Using Laser Beams Scanning The Display Screen (epo) Patents (Class 348/E9.026)
  • Patent number: 12118251
    Abstract: A multi-model printing method capable of increasing the freedom of printing and evaluating process for each cell is provided. The multi-model printing method comprises registering a first job for inkjet printing a first cell of a first size in a first region of a glass substrate, registering a second job for inkjet printing a second cell of a second size different from the first size in a second region of the glass substrate, and storing a recipe including the first job and the second job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Young Seo, Sung Su Kim, Su Beom Jeon
  • Patent number: 12093446
    Abstract: A direct retinal projector may include a gaze tracking system that tracks position of a subject's pupil and automatically adjusts projection of a scanned light field so that the light field enters the pupil. A control loop adjusts a scanning mirror to substantially center an IR beam on a position sensing detector (PSD). In so doing, the scanning mirror is correctly positioned so that the scanned light field from the projector enters the subject's pupil. In addition, a direct retinal projector may include an adjustable focusing element that adjusts focus of a combined light beam generated by a projector as the light beam is scanned to an ellipsoid mirror that reflects the light beam to the subject's pupil. The focusing of the scanned beam may be adjusted as the beam is scanned across the azimuth angle of the curved ellipsoid mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, James H. Foster, Alexander Shpunt
  • Patent number: 12084360
    Abstract: A reactor that operates with ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) to attain UV photoreactions or UV photo-initiated reaction in a fluid flow for various applications, including water purification. The UV-LED reactor is comprised of a conduit means for passing fluid flow, an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED), and a radiation-focusing element to focus the UV-LED radiation to the fluid in the longitudinal direction of the conduit. The UV-LED reactor may include photocatalysts or chemical oxidants, which are activated by UV emitted by UV-LEDs for photocatalytic and photo-initiated reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Inventor: Fariborz Taghipour
  • Patent number: 12067957
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising determining a first representation of a source gamut of an input content in a first (2D) device-independent color space, determining a second representation of a target gamut of a display device in a second 2D device-independent color space, and determining a color transition protection zone (TPZ) based on the source gamut and the target gamut. The method further comprises utilizing a color gamut mapping (CGM) module to perform, based on the TPZ, linear color gamut compression from the first 2D device-independent color space to the second 2D device-independent color space if the target gamut is narrower than the source gamut. The method further comprises utilizing the same CGM module to perform, based on the TPZ, linear color gamut extension from the first 2D device-independent color space to the second 2D device-independent color space if the target gamut is wider than the source gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Su, Chenguang Liu, Pradeep Nagesh
  • Patent number: 12060982
    Abstract: A multicolor laser source includes a collimator lens having first and second lens portions, a first laser unit for emitting light of a first color, a second laser unit for emitting light of a second color, a reflective unit disposed obliquely to a light-entrance axis of the first lens portion, a reflective diffusing member, and a lens array disposed on a light-exit axis of the second lens portion. The reflective unit is disposed opposite to the first and second laser units for reflecting the first and second color lights to the first lens portion along the light-entrance axis. The reflective diffusing member is disposed at a side of the collimator lens to homogenize the first and second laser lights and reflect the first and second color lights to the second lens portion along the first light-exit axis, to be outputted through the lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: QISDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jia-Ming Zhang, Ching-Tze Huang, Tsung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 12044378
    Abstract: Method for operation-optimized control of a deflection unit (DU) for a light module. The light module is designed to emit segmented light distribution. The light module includes the DU, with which a native resolution of the light module can be visually increased by at least temporary beam deflection via the DU. The method includes: a) receiving a setpoint operating signal (SOS) which contains information on at least one of: setpoint's energy efficiency, temperature, image resolution, image sharpness, clarity, or offset correction; and b) manipulating a control variable (CV) of the DU depending on the SOS, wherein the extent and temporal process of deflection by the DU occurs depending on the CV. At least two of the following aspects of the deflection, predetermined by the CV, are manipulated in amount and/or time period: amplitude; zero position; temporal rate of change; signal basic form; or time period between the zero position passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Haas, Clemens Aigner, Stefan Miedler
  • Patent number: 11977183
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for coaxial LiDAR scanning. The system includes a first light source configured to provide first light pulses. The system also includes one or more beam steering apparatuses optically coupled to the first light source. Each beam steering apparatus comprises a rotatable concave reflector and a light beam steering device disposed at least partially within the rotatable concave reflector. The combination of the light beam steering device and the rotatable concave reflector, when moving with respect to each other, steers the one or more first light pulses both vertically and horizontally to illuminate an object within a field-of-view; obtain one or more first returning light pulses, the one or more first returning light pulses being generated based on the steered first light pulses illuminating an object within the field-of-view, and redirects the one or more first returning light pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Seyond, Inc.
