Multicolor Picture Patents (Class 353/31)
  • Patent number: 12117719
    Abstract: A laser projection apparatus includes a laser source, an optical engine and a projection lens. The optical engine includes a light homogenizing component. The laser source includes a light-emitting assembly, a combining component, a first lens, a phosphor wheel and a laser dimming component. The combining component includes a reflecting portion and a transmitting portion. The phosphor wheel includes a first region and a second region. The laser dimming component is located between the light-emitting assembly and the phosphor wheel, and configured to increase Etendue of a laser beam emitted by the light-emitting assembly and change a shape of a beam spot provided by the laser beam on the phosphor wheel, so as to make a beam spot provided by the laser beam and the fluorescent beam at a beam inlet of the light homogenizing component matched with a shape of the beam inlet of the light homogenizing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Hisense Laser Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wei Li, Xiaoqiang Gu, Tiantian Tang, Wuyue Han, Youliang Tian
  • Patent number: 12119619
    Abstract: The invention provides a light generating device (1000) configured to generate device light (1001), wherein the light generating device (1000) comprises: a first light source (110) configured to generate one or more of UV and blue first light source light (111), wherein the first light source (110) is a first laser light source (10); a second light source (120) configured to generated green second light source light (121), wherein the second light source (120) is a second laser light source (20); a third light source (130) configured to generate red third light source light (131), wherein the third light source (130) is a third laser light source (30); a fourth light source (140) configured to generate blue fourth light source light (141), wherein the fourth light source (140) is a fourth laser light source (40); a first luminescent material (210) configured to convert at least part of the first light source light (111) into first luminescent material light (211) having an emission band having wavelengths in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 12088970
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light emitting device including a plurality of first solid-state light emitting elements arranged at a regular interval in a two dimensional array form; a second light emitting device including a plurality of second solid-state light emitting elements arranged at a regular interval in a two dimensional array form; and a first light combining plate including a first region and a second region, the first region transmitting first light beams emitted from the plurality of first solid-state light emitting elements of the first light emitting device, the second region reflecting second light beams emitted from the plurality of second solid-state light emitting elements of the second light emitting device. Beam arrangement of (i) the first light beams transmitted through the first light combining plate and (ii) the second light beams reflected by the first light combining plate form a closest packed array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori Yogo
  • Patent number: 12061414
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a laser lighting system. The laser lighting system includes a microcontroller, a motor, a fluorescent color wheel and a detection circuit. The motor drives the fluorescent color wheel to rotate. The detection circuit is configured to detect a detected signal from the fluorescent color wheel. When a synchronous signal changes, the microcontroller compares the detected signal to the synchronous signal, in order to control the output current signal for driving the motor, and to decrease the phase variation between the detected signal and the synchronous signal until the phase difference between the detected signal and the synchronous signal maintain at a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Yin Ho, Ming-Yu Chang, Yuan-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 12061337
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of head-up display (HUD) technology, and more particularly to an HUD system with a transparent nano film for image display. Specifically, an HUD system including ultra-thin glass is provided in the disclosure. The HUD system includes a projection light source, and laminated glass, and a transparent nano film. The transparent nano film includes at least two metal layers. The projection light source is configured to generate P-polarized light. The laminated glass provided with the transparent nano film has a maximum reflectivity Rmax and a minimum reflectivity Rmin for the P-polarized light that has the incident angle ranging from 45° to 72°, where Rmax/Rmin ranges from 1.0 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fai Tso, Lishan He, Fengzhu Huang, Rui Zhu, Guoshui Lu, Kohta Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 12055705
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive apparatus (20) of a micro-oscillation mirror (16), a control device (28) and a deflector mirror apparatus (14) are described. The drive apparatus (20) has at least two comb drives (22a, 22b) which are arranged on different radial sides of a pivoting axis (18) of the micro-oscillation mirror (16). In the method, at least two actuation signals AS1, AS2) are generated, and the at least two comb drives (22a, 22b) are therefore actuated at least temporarily in such a way that they drive the micro-oscillation mirror (16) in an oscillating fashion. At least one elongation signal (P1, P2), which characterizes the elongation (26) of the micro-oscillation mirror (16) is generated using at least one comb drive (22a, 22b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Schenk, Michael Kleiser, Jürgen Nies, Frank Selbmann, Felix Müller
  • Patent number: 12013114
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a number of pixels, with each pixel including a lighting mechanism having at least one light-emitting diode capable of emitting an initial light beam, a light-conversion module having a plurality of conversion pads including at least one primary conversion pad and at least one secondary conversion pad. Each pixel includes a light-adjustment system configured to control at least one element chosen from a relative position between the lighting mechanism and the light-conversion module and the initial light beam. The action of the light-adjustment system is adapted so that the primary conversion pad and the secondary conversion pad emit a first light beam and a second light beam respectively, from the initial light beam, simultaneously or alternately in a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ALEDIA
