 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).

  • Patent number: 8277049
    Abstract: A projector is provided, which includes a red substrate, a green substrate, a blue substrate, an X-cube, an electronic control element, a light guide element, a light valve element, and a projection lens. The red substrate, the green substrate, and the blue substrate respectively illuminate three surfaces of the X-cube, and the light is mixed in the X-cube and then exits from a light emitting surface. The electronic control element controls the red substrate, the green substrate, and the blue substrate. The light guide element is used for reflecting the light from the light emitting surface of the X-cube. The light valve element is used for reflecting the light from the light guide element back to the light guide element, and the light passes through the light guide element and then projected by the projection lens onto a projection plane area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: National Kaohsiung First University Of Science And Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Jung-Hung Sun, Wei-Chi Lai, Hsuan-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 8033697
    Abstract: An automotive headlight system and an adaptive automotive headlight system with instant compensation control are provided. The automotive headlight system includes a light source, a total internal reflection prism, a digital reflecting element, a freeform lens, and a multi-curve-reflector. The total internal reflection prism is used for redirecting and reflecting light beams from the light source. The digital reflecting element is controlled to switch to a plurality of states with regard to reflected light beams from the total internal reflection prism then compensation patterns will be promptly given during different states. The freeform lens is used for controlling directions of the light beams from the digital reflecting element. The multi-curve-reflector has a plurality of radii of curvature for reflecting the light beams from the freeform lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Jung-Hung Sun, Yi-Liang Chen, Wei-Chi Lai, Kuo-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20110188001
    Abstract: A projector is provided, which includes a red substrate, a green substrate, a blue substrate, an X-cube, an electronic control element, a light guide element, a light valve element, and a projection lens. The red substrate, the green substrate, and the blue substrate respectively illuminate three surfaces of the X-cube, and the light is mixed in the X-cube and then exits from a light emitting surface. The electronic control element controls the red substrate, the green substrate, and the blue substrate. The light guide element is used for reflecting the light from the light emitting surface of the X-cube. The light valve element is used for reflecting the light from the light guide element back to the light guide element, and the light passes through the light guide element and then projected by the projection lens onto a projection plane area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Jung-Hung Sun, Wei-Chi Lai, Hsuan-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20100208478
    Abstract: An automotive headlight system and an adaptive automotive headlight system with instant compensation control are provided. The automotive headlight system includes a light source, a total internal reflection prism, a digital reflecting element, a freeform lens, and a multi-curve-reflector. The total internal reflection prism is used for redirecting and reflecting light beams from the light source. The digital reflecting element is controlled to switch to a plurality of states with regard to reflected light beams from the total internal reflection prism then compensation patterns will be promptly given during different states. The freeform lens is used for controlling directions of the light beams from the digital reflecting element. The multi-curve-reflector has a plurality of radii of curvature for reflecting the light beams from the freeform lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Jung-Hung Sun, Yi-Liang Chen, Wei-Chi Lai, Kuo-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20060285225
    Abstract: The invention relates to a zoom lens for DLP projector. The zoom lens of the invention comprises a focus group, a zoom group and a compensation group. The zoom group comprises three zoom units with positive, negative, positive optical power respectively. The compensation group comprises a first compensation unit, a second compensation unit, an aperture stop and a third compensation unit. Corresponding to the aperture stop, the compensation lens of the compensation units have positive radius, positive radius, positive radius and negative radius respectively. The zoom lens of the invention utilizes the zoom group and the compensation group so that firstly, the F-number of the zoom lens of the invention can be fixed at 2.2; secondly, the relative luminance of the zoom lens of the invention can be up to 60% even at extreme corner; thirdly, the tolerance of the zoom lens of the invention is comparatively excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Yao-Chien Cheng
  • Patent number: 6762886
    Abstract: A 10× ratio wide-angle zoom lens includes several lens sets which is made of several lenses with different focal lengths. It has a first lens set with a positive dioptre, a second lens set with a negative dioptre, a third lens set with a positive dioptre, and a fourth lens set with a positive dioptre. The second lens set further contains two lenses with negative dioptres and one lens with a positive dioptre. The lens with a positive dioptre has a non-spherical surface on the object side. The lens with a negative dioptre closer to the lens with a positive dioptre is cemented to the positive-dioptre lens. The fourth lens set contains a lens with a negative dioptre and two non-spherical surfaces. The wide-angle zoom lens moves the second and the fourth lens set along its optical axis to adjust its zoom and moves the fourth lens set to focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Chin Fang, Chao-Hsien Chen, Chen-Chin Cheng