    Inventors: Junwei Bao, Yimin Li, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11950029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus, system and method, and a projector. The vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus includes: an image feature acquiring module, an image identifying module, a resolution extracting module, and a vibrating mirror control module. The vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus identifies the category of the projected image and the resolution information corresponding to the projected image based on the acquired information feature of the projected image, then identifies whether vibration of the vibrating mirror is used to improve a resolution of an image, and further automatically controls the on or off state of the vibrating mirror, such that an optimal projection display effect is achieved, and visual enjoyment of a user is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: IVIEW DISPLAYS (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Li, Zhiqiang Gao, Steve Yeung, Tak Yeung
  • Patent number: 11940139
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) include a light source (2) that emits coherent light, a scanner (5) that causes the coherent light emitted from the light source to move, a first optical system (6) that regulates an optical path of the coherent light from the scanner, a first optical member (7) that causes the coherent light from the first optical system to diffuse, and a second optical system (8) that regulates an optical path of the coherent light from the first optical member. A lighting zone (LZ) on a plane of projection (PP) is illuminated with the coherent light emitted from the second optical system. An irradiance [W/m2] in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the coherent light irradiated on the lighting zone is non-discrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shumpei Nishio, Toshiyuki Nakai, Makio Kurashige
  • Patent number: 11892634
    Abstract: An image projection system includes a first transmitter configured to generate first light beams; a first collimation lens configured to receive the first light beams and generate first collimated light beams to be projected onto an eye to render a first projection image perceived at a first projection plane; a second transmitter configured to generate second light beams; a second collimation lens configured to receive the second light beams and generate second collimated light beams to be projected onto the eye to render a second projection image perceived at a second projection plane; a first beam combiner configured to transmit the first and the second collimated light beams on a combined transmission path; and a scanner configured to steer the first and the second collimated light beams according to a scanning pattern to render the first projection image and the second projection image onto the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Boris Kirillov
  • Patent number: 11837185
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein related to controlling a scanning mirror system. One example provides a display device, comprising a light source, a scanning mirror system configured to scan light from the light source in a first direction at a first, higher scan rate, and in a second direction at a second, lower scan rate, and a drive circuit configured to control the scanning mirror system to display video image data by providing a control signal to the scanning mirror system to control scanning in the second direction, and for each video image data frame of at least a subset of video image data frames, combining the control signal with an adjustment signal to adjust the scanning in the second direction, the adjustment signal comprising a low pass filtered signal with a cutoff frequency based on a lowest resonant frequency of the scanning mirror system in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Algird Michael Gudaitis, Mark Alan Champion
  • Patent number: 11836288
    Abstract: A distance estimation apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a sensor value output from a sensor configured to measure a relative motion of a head or eyeballs of a user who visually searches for a target on a plane and estimate a distance between the user and a search target plane using a maximum value of an amount of change when a rate of change in the sensor value acquired within a time period that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value becomes a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei Yamashita, Hidetaka Koya, Hajime Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11780161
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus including a scanner for directing a laser beam on to layers of flowable material to selectively solidify the material to form an object in a layer-by-layer manner. The scanner includes an optical component operable under the control of a first actuator to reflect the laser beam over a first range of angles in a first dimension and the or a further optical component operable under the control of a second actuator to reflect the laser beam over a second range of angles in the first dimension, wherein the second actuator provides a faster dynamic response but a smaller range of movement of the laser beam than the first actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Ceri Brown, Nicholas H H Jones, David G J Ewing, Geoffrey McFarland
  • Patent number: 11754910
    Abstract: A system is provided for illuminating the face of an occupant for a video call in a car. At least one light source has a main light emission direction (A) which is directed toward the face of the occupant. The system also includes a camera provided to record the face of the occupant. The system controls the light source in such a way to obtain a flickering free recording of the face of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: René Berthold, Ana Bizal, Simon Luetzelschwab, Heiko Schoene
  • Patent number: 11662597
    Abstract: In described examples, a system (e.g., a projection system) can include a diffractive optical element adapted to be illuminated by at least one coherent light beam. A lens array is coupled to receive a diffracted beam of light from the diffractive optical element. The lens array includes a first and a second array lens. The first array lens is coupled to receive a first sector of a pattern of illumination of the diffracted beam of light, and the second array lens is coupled to receive a second sector of the pattern of illumination of the diffracted beam of light. A spatial light modulator is coupled to receive overlapping diffracted beams of light from the first and second array lenses to form an image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Terry Alan Bartlett
  • Patent number: 11629875