    Inventors: Frédéric Mayer, Olivier Jeannin
  • Patent number: 12009462
    Abstract: A light source assembly is provided, including a substrate; a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate; and an optical film at least partially overlapped with the substrate. A diffuser film is at least partially overlapped with the optical film, wherein a haze of the diffuser film is greater than 85%, and a thickness of the diffuser film ranges from 0.04 mm to 0.35 mm. The optical film and the diffuser film are capable of transmitting at least a part of light emitted from the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Chen, Shih-Chang Huang, Ming-Hui Chu, Chih-Chang Chen, Kai-Hsien Hsiung, Hui-Chi Wang, Wun-Yuan Su
  • Patent number: 12001130
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength range, a second light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength range, a first dichroic mirror configured to reflect the light in the second wavelength range incident thereon at a first incident angle and transmit the light in the second wavelength range incident thereon at a second incident angle, which is different from the first incident angle, and a second dichroic mirror configured to reflect the light in the second wavelength range that has passed through the first dichroic mirror, wherein after having been reflected by the second dichroic mirror, the light in the second wavelength range is incident on the first dichroic mirror at the first incident angle to then be reflected by the first dichroic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Umamine
  • Patent number: 11994792
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer and a fixed ring. The fixed ring has a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of flow guiding structures. The second surface has a first region and a second region. The plurality of flow guiding structures is located on the first surface, and each of the plurality of flow guiding structures is formed with a first flow guiding hole. The first flow guiding hole extends from the first surface to the second region of the second surface. The plurality of flow guiding structures respectively have a spoiler surface, the spoiler surface stands on the first surface and has a second flow guiding hole, in which the second flow guiding hole and the first flow guiding hole of each of the plurality of flow guiding structures face different directions. A projection device of the invention is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11988895
    Abstract: An observation optical system includes, in order from a display panel side to an observation side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power, and an optical path brancher configured to branch an optical path, and disposed between a display panel and the first lens. An absolute value of a radius of curvature of a lens surface on the observation side of the first lens is smaller than that on the display panel side of the first lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi Mogi
  • Patent number: 11988373
    Abstract: A light fixture with self-test ability of sealing includes a light head with a head housing, a light source for emitting light and generating heat, and a temperature sensor and an air pressure sensor for respectively detecting the temperature and air pressure inside the head housing are provided in the head housing. A controller is further included for determining the sealing performance of the head housing based on the detection results of the temperature sensor and the air pressure sensor. The head housing is provided with a waterproof breathable valve allowing the internal space of the head housing in air communication with the external space of the light fixture. A switch is configured which is capable of switching between two states by unblocking/blocking the waterproof breathable valve to make the internal space of the head housing in air communication with the external space of the light fixture or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU HAOYANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weikai Jiang, Jinjian Cai, Wenfeng Chen, Qingbi He, Yinru Peng
  • Patent number: 11976810
    Abstract: A phosphor wheel includes: a substrate including a first principal surface and a second principal surface; a phosphor layer; and a heat dissipating member. The heat dissipating member includes: a projecting portion projecting toward one of the principal surfaces and including a contact surface that contacts the one of the principal surfaces; and fins provided by cutting and raising regions in a peripheral region of the heat dissipating member excluding a central portion of the heat dissipating member. The regions each include a notch provided by cutting off part of a first side of the region opposite to a second side of the region continuous with a corresponding one of the fins. The projecting portion secures a certain distance between the substrate and the heat dissipating member and conducts heat in the substrate to the peripheral region of the heat dissipating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Iizawa, Yosuke Honda
  • Patent number: 11953816
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion plate includes a conversion region and a reflection region on a base surface. The conversion region includes a wavelength conversion member configured to receive excitation light and generate a color different from a color of the excitation light. The reflection region is configured to reflect the excitation light. The reflection region includes a transmissive diffusion surface, a transmissive layer, and a reflection surface. The transmissive diffusion surface is configured to diffuse the excitation light. The transmissive layer is configured to transmit the excitation light. The reflection surface is configured to reflect the excitation light. The transmissive diffusion surface is in a position separate from a surface closer to the base surface, of the wavelength conversion member, toward a direction from which the excitation light is incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fujita, Yohei Takano, Kasumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11947250
