YOUNG OPTICS INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160112613 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a lens, an image sensor, an optical filter, and a driving device. The lens focuses light beams from at least one subject to form an optical image, and the image sensor receives the optical image and converts the optical image into at least one electric signal. The optical filter includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is disposed between the lens and the image sensor, and the second plate is disposed between the first plate and the image sensor. The driving device moves the second plate. The second plate has substantially the same index of refraction as the first plate, and a thickness of the second plate is continuously decreased or increased across the second plate. | 04-21-2016 |
20160039333 | VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A vehicle lighting system includes a light source, a beam expander, a light processing unit, and a non-uniform projection unit. The light source emits at least one collimated light beam, and the beam expander is located in a propagation path of the collimated light beam for receiving and expanding the collimated light beam to form an expanded light beam. The light processing unit is located in a propagation path of the expanded light beam for receiving the expanded light beam and a control signal and adjust an intensity profile of the expanded light beam according to the control signal, and a non-uniform projection unit converts the expanded light beam adjusted by the processor into a light beam having a non-uniform intensity profile. | 02-11-2016 |
20150185452 | WIDE-ANGLE PROJECTION SYSTEM - A wide-angle projection system includes a refraction unit and a reflection unit. The refraction unit includes a first lens group of positive refractive power and a second lens group of negative refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the reflection unit and the condition: 0.9 | 07-02-2015 |
20150177424 | LENS MODULE AND IMAGE APPARATUS - A lens module for capturing an object light-beam from an object-side is provided. The lens module includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group and a fifth lens group sequentially-arranged from the object-side to an image-side. The five lens groups respectively have at least one lens with positive refractive-power and at least one lens with negative refractive-power. The first, third and fifth lens groups are fixed groups, while the second and fourth lens groups are movable groups. An image apparatus including the lens module is also provided. | 06-25-2015 |
20150138515 | OPITCAL PROJECTION AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An optical projection and image sensing apparatus including a light source, a light valve, a first lens set, a sensing module, and a beam splitter is provided. The light valve is used to convert an illumination light from the light source to an image light beam. The first lens set is used to project the image light to display an image on a screen, and the sensing module is used to sense a sensing light from the image on the screen. The beam splitter is disposed on the optical paths of the image light and the sensing light from the image on the screen. One of the sensing module and the light valve is disposed on the optical path of the sensing light passing through the beam splitter, and the other is disposed on optical path of the sensing light reflected by the beam splitter. | 05-21-2015 |
20150070786 | OPTICAL LENS - An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between a magnified side and a minified side and has a negative refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side and has a positive refractive power. The optical lens is capable of forming an image at the magnified side. F/H>0.52, where F is an effective focal length, and H is an image height. A viewing angle is greater than 116.7 degrees. | 03-12-2015 |
20150062720 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group having a negative refractive power includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side, in which refractive powers of the first, second and third lenses are negative, negative and positive in sequence. The second lens group having a positive refractive power is located between the first lens group and the image side, and the second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, in which refractive powers of the fourth, fifth and sixth lenses are positive, negative and positive in sequence. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lenses are separated from each other. | 03-05-2015 |
20150029596 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, and a fourth lens group with positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers respectively arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side is provided. The first lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The second lens group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens. The fourth lens group includes a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, the eighth lens, and the ninth lens respectively having negative, positive, negative, negative, positive, positive, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers are arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. | 01-29-2015 |
20140362189 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional image apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional image apparatus includes a projection unit, a photographic apparatus, a display module and a control unit. In a scan mode, the control unit controls the projection unit to project a structure-light pattern onto an object to be captured in different angles relatively to the object and controls the photographic apparatus to capture a plurality of composition images corresponding to different angles of the object. The composition images are converted into a three-dimensional image in a three dimensional image format through an image conversion module, and the three-dimensional-format image may display a displaying image of the object in a specific viewing angle through the display module. The projection unit and the photographic apparatus are located at a same side of the three-dimensional image apparatus. | 12-11-2014 |
20140320978 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. Refractive powers of the first lens group and the second lens group are respectively negative and positive. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens satisfies −2.410-30-2014 | |
20140313344 | Image Capturing Method and Image Capturing Device - An image capturing device includes a lens module, a filter, two sensors, a first image processing module, and a second image processing module. The lens module is adapted to receive the image beam. The filter is adapted to split the image beam into a first beam and a second beam. The two sensors are disposed in transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam separately, and the sensors separately convert the first beam and the second beam into a first optical information and a second optical information. The first image processing module and the second image processing module are disposed in transmission paths of the first optical information and the second optical information separately, and the image processing modules separately convert the optical information into image information. The second image processing module integrates the first image information and the second image information into a color image. | 10-23-2014 |
20140307233 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a casing with an opening, a light-emitting unit in the casing and emitting a first projection beam, and a reflective component in the casing and on a transmission path of the first projection beam. The first projection beam reflected by the reflective component becomes a second projection beam projected out via the opening along a projection direction. The light-emitting unit includes a projection lens with an optical axis between a center of the reflective component and the opening of the casing. | 10-16-2014 |