    Abstract: An infrared output device is installed in a fixed apparatus whose position is fixed in a predetermined space. An input receiving device is configured to receive, through voice input, a control command to a first-type apparatus controllable by infrared ray. Upon the input receiving device receiving the control command, the infrared output device is configured to output infrared ray to the first-type apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ikeda, Kousuke Tsuboi, Takao Sonoda
  • Patent number: 11627304
    Abstract: A transparent display device includes an image display bar in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged, and a bar driving unit which moves the image display bar along a predetermined path and provides transparent display using afterimages resulting from the movement of the light-emitting elements, wherein the transparency of the transparent display using afterimages is determined by the equation, transparency (%)=((A?B)/A)*100, where A denotes the entire display area of the transparent display, and B denotes the area of the image display bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 11625551
    Abstract: In some arrangements, product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to facilitate high-throughput item identification at retail checkouts. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras can be processed (e.g., by GPUs) to derive several different perspective-transformed views—further minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging can be optically sensed, allowing such surfaces to be virtually flattened to aid identification. Piles of items can be 3D-modelled and virtually segmented into geometric primitives to aid identification, and to discover locations of obscured items. Other data (e.g., including data from sensors in aisles, shelves and carts, and gaze tracking for clues about visual saliency) can be used in assessing identification hypotheses about an item. Logos may be identified and used—or ignored—in product identification. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Tony F. Rodriguez, John F. Stach, Sean Calhoon
  • Patent number: 11614682
    Abstract: Projection systems and/or methods for efficient use of light by recycling a portion of the light energy for future use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projection display system is disclosed comprising a light source; an integrating rod that receives light from said light source at a proximal end that comprise a reflective surface which may reflecting/recycle light down said integrating rod; of reflecting light down said integrating rod; a relay optical system, said relay optical system further comprising optical elements that are capable of moving the focal plane of the projector display system; and a modulator comprising at least one moveable mirror that reflects light received from the integrating rod in either a projection direction or a light recycling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Martin J. Richards, Nathan Wainwright, Douglas J. Gorny, Duane Scott Dewald
  • Patent number: 11615763
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising determining a first representation of a source gamut of an input content in a first two-dimensional (2D) device-independent color space, determining a second representation of a target gamut of a display device in a second 2D device-independent color space, and determining a color transition protection zone (TPZ) based on the source gamut and the target gamut. The method further comprises utilizing a color gamut mapping (CGM) module to perform, based on the TPZ, linear color gamut compression from the first 2D device-independent color space to the second 2D device-independent color space if the target gamut is narrower than the source gamut. The method further comprises utilizing the same CGM module to perform, based on the TPZ, linear color gamut extension from the first 2D device-independent color space to the second 2D device-independent color space if the target gamut is wider than the source gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Su, Chenguang Liu, Pradeep Nagesh
  • Patent number: 11586105
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a picture generation unit configured to project image light, a hexagonal optical reflection element arranged on a light path of the image light and including a hollow hexagonal cylinder, a concave mirror and an image display plate. The hollow hexagonal cylinder has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a fourth sidewall, a fifth sidewall and a sixth sidewall which are sequentially connected to form a closed hexagonal column. The second sidewall is transparent, and the first sidewall and the fifth sidewall opposite to the second sidewall are configured to reflect the image light. The concave mirror is disposed on the light path of the image light and configured to receive the image light reflected from the hollow hexagonal cylinder. The image display plate is configured to receive image light reflected from the concave mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventors: Chewen Chiang, I Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 11514828
    Abstract: Augmented reality headsets. A plurality of tilted pin-mirrors imbedded between an inner surface and an outer surface of a combiner, where the plurality of tilted pin-mirrors are configured to reflect the guided image light towards the eye box, and wherein the plurality of pin-mirrors include one or more gaps between them wherein the one or more gaps allow the passage of an ambient light through the combiner towards the eye box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AURORATECH COMPANY
    Inventors: Ziqi Peng, Andrew F. Kurtz, Bayley Wang, Mark Flowers, Peter Milford, Yiyang Wu
  • Patent number: 11487400
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for generating an aggregated user interface display. The aggregated user interface display includes a physical display of a computing device and a projected display from an electronic pen. Operator interactions with the aggregated user interface display are saved as historical information. The historical information is used to determine a configuration for the aggregated user interface display. The computing device and the electronic pen are controlled to implement the configuration for the aggregated user interface display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Abhishek Malvankar, John M. Ganci, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11445903