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element is provided. The wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, a reflective layer, and a heat conductive layer. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the substrate. The reflective layer is disposed on the substrate and is located between the substrate and the wavelength conversion layer. The heat conductive layer is disposed on the substrate, and at least a portion of the heat conductive layer is located between the substrate and the reflective layer. A projector is also provided, and the projector includes the wavelength conversion element. The wavelength conversion element exhibits a favorable heat dissipation effect and provides improved conversion efficiency, so that the projector exhibits favorable projection quality and product competitiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsiang Fu
  • Patent number: 11947105
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a light source, a light modulation portion, a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror, and a projection optical system. The light source performs irradiation with light. The light modulation portion modulates the light from the light source. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror reflect an optical image modulated by the light modulation portion. The projection optical system projects the optical image reflected by the first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror to a projection surface of a projection target object. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror are arranged between the light modulation portion and the projection optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Inoue, Kazuki Ishida
  • Patent number: 11934087
    Abstract: A projector includes a cooling fan, and a processor, and the processor executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in a first revolution speed mode, a control of switching an operation mode of the cooling fan to a second revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is faster than that of the first revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value reaches a first threshold, and executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in the second revolution speed mode, a control of switching the operation mode of the cooling fan to a revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is slower than that of the second revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value decreases below a second threshold which differs from the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ueda, Tetsuro Narikawa, Toshifumi Kase, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11914277
    Abstract: An illumination system for providing an illumination beam includes red, blue, and green light source modules, a first light combining element, and a light uniforming element. The red light source module includes a first red light emitting element emitting first red light and a second red light emitting element emitting second red light. A peak wavelength of the second red light is greater than a peak wavelength of the first red light. The blue light source module includes a first blue light emitting element emitting first blue light and a second blue light emitting element emitting second blue light. A peak wavelength of the second blue light is less than a peak wavelength of the first blue light. The green light source module generates green light. The first light combining element guides these lights into the light uniforming element, so that the illumination system outputs the illumination beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lin, Chi-Fu Liu, Chun-Hsin Lu, Chun-Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11914151
    Abstract: An optical device, a method of detecting inclination of a three-dimensional object, and a method of detecting a line-of-sight. The optical device includes a light source configured to irradiate an object with light, a detector configured to detect a position of the light reflected by the object, and circuitry configured to output data of a degree of inclination of the object obtained based on the position of the light and a prescribed parameter, and change the prescribed parameter based on the position of the light. The above methods include irradiating an object with light, detecting a position of the light reflected by the object, outputting data of a degree of inclination of the object obtained based on the position of the light and a prescribed parameter, and changing the prescribed parameter based on the position of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Yoshida, Suguru Sangu
  • Patent number: 11899350
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module including a wavelength conversion wheel, a driver, and a weight member is provided. The wavelength conversion wheel includes a rotating plate, and the rotating plate has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The driver is connected to the first side of the rotating plate, and drives the rotating plate to rotate around a rotation shaft of the driver as an axis. The weight member is attached to the second side of the rotating plate and rotates synchronously with the rotating plate. The rotating plate comprises a heat insulation region and a heat dissipation region. The heat insulation region and the heat dissipation region do not overlap each other. The heat insulation region comprises a first heat insulation region located at the first side and a second heat insulation region located at the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Pi-Tsung Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11874589
    Abstract: An LED backlight for use with a display panel, the backlight comprising a monolithic LED array having a surface and comprising a plurality of LEDs for emitting light from the surface of the array; a monolithic collimator array comprising a plurality of collimating channels, and being aligned so that each of the collimating channels is aligned with one or more of the plurality of LEDs, wherein the collimating channels are configured to collimate emitted light emitted from the LEDs to angles in the range of about +/?50° from a line substantially normal to the surface of the LED array; a microlens array for focusing the collimated light to infinity, the microlens array comprising a plurality of lenslets, each lenslet aligned with a collimating channel of the monolithic collimator array; and a relay lens for focusing the light from the microlens array on a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Plessey Semiconductors Limited
    Inventors: Samir Mezouari, Ahmad Makkaoui, Keith Strickland
  • Patent number: 11874592