20140293234 | LIGHT MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A light module includes a first light source. The first light source includes a first light-emitting element and a first lens element. The first light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting chip for emitting a first light beam and a wavelength conversion material located on the first light-emitting chip for transferring parts of the first light beam to a second light beam. The first lens element faces the first light-emitting element and is located on a transmission path of the first light beam and a transmission path of the second light beam, and the first lens element includes an optical filter for filtering off the first light beam and being passed by the second light beam. | 10-02-2014 |
20140211171 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - The invention provides a projection apparatus having an image source, a projection lens, and a beam-splitting module. The image source provides an image beam, and the image beam includes a first sub image beam and at least one second sub image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. | 07-31-2014 |
20140198302 | IMAGE REARRANGING LENS AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image rearranging lens and a projection apparatus are provided. The image rearranging lens is used to rearrange a plurality of sub images provided by an image source and arranged along an arranging direction. The image rearranging lens includes a plurality of lens groups arranged along the arranging direction. Each of the sub images is imaged on a corresponding lens group. Optical axes of the lens groups are not aligned to each other along the arranging direction. The optical axis of each of the lens groups and the optical axis of the neighboring lens groups have an offset along a direction perpendicular to the arranging direction. | 07-17-2014 |
20140160444 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND LIGHT CONDENSING MODULE - A projection apparatus and a light condensing module are provided. The light condensing module condenses and deflects an incident beam. The light condensing module includes a curving incident surface, a curving outgoing surface and a reflection surface. The curving incident surface receives the incident beam. The curving outgoing surface is disposed on a transmission path of the incident beam from the curving incident surface. The reflection surface is disposed on the transmission path of the incident beam, and located between the curving incident surface and the curving outgoing surface. A ray of the incident beam propagates through the curving incident surface along the optical axis of the curving incident surface, and emits out from the curving outgoing surface along a direction inclined to the optical axis of the curving outgoing surface. | 06-12-2014 |
20140118838 | Wide Angle Projection Lens - The present invention uses the concave hybrid architecture to form a wide angle projection lens with large numerical aperture. The wide angle projection lens includes a refraction system and a reflection system, wherein the refraction system includes a first lenses group containing a plurality of spherical lenses and at least one spherical lenses, and a second lenses group containing at least two aspheric lenses and at least one spherical lens, and the at least one spherical lens is configured between any two of the at least two aspheric lenses. The present invention is beneficial in reducing the wide angle projection lens in size and is able to effectively overcome the problem in low geometric efficiency, and enable the ultra-short focus projector have compact and portable advantages. | 05-01-2014 |
20140104580 | PROJECTION DEVICE - The disclosure provides a projection device, including an image source, a light-splitting module, and an imaging lens. The image source provides an image beam. The image beam includes a plurality of sub-image beams respectively emitted from a plurality of image areas of the image sources. The light-splitting module has at least one total reflection plane totally reflecting at least one sub-image beam of the sub-image beams and allowing at least another sub-image beam of the sub-image beams to transmit therethrough. The imaging lens includes a rear refractive-element group and a front refractive-element group. The rear and front refractive-element groups are configured on a transmission path of the image beam, and the light-splitting module is configured between the rear and front refractive-element groups. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104317 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image displaying device includes a light diffuser and an image superposing unit. The light diffuser includes an incident side and an emergent side. The image superposing unit emerges therefrom a plurality of image lights, and superposes the plurality of image lights onto the incident side, wherein the plurality of superposed image lights pass through the light diffuser, and the light diffuser only displays an image corresponding to one of the plurality of image lights in an observation direction on the emergent side. | 04-17-2014 |
20140092366 | MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A multi-projection system and a display system using the same are provided. The multi-projection system for projecting a plurality of images included in a beam onto a screen includes a beam source providing the beam; an image splitter in proximity to the beam source and has a positive magnifying ratio; and an imaging device in proximity to the image splitter, wherein the beam passes through the image splitter and the imaging device to be projected onto the screen. | 04-03-2014 |
20140071405 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECREASING STRAY LIGHT - A projection device having an image beam and an off-state light is provided, which includes a camera module, a condensing element, a digital micromirror device (DMD) and a shading element, wherein the DMD allows the image beam to enter the camera module, and the shading element is configured between the DMD and the condensing element to block the off-state light. | 03-13-2014 |
20140055754 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, PROJECTION DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination system, a projection device, and an illumination method are provided. The illumination system includes a polarized light source, a polarization switching element, a beam splitting element, a wavelength conversion element, a reflective element, and a wave plate. The polarized light source emits a polarized light beam with a first color. The polarization switching element switches a polarized direction of the polarized light beam at different time points. The beam splitting element separates polarized light beams having different polarized directions. The wavelength conversion element converts the polarized light beam having a first polarized direction to a converted light beam. The reflective element reflects the polarized light beam having a second polarized direction to form a reflected light beam. The beam splitting element combines the converted light beam and the reflected light beam comes from the wave plate disposed between the beam splitting element and the reflective element. | 02-27-2014 |
20140049813 | PROJECTION LENS - A projection lens configured to form an image from an image source which is disposed at an object side is provided. The projection lens includes a lens group and an aspheric mirror. The lens group has a first optical axis, and an intermediate image is formed by the lens group from the image source. The aspheric mirror has a second optical axis and an aspheric surface. The lens group is disposed between the object side and the aspheric mirror. The aspheric surface faces the lens group and reflects the intermediate image to form the image at an image side. The first optical axis is not coaxial with the second optical axis, and an offset of the image relative to the first optical axis is larger than or equal to 100%. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049618 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND STEREO IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A stereo image displaying system including an image displaying apparatus and an imaging element is provided. The image displaying apparatus displays image beams along an optic axis. The imaging element has a curved-surface. The curved-surface receives the image beams and converts the image beams into deformation images. The imaging element transmits the deformation images. Furthermore, a stereo image capturing system is also provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20140029119 | FIXED FOCAL LENGTH LENS - A fixed focal length lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between a magnified side and a minified side and has a negative refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side and has a positive refractive power. The fixed focal length lens satisfies F/H>0.52, where F is an effective focal length of the fixed focal length, and H is an image height. | 01-30-2014 |