    Abstract: Provided is a vision test device including: a projection unit 10 that projects an image on a retina of a subject with use of a laser beam 50 by two-dimensionally scanning the laser beam; a beam diameter setting unit that sets a beam diameter of the laser beam; and a numerical aperture setting unit that sets a numerical aperture of the laser beam, wherein the projection unit projects, on the retina, a test image for measuring visual information of the subject with use of a laser beam having the set beam diameter and the set numerical aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Morino, Makoto Suzuki, Mitsuru Sugawara, Kinya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11429014
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a laser animation projection device. The device comprises a controlling mainboard, an X-axis high-speed galvanometer motor, a Y-axis high-speed galvanometer motor and a laser device; a MCU is disposed on the controlling mainboard; an X-axis galvanometer lens is connected to an output shaft of the X-axis high-speed galvanometer motor; a Y-axis galvanometer lens is connected to an output shaft of the Y-axis high-speed galvanometer motor; a display screen is disposed in front of the two galvanometer lenses; a WIFI module is disposed on the controlling mainboard; the laser device is positioned according to positions of the two galvanometer lenses, so as to make the laser emitted by the laser device be reflected onto the display screen through the two galvanometer lenses. A control method for the laser animation projection device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Changxing Potek Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Qin, Meihang Cai, Dejun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11425804
    Abstract: A color-mixing lighting control method is used for receiving an original color-mixing light data to control a color-mixing light source. The color-mixing light source includes a plurality of light-emitting elements to produce a plurality of emission colors. The original color-mixing light data includes a plurality of original light intensity values corresponding to the emission colors. The color-mixing lighting control method comprising: determining a maximum value of the original light intensity values; calculating the light intensity percentage of each of the emission colors in the original color-mixing light data according to the original light intensity values; generating the corrected light intensity value of each of the emission colors according to the maximum value and the light intensity percentage of each of the emission colors; and respectively controlling the light-emitting elements by using the corresponding corrected light intensity value of each of the emission colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-En Lin, Shih-Hung Chou, Chih-Yuan Lin, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11215853
    Abstract: An electric circuit for driving an acousto-optic crystal includes a piezoelectric converter configured to drive the acousto-optic crystal to vibrate mechanically. A signaling cable is configured to conduct a first electrical alternating-current signal and a second electrical signal. The electric circuit further includes a first frequency-separating filter and a second frequency-separating filter, each of the frequency-separating filters having an input, a high-frequency output and a low-frequency output. The input of the first frequency-separating filter and the input of the second frequency-separating filter is connected to the signaling cable, and the high-frequency output of the second frequency-separating filter is connected to the piezoelectric converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Widzgowski, Patric Mrawek
  • Patent number: 11132932
    Abstract: A method for operating a light-emitting device includes operating, at least for some pixels, a selected subpixel of a pixel and at least one further subpixel of the pixel configured to emit light of a different color to display a pure color corresponding to a dominant wavelength of the selected subpixel and providing, at least for some pixels, a correction matrix associated with the pixel for adjusting brightness of the subpixels of the pixel, wherein the correction matrix is provided by determining, at least for some pixels, a brightness of each subpixel of the pixel necessary to emit light of a given color, determining, at least for some pixels, a dominant wavelength (?r, ?g, ?b) of each subpixel, plotting dominant wavelengths (?r, ?g, ?b) of each subpixel in a CIE-XY color space and forming color triangles, and determining inner triangles of the color triangles in pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Rudolf Behringer
  • Patent number: 11067885
    Abstract: A light beam projecting arrangement including a first cluster of light sources arranged to provide a first cluster of light beams having a first etendue and a second cluster of light sources arranged to provide a second cluster of light beams having a second etendue, and means for changing the direction of the first cluster and/or the second cluster of light beams. The light sources are arranged so that the total etendue of the first cluster of light beams is substantially equal to the etendue of the second cluster of light beams; and where the means for changing the direction are arranged so that the clusters of light beams are brought into a combined cluster light beam having substantially the same etendue as the larger one of the first etendue and the second etendue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BARCO NV
    Inventors: Wouter D'Oosterlinck, Peter Janssens, Nico Coulier
  • Patent number: 10909373
    Abstract: An augmented reality system having a light source and a camera. The light source projects a pattern of light onto a scene, the pattern being periodic. The camera captures an image of the scene including the projected pattern. A projector pixel of the projected pattern corresponding to an image pixel of the captured image is determined. A disparity of each correspondence is determined, the disparity being an amount that corresponding pixels are displaced between the projected pattern and the captured image. A three-dimensional computer model of the scene is generated based on the disparity. A virtual object in the scene is rendered based on the three-dimensional computer model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mohit Gupta, Shree K. Nayar, Vishwanath Saragadam Raja Venkata
  • Patent number: 10895366
    Abstract: A light source system includes a laser light source, a transflective optical component, a set of first lenses, a scattering surface, a set of second lenses, an excited light generator, a relay lens, an aperture, and a lens. The laser light source generates light in the first wavelength range irradiating onto the transflective optical component. The transflective optical component reflects a part of the light in the first wavelength range to form first light and transmits a part of the light in the first wavelength range to form second light. The scattered light formed by the first light being scattered on the scattering surface is of uniformly distributed light intensity and converges with the light in the second wavelength range generated by the excited light generator under excitation of the second light to form output light, which is of uniform brightness. A light source adjusting method is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: YLX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zuqiang Guo, Jianpei Jin, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 10499021