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source to emit first color light; a second light source to emit second color light; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least a portion of the first color light into a third color light; a light incident element to which the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light enter; a first filter to reflect the first color light toward the wavelength conversion unit; and a second filter to reflect the second color light toward the light incident element. The first filter and the second filter are separately disposed on an optical path of the third color light between the wavelength conversion unit and the light incident element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kasumi Nakamura, Yohei Takano, Kazuhiro Fujita, Takashi Sasaki, Shigeaki Imai, Makoto Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11873988
    Abstract: A light shaping assembly comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) and a two-dimensional (2D) array formed of a plurality of rows, each row comprising a plurality of light sources mounted on the PCB, each light source comprising a pair of supporting pins for mounting the light source on the PCB. The supporting pins of each light source are bent at an angle that is increasing as a function of a distance between each light source and a selected point on the PCB so that light beams emitted by the light sources are collectively directed toward a common target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SACO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Bassam Jalbout, Brian Wong
  • Patent number: 11867920
    Abstract: A beam splitting and combining device includes a first prism, a second prism and a first optical film. The first prism includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The second prism includes a fourth surface, a fifth surface and a sixth surface. The fifth surface and the second surface are attached to each other. The first optical film is formed between the second surface and the fifth surface by coating. A beam in a first range of wavelengths is configured to pass through the first surface, the second surface, the first optical film, the fifth surface and the sixth surface in order or in reverse order, or is configured to pass through the first surface and the third surface in order or in reverse order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Liang, Po-Yuan Huang, Chih-Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11860527
    Abstract: An illumination system including an excitation light source array, a multi-region dichroic device, a color sequence generator, and a wavelength converter is provided. The excitation light source array emits excitation light beams. The multi-region dichroic device has first dichroic regions and non-dichroic regions that are alternately arranged in stripe shapes. The first dichroic regions are respectively disposed on transmission paths of the excitation light beams. The excitation light beams from the excitation light source array are transmitted to the color sequence generator through the first dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device, and at least one second dichroic region of the color sequence generator respectively reflects the excitation light beams to the non-dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device. The excitation light beams from the color sequence generator are transmitted to the wavelength converter through the non-dichroic regions of the multi-region dichroic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Jo-Han Hsu, Kuan-Ta Huang, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11852806
    Abstract: A method for controlling hybrid scanning based on a miniature reflecting device, which includes: loading parameters for determinant scanning and circular scanning, setting a scanning start point, and performing determinant scanning; performing low-pass filtering on received sampling data to filter an outlier in a sampling process, and performing singular value determining, to determine whether there is a valid connected domain within a scanning field of view; determining, as a target of interest, a valid connected domain with a maximum quantity of singular values, and obtaining a geometric center of the target of interest by calculating an average value of driving voltages corresponding to the singular values; performing circular scanning by using the geometric center as a scanning center, determining, in a process of scanning an outermost ring, whether singular values are centrosymmetrically distributed on the ring, to fine-tune the scanning center till the singular values are centrosymmetrically distributed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jie Cao, Qun Hao, Guoliang Li, Mingyuan Tang, Chun Bao, Zixiong Wu
  • Patent number: 11841612
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source providing a first light beam, a first light uniformizing element disposed on a transmission path of the first light beam, a wavelength conversion element, and an optical part. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on the same transmission path and converts the first light beam into a second light beam. The optical part is disposed on a transmission path of the second light beam. The wavelength conversion element is disposed between the first light uniformizing element and the optical part. The second light beam includes a first portion, which is transmitted toward the first light uniformizing element, and a second portion, which is transmitted toward the optical part, reflected by the optical part, and further transmitted and passes through the wavelength conversion element for being transmitted toward the first light uniformizing element. A projection device including the illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jyun-Cong Lai, Haw-Woei Pan, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 11815796
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a first light source that outputs first excitation light having a first wavelength band, a second light source that outputs second excitation light having a second wavelength band, a third light source that outputs third light having a third wavelength band, a wavelength converter that has a first surface and a second surface and converts the first excitation light and the second excitation light in term of wavelength and emits fourth light having a fourth wavelength band, and a light combiner that combines the third light outputted from the third light source with the fourth light emitted from the wavelength converter to generate illumination light. The first excitation light outputted from the first light source is incident on the first surface of the wavelength converter via the light combiner, and the second excitation light outputted from the second light source is incident on the second surface of the wavelength converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidefumi Sakata