20140002802 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION LENS THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140002715 | ZOOM LENS AND ZOOM LENS MODULE | 01-02-2014 |
20130342818 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND LENS MODULE - A projection device includes a main body, a light source, a light valve, and a lens module. The light source produces an illumination beam. The light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The lens module disposed at the main body includes a lens barrel and a lens. The lens barrel has an inner wall, a containing space and a riveting portion. The inner wall surrounds the containing space. The riveting portion is located in the containing space. There is a gap between the riveting portion and the inner wall. The lens disposed in the containing space has a light emitting surface and a side surface. The side surface leans against the riveting portion. An end of the riveting portion extends to the light emitting surface to limit the lens in the containing space The image beam passes through the lens to form a projection beam. | 12-26-2013 |
20130314379 | VEHICULAR OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS - A vehicular optical touch apparatus includes a screen, an elastic layer, a detection light source, and an image detector. The elastic layer is disposed on the screen and includes a first surface facing away from the screen and a second surface facing the screen. The second surface includes a plurality of inclined surfaces inclined with respect to the first surface. The inclined surfaces totally reflect at least one portion of ambient light entering the elastic layer through the first surface, so that the portion of ambient light leaves the elastic layer through the first surface. The detection light source emits detection light toward the elastic layer. When an object presses the first surface to deform the second surface, the detection light sequentially passes through the elastic layer, is reflected by the object, passes through the elastic layer again, and is transmitted to the image detector. | 11-28-2013 |
20130271635 | IMAGE PROJECTION AND CAPTURE APPARATUS - The image projection and capture apparatus for projecting an image beam to display an image on a screen and sensing a sensing beam from the image on the screen, the image projection and capture apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, an image capture lens, a dichroic unit, and an image sensor. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve is capable of converting the illumination beam to the image beam. The projection lens has a first optical axis. The image capture lens has a second optical axis. The first optical axis and the second optical axis are collinear. The dichroic unit is disposed between the projection lens and the image capture lens. The image sensor is disposed on a light path of the sensing beam. | 10-17-2013 |
20130265245 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH PROJECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A touch device including a light guide unit, a light emitting unit, an invisible light filter and an invisible light detector is provided. The light guide unit has at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the light incident surface and is capable of emitting an invisible light beam. The invisible light filter is contacted tightly with the first surface. The light guide unit is disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector. Moreover, a touch projection system including the touch device is also provided. | 10-10-2013 |
20130162957 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION LENS THEREOF - A projection lens including a reflective unit and a refractive unit is provided. The projection lens is disposed between an object side and an image side. The reflective unit is disposed between the object side and the image side and has a negative refractive power. The refractive unit is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and has a positive refractive power. The refractive unit includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and includes at least one cemented lens and an aperture stop. The at least one cemented lens is disposed between the object side and the aperture stop. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the reflective unit and includes at least one aspheric lens. A projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided. | 06-27-2013 |
20130158976 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR WORD INFORMATION THEREOF - An electronic device and a display method for word information thereof are provided. The display method for word information includes following steps: identifying a user to acquire a user characteristic; acquiring a user word table according to the user characteristic; detecting a selected word pointed by a pointing device; and when the selected word is recorded in the user word table, displaying the word information corresponding to the selected word according to the user word table, wherein the word information includes at least one of word translation and a word note corresponding to the selected word. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155314 | LENS MODULE AND IMAGE APPARATUS - A lens module for capturing an object light-beam from an object-side is provided. The lens module includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group and a fifth lens group sequentially-arranged from the object-side to an image-side. The five lens groups respectively have at least one lens with positive refractive-power and at least one lens with negative refractive-power. The first, third and fifth lens groups are fixed groups, while the second and fourth lens groups are movable groups. An image apparatus including the lens module is also provided. | 06-20-2013 |
20130100527 | VEHICULAR PROJECTION SYSTEM - A vehicular projection system including a projection apparatus, a beam splitting module, and two projection screens is provided. The projection apparatus provides at least one image light beam. The beam splitting module divides the image light beam into a first image light beam and a second image light beam. The two projection screens receive the first image light beam and the second image light beam respectively. Each of the first image light beam and the second image light beam respectively forms an image on one of the two projection screens corresponding thereto. | 04-25-2013 |
20130094002 | PROJECTION SYSTEM USED IN A VEHICLE - A projection system used in a vehicle including a projection apparatus, a projection screen, and an image correction module is provided. The projection apparatus provides an image beam. The projection screen receives the image beam. The image beam forms an image on the projection screen. The projection screen is a non-flat plane. The image correction module corrects the image beam to compensate a distortion of the projected image based on the surface contour of the image screen. | 04-18-2013 |
20130088689 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source module including a first light-emitting device, a light emitting wheel, a second light-emitting device, and a light combination device is provided. The first light-emitting device provides an exciting beam. The light emitting wheel is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam and has a first light conversion area. The exciting beam obliquely irradiates on the first light conversion area and is converted into a first color beam. The second light-emitting device provides a second color beam. Herein, colors of the first color beam and the second color beam are different. The light combination device is disposed on the transmission paths of the first color beam and the second color beam. The first color beam is reflected to the light combination device by the light emitting wheel and the light combination device combines the first color beam and the second color beam. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088441 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a first projecting screen and a projection apparatus is provided. The first projecting screen has a first curved surface. The first curved surface is capable of receiving a touch input instruction and has at least one tactile sense identify region. A sense of touch of the tactile sense identify region is different from a sense of touch of the other regions of the first curved surface. The projection apparatus is capable of projecting a projecting beam toward the first curved surface so as to form an image. | 04-11-2013 |