    Abstract: A scanning display device includes a MEMS scanner, a controller, light source drivers, light sources and an image processor. The controller controls rotation of MEMS mirror(s) of the MEMS scanner. Each light source driver selectively drives a respective one of the light sources to thereby produce a respective light beam that is directed towards and incident on a MEMS mirror of the MES scanner. The image processor causes two of the light source drivers to drive two of the light sources to thereby produce two light beams, when a first portion of an image is being raster scanned by the MEMS scanner. The image processor causes only one of the light source drivers to drive only one of the light sources to thereby produce only one light beam, when a second portion of the image is being raster scanned by the MEMS scanner. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Tardif, Joshua O Miller
  • Patent number: 10474296
    Abstract: Laser scanning devices and methods are described that provide for improved touch detection. The laser scanning devices and methods determine if an object is touching a touch surface by determining if a halo region having corresponding locally high amplitude signals is proximate to the object. The presence of such a halo region can confirm that the object is touching surface and not just hovering above the surface. Furthermore, the presence of the halo region can confirm object touching even for objects having significantly different sizes. As one example, the determined presence of the halo region can be used to reliably determine that a human finger is touching the surface even though human fingers can have significantly different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventor: Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 10417975
    Abstract: A scanning display device includes a MEMS scanner having a biaxial MEMS mirror or a pair of uniaxial MEMS mirrors. A controller communicatively coupled to the MEMS scanner controls rotation of the biaxial MEMS mirror or uniaxial MEMS mirrors. A first light source is used to produce a first light beam, and second light source is used to produce a second light beam. The first and second light beams are simultaneously directed toward and incident on the biaxial MEMS mirror, or a same one of the pair of uniaxial MEMS mirrors, at different angles of incidence relative to one another. The controller controls rotation of the biaxial MEMS mirror or the uniaxial MEMS mirrors to simultaneously raster scan a first portion of an image using the first light beam and a second portion of the image using the second light beam. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Tardif, Joshua O Miller
  • Patent number: 9869856
    Abstract: An illumination device including a light source device, a rotary diffusion plate, which includes a first surface, a second surface, a diffusion section disposed on the first surface, and a detection section disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and to which light from the light source device is input, a light collecting optical system to which light from the diffusion section is input, a detector adapted to detect light from the detection section, and a control device adapted to control the light source device in accordance with a signal output from the detector. The detection section is disposed at a position different from a position where the light from the light source device enters the diffusion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomu Inoue, Akira Miyamae, Shigehiro Yanase, Hiroyuki Shindo
  • Patent number: 9549145
    Abstract: A laser projection device is described for projecting laser beams onto a projection plane, including a controllable multibeam laser diode unit; including a controllable optical deflection unit, which is designed in such a way that laser beams generated by the multibeam laser diode unit are deflected with the aid of the deflection unit; and including a control unit, which is designed in such a way that it controls the deflection unit to move laser beams deflected by the deflection unit onto a projection plane along a scanning line in such a way that different deflected laser beams run in the projection plane on the same scanning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heinzelmann, Frank Fischer, Thomas Hilberath, Gael Pilard, Alexander Ehlert
  • Patent number: 9448417
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source device, a uniformization optical system which uniformizes the illuminance distribution of light from the light source device on a region to be illuminated, and a diffraction optical element which is provided in an optical path between the light source device and the uniformization optical system, and rotates around a predetermined rotation axis. The diffraction optical element includes a first region which forms a first illuminance distribution, and a second region which is provided at a position different from the first region around the rotation axis, and forms a second illuminance distribution different from the first illuminance distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9250505
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source unit, a light guiding device, a display device, a projection side optical system, and a projector control unit. The light source unit includes a light source which emits laser light in the wavelength band of blue, a light emitting wheel disposed on an optical axis of the light source, and a wheel motor for driving to rotate the light emitting wheel. The light emitting wheel is formed of a circular substrate having a diffusion layer on a predetermined surface thereof, the diffusion layer being made up of minute irregularities which are formed directly on a surface of the circular substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotsugu Ogura
  • Patent number: 8786940
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that reduces laser speckle by using stimulated Raman scattering in an optical fiber. The fiber core diameter and length are selected to achieve a desired output color. An adjustable despeckler is formed by combining two optical fibers in parallel and adjusting the amount of light in each path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Laser Light Engines, Inc.