  • Patent number: 11796901
    Abstract: An illumination system adapted to provide an illumination light beam is provided. At a first timing, after an excitation light beam is reflected by a non-conversion reflecting region of a wavelength conversion wheel, the excitation light beam passes through a light splitting element, and is then reflected by a reflecting element, passes through the light splitting element a first lens group and a light uniformizing element in sequence, so as to output a first color light. At a second timing, a converted light beam is converted and reflected by a wavelength conversion reflecting region. A central axis of the excitation light beam reflected by the reflecting element and passing through the light splitting element and a central axis of the converted light beam reflected by the light splitting element are coincided with an optical axis of the first lens group. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng
  • Patent number: 11796902
    Abstract: A light source module including first and second light sources, first and second wavelength conversion units, and first and second light splitting units is provided. The first light source emits a first light having a first wavelength. The first wavelength conversion unit converts at least one portion of the first light into a first converted light having a second wavelength. The second light splitting unit allows the lights having the second and third wavelengths to travel through and reflects the light having the first wavelength. The second light source emits a second light having the first wavelength. The second wavelength conversion unit converts at least one portion of the second light into a second converted light having the third wavelength. The first light splitting unit is disposed between the first and second wavelength conversion units and reflects the first wavelength and allows the second wavelength to travel through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Shiung Chien, Ming-Kuen Lin, Tsung-Hsun Wu, Yi-Ling Lo
  • Patent number: 11781737
    Abstract: A light source device of the present disclosure includes a sapphire plate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a wavelength conversion material located opposite the first surface of the sapphire plate, and a first excitation light source emitting a first excitation light having directivity to the wavelength conversion material through the second surface, in which an angle between the first surface and the second surface, and a c-axis of sapphire less than 10°, and an angle between the c-axis and an optical axis of the first excitation light is 5° or more and 75° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kubo, Kazuyoshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11782335
    Abstract: A color wheel module includes a driving assembly, a substrate, a first wavelength conversion layer, and a second wavelength conversion layer. The substrate includes an outer periphery disposed around the central axis and a first surface perpendicular to the central axis, and has a first light conversion region located on the outer periphery and a second light conversion region located on the first surface. The first wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first light conversion region. The second wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the second light conversion region. The first excitation beam is incident to the first light conversion region along a direction perpendicular to the central axis and is converted into a first color converted beam. The second excitation beam is incident to the second light conversion region along a direction parallel to the central axis and is converted into a second color converted beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Pi-Tsung Hsu
  • Patent number: 11785188
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus that includes an image projection section that performs an image projection process based on a PWM method, an output image control section that sets a portion of a single-frame output period of a view-use image as a period in which to output a pattern image to be used for calculating an image correction parameter, a correction parameter calculation section that calculates the image correction parameter with use of the pattern image captured by a camera in the pattern image output period, and an image correction section that performs a correction process on the view-use image with use of the image correction parameter. The output image control section controls the pattern image output period in such a manner that pixel values of the pattern image fall within a range from a minimum pixel value to less than a minimum significant pixel value of the view-use image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masuyoshi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11768411
    Abstract: Provided is a head-up display including a liquid-crystal panel including a display screen, a Fresnel lens which is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen, a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the Fresnel lens, and a mirror that forms a virtual image corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen of the liquid-crystal panel, in a target space, where the light-diffusion structure is thinner than the Fresnel lens, and the light-diffusion structure has a thickness equal to or smaller than 300 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takato Hada, Takahiro Akiyoshi, Hiroki Hara, Keiji Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11762268
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source that outputs excitation light, a wavelength converter including a reflection layer and a wavelength conversion layer that is provided on the light incident side of the reflection layer and converts the excitation light in terms of wavelength into wavelength converted light having a wavelength band different from that of the excitation light, a first optical element that causes the excitation light from the light source to be incident on the wavelength converter, and a second optical element that is disposed in the optical path between the light source and the wavelength converter and causes at least part of reflected light of the excitation light reflected off the wavelength converter to exit toward the wavelength converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Uchiyama, Chigusa Takagi
  • Patent number: 11747636