20130070205 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system includes a first light source, a first rotation wheel, a first phosphor element, and a light combining element. The first light source is capable of emitting a first color beam. The first rotation wheel is disposed on a transmission path of the first color beam and includes a first transmissive region and a first reflective region. The first transmissive region is capable of allowing the first color beam to pass through so as to form a first color transmissive beam. The first reflective region is capable of reflecting the first color beam to form a first color reflective beam. One of the first color transmissive and reflective beams excites the first phosphor element to form a second color beam. The light combining element combines the second color beam and a beam originating from the other one of the first color transmissive and reflective beams. | 03-21-2013 |
20120249971 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including a light source, a light valve, a light uniforming device, and a first curved-surface reflection device is provided. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam for converting the illumination beam into an image beam. The light valve has an active surface that substantially has a rectangular contour. The light uniforming device is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam and between the light source and the light valve. The first curved-surface reflection device is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam and between the light source and the light valve for reflecting the illumination beam to the light valve. A curvature of the first curved-surface reflection device along a first direction is not equal to a curvature of the first curved-surface reflection device along a second direction. | 10-04-2012 |
20120212841 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection lens for projecting an image beam is provided. The image beam is converted by a light valve from an illumination beam irradiating the light valve. The projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam, and has a first optical axis. The second lens group is disposed on both a transmission path of the illumination beam and the transmission path of the image beam, and between the light valve and the first lens group. The second lens group has a second optical axis. The second optical axis is inclined with respect to the first optical axis. The third lens group is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, and between the first lens group and the second lens group. A projection apparatus is also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
20120175507 | LIGHT VALVE MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light valve module and a projection device using thereof are provided. The projection device includes a chassis, a light source, a projection lens, the light valve module and a fastener assembly. The light valve module is configured within a cavity of the chassis by the fastener assembly and disposed on a transmission path of a light beam so as to convert the light beam to an image light beam. The light valve module includes a field lens, a light valve component and an elastic frame. First and second surfaces of the elastic frame respectively contact the field lens and the light valve component. A recess of the elastic frame is located on one of the first surface and the second surface. A pressed portion of the elastic frame is deformed towards the recess when the field lens and the light valve component press the elastic frame. | 07-12-2012 |
20120133898 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes an illumination system, a light valve, a projection lens, and a first reflective unit. The illumination system provides an illumination light beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination light beam and capable of converting the illumination light beam into an image light beam. The illumination light beam is transmitted to the light valve vertically. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image light beam. The first reflective unit disposed on the transmission path of the image light beam is located between the light valve and the projection lens. The first reflective unit is capable of reflecting the image light beam from the light valve to the projection lens. The image light beam reflected by the first reflective unit to the projection lens is perpendicular to the illumination light beam transmitted to the light valve. | 05-31-2012 |
20120127592 | LENS MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A lens module includes a lens, a cam and an actuator. The lens has two driven parts disposed at one side of the lens. The cam is disposed beside the lens and has a rotation shaft and two cam surfaces, and a portion of the cam is located between the two driven parts. The two cam surfaces have the same shape and are on opposite sides of the cam. The two cam surfaces are in contact with the two driven parts respectively. The actuator is coupled with the rotation shaft and adapted to rotate the cam. | 05-24-2012 |
20120113395 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes an illumination system, a light valve, a light beam adjusting element, and a light reflective unit. The illumination system is capable of providing an illumination beam. The light valve, the light beam adjusting element, and the light reflective unit are disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The light valve is disposed between the illumination system and the light reflective unit. The light valve has an active surface for being capable of converting the illumination beam into an image beam. The light beam adjusting element is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam and between the illumination system and the light valve. The light beam adjusting element includes at least one lens having a first optical axis. The first optical axis and a normal vector of the active surface are not perpendicular to each other. | 05-10-2012 |
20120099085 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light emitting diode package including a carrier, at least one LED chip, and a light guide element. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier. The light guide element including a light transmissive body, a light integration part, a reflective film, and a support part is disposed on the carrier and located above the LED chip. The light integration part connected to the light transmissive body and disposed between the light transmissive body and the LED chip has a light incident surface facing the LED chip and at least one side surface. The side surface connects the light transmissive body and the light incident surface. The reflective film is disposed on the side surface. The support part leaning on the carrier is connected to the light transmissive body and surrounds the light integration part. The light transmissive body, the light integration part, and the support part are integrally formed. | 04-26-2012 |