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, William Beck, Ian Turner
  • Patent number: 8736923
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a light scanning device to scan first and second light beams, a synchronization signal detector to receive a portion of the first light beam scanned by the light scanning device and to generate a first horizontal synchronization signal, and a video signal processor including a second horizontal synchronization signal generating unit to count a synchronization signal offset and generate a second horizontal synchronization signal regarding the second light beam when the first horizontal synchronization signal is transmitted from the synchronization signal detector, and a video controller to transfer video data to the light scanning device based on the first and second horizontal synchronization signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Su-hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7898162
    Abstract: An electron beam pumped laser including a surface-emitting laser faceplate oriented at a non-perpendicular angle. Embodiments are described in which a bending coil bends the electron beam, or in which the faceplate is situated in the direct path of the e-beam emission but with a non-zero orientation angle. The faceplate may include a substantially opaque substrate, and an opaque heat-removing structure may be attached to the substrate to provide high heat transfer, thereby allowing high electron-beam pumping intensity and providing more light emission from a smaller package. In some embodiments the partially reflective mirror comprises a metal layer that has a plurality of openings. Multiple laser faceplates (e.g., red, green, and blue) may be placed in the same tube, to provide a continuous light source for projection television. The substrate may be connected to ground to provide an exit path for electrons from the laser gain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Principia Lightworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Tiberi, Vladimir I. Kozlovsky
  • Patent number: 7767479
    Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
  • Patent number: 7633462
    Abstract: A diffraction grating including a substrate, and a grating member formed on the substrate, the grating member having a stepped structure including steps, the number of which corresponds to an odd number greater than or equal to three to provide an odd phase structure. The heights of the steps of the grating member are determined such that the light beams diffracted by their corresponding steps substantially have a phase difference of ? with reference to a diffracted light beam of a reference wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Soo Ahn, Serafimovi Pavel, Byoung-Ho Cheong, Yong-Kweun Mun, Jin-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7623560
    Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
  • Patent number: 7565049
    Abstract: A laser light source (10) has semiconductor lasers (1) and a waveguide tube (3) for propagating emission light from each of the semiconductor lasers (1). The semiconductor lasers are arranged on the upper end on the incident surface (31) side of the waveguide tube such that the emission light (4) from each of the semiconductor lasers enters into the waveguide tube from one end surface (31) of the waveguide tube and exits from the other end surface (32) of the waveguide tube. The structure can realize a small-sized laser light source having high output and capable of outputting emission light having uniform emission light intensity distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Sugita, Kiminori Mizuuchi, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Akihiro Morikawa, Kazuhisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7408558
    Abstract: A method for displaying a color image by providing a color image display apparatus having at least three narrow-band emissive light sources that define a display color gamut. Image data values are accepted that are defined within an original color gamut that is smaller in area than the display color gamut. The input image data values are transformed into display color gamut data values having an expanded image chromaticity range. At least a portion of the expanded chromaticity range lies outside the original color gamut. At least a portion of the display color gamut lies outside the expanded image chromaticity range. The display color gamut data values are provided to the color image display apparatus to form an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas E. Madden, Marek W. Kowarz
  • Patent number: RE47778
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source unit that includes plural sets of a laser and a coupling lens corresponding to the laser, which are circumferentially provided to form a circle; and a reflecting unit placed within the circle and provided with plural reflecting surfaces corresponding to the lasers of the plural sets of the light source unit to be formed in a cone shape, the light irradiated from each of the lasers being injected into the corresponding reflecting surface via the corresponding coupling lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ikuo Maeda