    Abstract: A laser projector includes a light combining device, a light splitting system, a plurality of light valves, and a beam combiner. The light combining device is for emitting an illumination beam. The light splitting system is for receiving the illumination beam to generate a plurality of color beams. The plurality of light valves is for receiving and modulating the plurality of color beams to generate modulated color beams. The beam combiner is for combining the modulated color beams to form a multi-color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QISDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Hu, Tsung-Hsun Wu, Ching-Shuai Huang, Ping-Chung Chou
  • Patent number: 11733438
    Abstract: The cross dichroic prism according to the present disclosure includes four prisms and two dichroic mirrors. Each of the four prisms has a triangle-prism shape. The four prisms are arranged to form a quadrangular prism as a whole in a manner such that the ridge line portions are located close to each other, a first plane of one prism faces a second plane of another prism, and a third plane faces outward. Each of the two dichroic mirrors is constituted of a dielectric multilayer film provided between the first plane of one prism and the second plane of another prism. The outermost layer of a dielectric layer constituting the dielectric multilayer film is provided in contact with each of the first plane of the one prism and the second plane of the other prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Fukase, Kunihiko Yano
  • Patent number: 11719943
    Abstract: A display and method for providing an image to an eye of a viewer is provided. The display comprises at least two projector assemblies. Each projector assembly comprises a light-guide optical element (LOE), and an image projector arrangement for generating a partial image and being deployed to introduce the partial image into the LOE for coupling out towards the eye of the viewer. The at least two projector assemblies cooperate to display the image to the eye of the viewer with partial overlap. The display further comprises a controller associated with the image projector arrangements and configured to reduce a pixel intensity of selected pixels in a region of partial overlap between the first and second part of the image so as to enhance a perceived uniformity of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventors: Yochay Danziger, Naamah Levin, Daniel Michaels
  • Patent number: 11720009
    Abstract: An illumination system configured to provide an illumination beam is provided. At a timing for blue light, first blue light penetrates a light homogenizing element, so that the illumination system outputs blue light of the illumination beam. At a timing for green light, the first blue light is converted into first green light via a phosphor wheel and penetrates the light homogenizing element. At the same time, second blue light is converted into second green light via the phosphor wheel and penetrates the light homogenizing element, so that the illumination system outputs green light of the illumination beam. A projection device is also provided. According to the illumination system and the projection device provided herein, each light source may be effectively utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Hung-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11714344
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module includes a ceramic substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, and a plurality of colloidal bosses. The ceramic substrate has a first surface. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first surface of the ceramic substrate. The colloidal bosses are separately from each other disposed on the ceramic substrate and at least located on the first surface. The colloidal bosses and the wavelength conversion layer are separated from each other, and a heat resistant temperature of the colloidal bosses is higher than 500 degrees. The above wavelength conversion module has favorable heat dissipation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tsai, Pi-Tsung Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11714284
    Abstract: An augmented reality headset may include a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into a user's eye while also transmitting light from the environment. The combiner and engine may be arranged to project light fields with different fields of view and resolution to match the visual acuity of the eye. The combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; one projection point interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple eye box points. The engine may include a laser diode array, a distribution waveguide, scanning mirrors, and layered waveguides that perform pupil expansion and that emit wide beams of light through foveal projection points and narrower beams of light through peripheral projection points. The light engine may include focusing elements to focus the beams such that, once reflected by the holographic combiner, the light is substantially collimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Paul J. Gelsinger-Austin, Thomas M. Gregory, Richard H. Tsai, Alexander Shpunt
  • Patent number: 11709353
    Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes a laser light source, a light splitting element, a wavelength conversion module, a filter module, and a homogenizing element. The laser light source provides a laser beam to the light splitting element. The filter module rotates around a rotation axis and has multiple dichroic filter regions on a surface perpendicular to the rotation axis. The filter module receives the laser beam from the light splitting element, and an acute angle is formed between the rotation axis and a direction in which the laser beam enters the filter module. The homogenizing element is located on a transmission path of the laser beam penetrating the filter module, and the laser beam enters the homogenizing element along a long axis direction of the homogenizing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Chiang Lin, Chen-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 11709414
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module and a projector including the wavelength conversion module are provided. The wavelength conversion module includes a substrate and a wavelength conversion layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The substrate includes a plurality of turbulent portions, and the turbulent portions are recessed in at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a distribution area of the turbulent portions accounts for more than 60% of an exposure area of the substrate. The wavelength conversion module and the projector provided by the disclosure exhibit favorable heat dissipation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Hua Kao