20120092629 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device including an optical engine base, a light source, a light valve, and a projection lens is provided. The light source includes a component holder, a light component, and light lens. The component holder is assembled to the optical engine base, and has a component slot and a lens slot communicated with the component slot. The lens slot has at least one slot section plane. The light component is disposed within the component slot. The light lens is disposed within the lens slot, and adapted to form the light generated by the light component into a lighting beam. The light valve and the projection lens are assembled to the optical engine base. The light valve is adapted to convert the lighting beam into an image beam. The projection lens is adapted to convert the image beam into a projection beam. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092626 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, a light uniforming device, and a lens module. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve on a transmission path of the illumination beam converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The light valve has an active surface with a rectangular shape. The light uniforming device is between the light source and the light value. The lens module is between the light uniforming device and the light value. A refractive power of the lens module along a first direction is different from a refractive power of the lens module along a second direction. An f-number of the illumination beam along a direction parallel to a long side of the active surface of the light valve is greater than an f-number thereof along a direction parallel to a short side of the active surface of the light valve. | 04-19-2012 |
20120081799 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens disposed between an enlarged side and a reduced side is provided. An f-number of the fixed-focus lens is smaller than or equal to 2. The fixed-focus lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens, wherein the first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group, disposed between the first lens group and the reduced side, has a positive dioptre. The second lens group includes a second lens, wherein the second lens is an aspheric lens. The fixed-focus lens focuses by moving the first and the second lens group and satisfies 0.1<|f/f1|<1, 0.2<|f/f2|<1.5, and 1.504-05-2012 | |
20120075594 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A projection apparatus including a light source, a light uniforming and shaping module, and a light valve is provided. The light source has a light-emitting surface and is capable of emitting an illumination beam. The light uniforming and shaping module is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on a projection surface and on the transmission path of the illumination beam from the light uniforming and shaping module, wherein the light valve is capable of converting the illumination beam into an image beam. The light uniforming and shaping module is for projecting a light from each point of the light-emitting surface to a region on the projection surface, and the union of the regions projected from all the points on the light-emitting surface covers an entire active surface of the light valve. An illumination system is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075593 | LENS ARRAY MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A lens array module includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, and a plurality of first and second lens surfaces. The first lens surfaces are arranged on the light incident surface to form into an array. The second lens surfaces are arranged on the light emitting surface to form into an array. The center of curvature of each of the first lens surfaces located at two opposite sides of a first reference point on the light incident surface deviates away from the first reference point in a direction parallel to a first reference axis, and the center of curvature of each of the second lens surfaces located at two opposite sides of a second reference point on the light emitting surface deviates toward the second reference point in a direction parallel to the first reference axis. A projection apparatus is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120044586 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes an illumination system providing an illumination light beam, a light valve disposed in a transmission path of the illumination light beam and converting the illumination light beam into an image light beam, a projection lens disposed in a transmission path of the image light beam, a first field lens, and a second field lens. The first field lens and the second field lens are disposed between the light valve and the projection lens and in the transmission paths of the illumination light beam and the image light beam. The first field lens is a positive meniscus lens with a first concave surface facing the projection lens. The second field lens is a positive meniscus lens with a second concave surface adjacent to the first field lens. The projection apparatus is capable of reducing a ghost image. | 02-23-2012 |
20120038592 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An input/output device and human-machine interaction system and method thereof are provided. The input/output device includes a projection module, an image capturing module and a processing module. The projection module is capable of receiving an image provided by a mobile computing device and projecting the image onto a surface. The image capturing module is capable of capturing a user's operation action on a projected image on the surface to thereby provide operation information. The processing module is electrically connected with the image capturing module for receiving and processing the operation information to thereby generate an operation command to correspondingly control the mobile computing device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120026606 | PROJECTION LENS - A projection lens disposed between an enlarged side and a reduced side and including a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and an optical element disposed between the second and the third lens groups is provided. The first lens group includes a first and a second lens sequentially arranged from the enlarged side to the reduced side and respectively having a positive and a negative refractive power. The second lens group between the first lens group and the reduced side includes a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from the enlarged side to the reduced side. The fifth and the sixth lens respectively have a positive refractive power. The third lens group disposed between the second lens group and the reduced side includes a seventh lens. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026603 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens disposed between an object side and an image side and including a first, second, third, and fourth lens group is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a prism arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens is an aspheric lens. A distance between the first lens and the prism is L, an effective focal length of the zoom lens at a wide-end is fw, and 1.5802-02-2012 | |
20110292515 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens disposed between a magnified side and a minified side. The fixed-focus lens has an optical axis and includes a reflective system and a refractive system. The reflective system includes a reflection mirror with a negative refractive power. The refractive system is disposed between the reflection mirror and the minified side and includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has a positive refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side, and has a positive refractive power. The fixed-focus lens satisfies F/H>0.23, where F is an effective focal length and H is an image height. | 12-01-2011 |
20110255186 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one coherent light source, a light uniforming element, and a prism is provided. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent beam. The light uniforming element is disposed on a transmission path of the coherent beam. The prism is disposed on the transmission path of the coherent beam and between the coherent light source and the light uniforming element. The prism has a light incident end and a light exit end. The light incident end has at least one incident polygonal pyramid portion protruding away from the light exit end. The prism is capable of rotating about an axis, and the axis extends from the light incident end to the light exit end. The illumination system effectively reduces the degree of the speckle phenomenon. | 10-20-2011 |