  • Patent number: 11698579
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a dichroic layer provided to a first surface of the substrate, an intermediate layer disposed so as to be opposed to the substrate via the dichroic layer, and a wavelength conversion layer disposed so as to be opposed to the dichroic layer via the intermediate layer, and configured to convert light in a first wavelength band into light in a second wavelength band. The dichroic layer has two or more types of refractive index layers having respective refractive indexes different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Shiratori, Wataru Yasumatsu, Takashi Gokuden, Kunihiko Yano
  • Patent number: 11693300
    Abstract: An illumination system, including a laser light source, a wavelength conversion module, and a polarization conversion unit, and a projection device are provided. A laser beam of the laser light source is converted to a wavelength conversion beam by a wavelength conversion region of the wavelength conversion module. The polarization conversion unit has multiple first polarization conversion regions and multiple second polarization conversion regions, and includes multiple phase delay sheets correspondingly located on multiple surfaces facing the laser light source and located in the second polarization conversion regions. The wavelength conversion beam with a second polarization state leaves the polarization conversion unit after passing through a surface of the polarization conversion unit in the first polarization conversion regions facing the laser light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Min-Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 11675259
    Abstract: A light source system, comprising a first light source, a first wavelength conversion device, a second wavelength conversion device, a light path conversion element, and a light combining unit. The light path conversion element is configured to make an excitation light emitted by the first light source irradiate the first wavelength conversion device and the second wavelength conversion device in turn, so as to correspondingly excite and generate a first excited light and a second excited light. The light combining unit is configured to combine the first excited light and the second excited light. A projector system, comprising the light source system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CHENGDU XGIMI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
    Inventors: Bo Zhong, Shi Xiao, Lei Yin
  • Patent number: 11656467
    Abstract: A near-eye display device comprises a pupil-expansion optic, first and second lasers, a drive circuit coupled operatively to the first and second lasers, a beam combiner, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a computer. The first and second lasers are configured to emit in respective first and second wavelength bands. The beam combiner is configured to geometrically combine emission from the first and second lasers into a collimated beam. The SLM is configured to receive the collimated beam and to direct the emission in spatially modulated form to the pupil-expansion optic. The computer is configured to parse a digital image, trigger the emission from the first and second lasers by causing the drive circuit to drive current through the first and second lasers, and control the SLM such that the spatially modulated form of the emission projects an optical image corresponding to the digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Michael Bleyer
  • Patent number: 11652964
    Abstract: Four of laser light source sections each includes a semiconductor laser. Any two of the laser light source sections are disposed in an imaginary plane perpendicular to the center axis of a luminous flux and on a first imaginary line that intersects with the center axis so as to face each other with the center axis sandwiched between the two laser light source sections, and other two of the laser light source sections are disposed on a second imaginary line perpendicular to the first imaginary line so as to face each other with the center axis sandwiched between the two laser light source sections. The laser light source sections are at the same distance from the center axis. The first light, the second light, the third light, and the fourth light are each linearly polarized light and have the same polarization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11652601
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for communicating within a communication system when re-configured from a source to a target uplink/downlink configuration. The invention is also providing mobile station for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the mobile station to perform the methods described herein. Specifically, the invention suggests to perform PUSCH transmissions in response to Downlink Control Information, DCI, transmissions such that the source uplink/downlink configuration is applied to PUSCH transmissions relating to DCI transmissions received up to and including subframe N?6, a predefined uplink/downlink configuration is applied to PUSCH transmissions relating to DCI transmissions received during subframes N?5 to N?1; and the target uplink/downlink configuration is applied to PUSCH transmissions relating to DCI transmissions received from subframe N onward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Lilei Wang
  • Patent number: 11648629
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus is used which includes: a laser oscillator that oscillates a processing laser beam at a processing point to be processed on a surface of a workpiece; an optical interferometer that emits a measurement beam to the processing point and generates an optical interference intensity signal based on interference generated due to an optical path difference between the measurement beam reflected at the processing point and a reference beam; a first mirror that changes traveling directions of the processing laser beam and the measurement beam; a second mirror that changes an incident angle of the measurement beam onto the first mirror; a lens that focuses the processing laser beam and the measurement beam on the processing point; a memory that stores corrected processing data; a control unit that controls the laser oscillator, the first mirror, and the second mirror based on the corrected processing data; and a measurement processing unit that derives a depth of a keyhole generated at the p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Jun Yokoyama, Takashi Urashima