20110194188 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, and a fourth lens group. The first lens group including three lenses is disposed between a magnified side and an reduced side, and the first lens group has a negative refractive power. The second lens group including two lenses is disposed between the first lens group and the reduced side, and the second lens group has a positive refractive power. The third lens group including one lens is disposed between the second lens group and the reduced side, and the third lens group has a positive refractive power. The fourth lens group including seven lenses is disposed between the third lens group and the reduced side, and the fourth lens group has a positive refractive power. | 08-11-2011 |
20110176226 | LENS MODULE - A lens module has a magnified side and a reduced side having an imaging surface. The lens module includes a first, a second, and a third lens groups having positive refractive powers respectively. The first lens group includes a first and a second lenses. A value calculated by dividing a distance between a center of a surface of the first lens facing the magnified side and the imaging surface by the effective focal length of the lens module is greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to 3. The second lens group located between the first lens group and the reduced side includes a third and a fourth lenses. The third lens group located between the second lens group and the reduced side includes a fifth lens. Refractive powers of the first to the fifth lenses are negative, positive, positive, negative and positive, respectively. | 07-21-2011 |
20110157710 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group arranged in sequence from a magnified side toward a reduced side is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side toward the reduced side, of which the refractive powers are respectively positive, negative, negative, and positive. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, a ninth lens, a tenth lens, and an eleventh lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side toward the reduced side, of which the refractive powers are respectively positive, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive. The eighth lens, the ninth lens, and the tenth lens together form a triple cemented lens. | 06-30-2011 |
20110128636 | PROJECTION LENS - A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group is composed of a first lens. The first lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, and the concave surface of the first lens faces a reducing side of the projection lens. The second lens group has positive refractive power, and includes a second lens having positive refractive power and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens is a biconvex lens, and the third lens has a concave lens facing the reducing side. The third lens group is composed of a fourth lens, and the fourth lens has a convex surface facing a magnifying side of the projection lens. The first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group include at least two aspheric lenses. | 06-02-2011 |
20110090464 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes at least one light source, a field lens, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source provides an illumination beam. The field lens is disposed in a transmission path of the illumination beam including an effective beam passing through the field lens and a ghost beam reflected by the field lens. The effective beam forms a light spot on the light valve capable of converting the effective beam into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed in a transmission path of the image beam and a ghost beam path of the ghost beam. A center of the light spot does not overlap a center of the light valve. An offset direction from the light valve to an optical axis of the projection lens is the same as a direction from the center of the light valve to the center of the light spot. | 04-21-2011 |
20110090463 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes at least one light source, a field lens, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source provides an illumination beam. The field lens is disposed in a transmission path of the illumination beam including an effective beam passing through the field lens and a ghost beam reflected by the field lens. The light valve converts the effective beam into an image beam. The projection lens includes a lens group, an aperture stop, and a light-shielding element. The lens group and the aperture stop are disposed in a transmission path of the image beam passing through the field lens and a ghost beam path of the ghost beam reflected by the field lens. The light-shielding element is disposed in at least a portion of the ghost beam path between the lens of the lens group furthest away from the aperture stop and the aperture stop. | 04-21-2011 |
20110090177 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM - An optical touch system includes a non-visible light source, a screen, a first and second polarizing elements, and an optical detector. The non-visible light source emits a non-visible beam. A part of the non-visible beam passes through the screen disposed in a light path of the non-visible beam. The touch object reflects the part of the non-visible beam into an object beam when a touch object approaches or touches the screen, and the object beam passes through the screen. The first polarizing element is disposed in the light path of the non-visible beam and between the non-visible light source and the screen. The optical detector is disposed in a light path of the object beam, and senses the object beam. The second polarizing element is disposed in the light path of the object beam passing through the screen and between the screen and the optical detector. | 04-21-2011 |
20110085254 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arranged in sequence from a magnified side towards a reduced side is provided. The first lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side towards the reduced side. Refractive powers of the first lens and the second lens are respectively negative and positive. The second lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side towards the reduced side. Refractive powers of the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are respectively positive, negative, and positive. The third lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a sixth lens. A refractive power of the sixth lens is positive. | 04-14-2011 |
20110043772 | PROJECTION MODULE AND ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THEREOF - A projection module includes a base, a light source, a light valve, a lens module, and an adjustment module. The light source is disposed on the base and capable of providing an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on the base and capable of converting the illumination beam into an image beam. The lens module is slidably disposed on the base and capable of projecting the image beam. The adjustment mechanism includes a rolling wheel and a slide pin. The rolling wheel is pivotably mounted to the base and includes a slide groove. The slide pin is fixed to the lens module and extends into the slide groove. The rolling wheel is capable of pivoting to drive the slide groove to pivot and the slide groove moves the slide pin to drive the lens module to move with respect to the base when the slide groove pivots. | 02-24-2011 |
20110019156 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A projection system and a method thereof are provided. The projection method includes the following steps. First, a processing module of an electronic device acquires a process ID of an application program via an operating system of the electronic device. Next, the processing module extracts display data corresponding to a window of the application program from a frame buffer of the electronic device stepwise with a predetermined frequency. Next, the processing module produces a plurality of pictures based on the extracted display data with the predetermined frequency. Next, the processing module transmits the pictures to a projector according to a predetermined transmission protocol. Finally, the projector projects the pictures sequentially. | 01-27-2011 |
20100315511 | Image capturing device - An image capturing device includes a lens module, a filter, two sensors, a first image processing module, and a second image processing module. The lens module is adapted to receive the image beam. The filter is adapted to split the image beam into a first beam and a second beam. The two sensors are disposed in transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam separately, and the sensors separately convert the first beam and the second beam into a first optical information and a second optical information. The first image processing module and the second image processing module are disposed in transmission paths of the first optical information and the second optical information separately, and the image processing modules separately convert the optical information into image information. The second image processing module integrates the first image information and the second image information into a color image. | 12-16-2010 |
20100290012 | PROJECTION MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A projection module adapted to be disposed in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a main body and the projection module disposed in the main body. The projection module includes a chassis, a light source, a light valve, a first lens group, and a second lens group. The light source and the light valve are disposed on the chassis. The first lens group is fixed on the chassis. The second lens group is slidably assembled on the chassis and is disposed between the light valve and the first lens group. The light source is capable of providing a light beam, and the light beam is capable of emitting through the light valve, the second lens group, and the first lens group in sequence. | 11-18-2010 |
20100265596 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group is disposed between a magnified side and a reduced side and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side. The refractive powers of both the first lens and the second lens are negative, and the first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the reduced side and includes a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side. The refractive powers of the seven lenses from the third lens to the ninth lens are respectively positive, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive in sequence. | 10-21-2010 |
20100259839 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens includes a first, a second, and a third lens groups arranged in sequence from the enlarged side to the reduced side and having positive refractive powers. The first lens group includes a first, a second, and a third lenses from the enlarged side to the reduced side. The second lens group includes a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lenses from the enlarged side to the reduced side. The third lens group includes a seventh lens. The lens of the first lens group closest to the enlarged side in the fixed-focus lens has a concave surface. The distance between the lens surface of the second lens group closest to the reduced side and the lens surface of the third lens group closest to the enlarged side is L | 10-14-2010 |
20100253922 | OPTICAL ENGINE - An optical engine including an illumination system, a beam splitting element, a second dichroic unit, and a light valve is provided. The illumination system provides a visible beam and an invisible beam. The beam splitting element is disposed in transmission paths of the visible and invisible beams. After the visible and invisible beams leave the beam splitting element, the optical axes of the visible and invisible beams are separated from each other. The second dichroic unit is disposed in the transmission paths of the visible and invisible beams from the beam splitting element. The visible beam passes through the second dichroic unit, and the invisible beam is reflected by the second dichroic unit. The light valve is disposed in the transmission path of the visible beam from the second dichroic unit and converts the visible beam into an image beam. The image beam passes through the second dichroic unit. | 10-07-2010 |
20100232039 | LENS - A lens adapted to image a first image plane at a reduced side onto a magnified side is provided. The lens has an optical axis. The lens includes a lens group and a concave reflective mirror. The lens group is disposed in the light path between the reduced side and the magnified side. The concave reflective mirror is disposed in the light path between the lens group and the magnified side. The offset of the first image plane with respect to the optical axis is greater than 100%. The throw ratio of the lens is less than 0.3. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232038 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens adapted to be disposed between a primary image side and a second image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a second lens group, a first lens group, and a curved reflector arranged in sequence from the primary image side to the second image side. The second lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from the primary image side to the second image side. The first lens and the third lens have positive refractive powers and each of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens is a spherical lens. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231873 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS AND APPARATUS INTEGRATING OPTICAL PROJECTION AND IMAGE DETECTION - A fixed-focus lens disposed between an object side and an image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a reflector, a curved reflector, a first lens group, and a second lens group disposed in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes two aspheric lenses. The second lens group includes a spherical lens and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens of the second lens group is closest to the image side in the second lens group. Besides, an effective focal length (EFL) of the fixed-focus lens is f, an EFL of the second lens group is f | 09-16-2010 |
20100182677 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group disposed between the first lens group and an image side. The first lens group has three lenses. Refractive powers of the three lenses arranged from an object side to the image side are respectively negative, negative, and positive. The second lens group has five lenses. Refractive powers of the five lenses arranged from the object side to the image side are respectively positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive. Effective focal lengths (EFL) of the first and the second groups are respectively f1 and f2. The EFL of the zoom lens is f | 07-22-2010 |
20100157444 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens adapted to be disposed between a magnified side and a reduced side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group disposed between the magnified side and the reduced side includes three lenses and has a negative refractive power. The second lens group disposed between the first lens group and the reduced side includes five lenses and has a positive refractive power. The third lens group disposed between the second lens group and the reduced side includes five lenses and has a positive refractive power. The fixed-focus lens satisfies |F | 06-24-2010 |
20100155756 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light emitting diode (LED) package including a carrier, at least one LED chip, and a light guide element is provided. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier. The light guide element including a light transmissive body, a light integration part, a reflective film, and a support part is disposed on the carrier and above the LED chip. The light integration part connected to the light transmissive body and disposed between the light transmissive body and the LED chip has a light incident surface facing the LED chip and at least one side. The side connects the light transmissive body and the light incident surface. The reflective film is disposed on the side. The support part leaning on the carrier is connected to the light transmissive body and surrounds the light integration part. The light transmissive body, the light integration part, and the support part are integrally formed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100128227 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system including a first light emitting chip, a chip package, a first dichroic film, and a second dichroic film is provided. The first light emitting chip emits a first light beam. The chip package includes a second light emitting chip and a third light emitting chip. The second light emitting chip emits a second light beam. The third light emitting chip emits a third light beam. The colors of the first, second, and third light beams are different from each other. The first dichroic film is disposed in the transmission paths of the first and second light beams. The second dichroic film is disposed in the transmission paths of the first, second, and third light beams. The first and second dichroic films are not parallel to and do not intersect each other. Besides, a projection apparatus employing the illumination system and another projection apparatus are provided. | 05-27-2010 |
20100091501 | Light emitting diode apparatus and optical engine using the same - A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus includes a heat dissipating component, a flexible circuit board, a slug, a light emitting diode die, and a package material. The flexible circuit board has a hollow-out portion disposed on the heat dissipating component. The slug is thermal conductively connected to the heat dissipating component through the hollow-out portion of the flexible circuit board. The light emitting diode die is disposed on the slug, and electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. The package material covers the light emitting diode die and the slug, and the bottom thereof is connected to the flexible circuit board. The light emitting diode apparatus is applied to an optical engine having a chassis and a top cover. The flexible circuit board of the light emitting diode apparatus is assembled on the chassis, and the heat dissipating component thereof is assembled on the top cover. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091253 | IMAGE PROJECTION AND DETECTION APPARATUS - An image projection and detection apparatus including an illumination system, a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), an optical detector, and a total internal reflection (TIR) unit is provided. The illumination system provides an illumination beam. The DMD is disposed in an optical path of the illumination beam, and includes a plurality of micro-mirror structures switched between an on-state and an off-state. When at least a part of the micro-mirror structures are in the on-state, they reflect the illumination beam into an image beam transmitted to an object side. When at least a part of micro-mirror structures are in the off-state, they reflect an object beam from the object side to the optical detector. The TIR unit includes a first TIR surface and a second TIR surface. The first TIR surface totally reflects the illumination beam to the DMD. The second TIR surface totally reflects the object beam to the optical detector. | 04-15-2010 |
20090323202 | Imaging system - An image system adapted to a projection display apparatus includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, an aspheric reflector, and a curved reflector. The second lens group includes an aspheric lens which is the nearest to the light valve in the second lens group. A material of the aspheric lens includes glass, the thermal-optical coefficient of the glass is between 1.0×10 | 12-31-2009 |
20090231549 | BEAM COMBINING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR HAVING SUCH BEAM COMBINING DEVICE - A beam combining device and a projector having such a beam combining device are provided. The projector includes a first color light source, a second color light source, a third color light source, a beam combining device, a light valve and a projection unit. The first color light source, the second color light source and the third color light source respectively emit first, second and third color beams. The beam combining device includes a polarization state converting module, a color separation unit and a polarization beam splitter. The optical path lengths of the first color beam emitted from the first color light source to the polarization beam splitter, the second color beam emitted from the second color light source to the polarization beam splitter, and the third color beam emitted from the third color light source to the polarization beam splitter are equal. | 09-17-2009 |
20090213333 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes a polarization beam splitter, a light source, a polarization changing device, an optical uniformizing element, a light valve module and a projection lens. The light source emits an illumination beam. The polarization beam splitter, the polarization changing device, the optical uniformizing element, and the light valve module are disposed in the optical path of the illumination beam. The polarization beam splitter transmits the illumination beam. The polarization changing device changes the polarization direction of the illumination beam and reflects the illumination beam back to the polarization beam splitter. The optical uniformizing element is between the polarization beam splitter and the polarization changing device for uniformizing the illumination beam. The light valve module converts the illumination beam reflected by the polarization changing device via the polarization beam splitter into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed in the optical path of the image beam. | 08-27-2009 |
20090168030 | DISPLAY AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF - A display is provided including a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, a first planer reflector, a second planer reflector, a curved reflector and a projection plane. The light source is capable of emitting a light beam. The light valve is disposed on a light path of the light beam to transform the light beam into an image light beam. The projection lens is disposed on a light path of the image light beam. The first planer reflector reflects the image light beam from the projection lens. The second planer reflector reflects the image light beam from the first planer reflector. The curved reflector reflects the image light beam from the second planer reflector. The image light beam from the curved reflector is projected on the projection plane to form a projection image. | 07-02-2009 |
20090147514 | DISPLAY METHOD AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM THEREOF - An illumination system is provided, which provides a plurality of light beams to a light valve. The illumination system includes a plurality of light sources, a polynomial lens and an optical scanning element. The light sources are capable of emitting the light beams. The polynomial lens is disposed on light paths of the light beams and located between the light sources and the light valve. The polynomial lens shapes the light beams into a plurality of rectangular light beams. The optical scanning element is disposed on light paths of the rectangular light beams and located between the polynomial lens and the light valve. The optical scanning element is capable of moving for scanning the rectangular light beams on the light valve unidircetionally or back and forth along a direction, and the rectangular light beams partially overlap with each other on the light valve. | 06-11-2009 |
20090147349 | LASER MODULE - A laser module including a light emitter, a polarizing and filtering unit, a nonlinear optical crystal, and a first filter is provided. The light emitter emits a first beam. The polarizing and filtering unit is disposed on a transmission path of the first beam. A part of the first beam passes through the polarizing and filtering unit to become as a second beam with a specific polarization direction. The nonlinear optical crystal is disposed on a transmission path of the second beam from the polarizing and filtering unit. The nonlinear optical crystal converts a part of the second beam into a third beam. The first filter is disposed on a transmission path of the other part of the second beam and the third beam from the nonlinear optical crystal. The other part of the second beam is reflected by the first filter. The third beam passes through the first filter. | 06-11-2009 |
20090147159 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a plurality of light sources, a liquid crystal display panel, a field lens and a flat mirror. The light sources provide color light beams. The liquid crystal display panel is capable of full color display. The field lens is disposed between the light sources and the liquid crystal display panel. The flat mirror is disposed between the light sources and the field lens. The light beams are reflected by the flat mirror to the field lens, and then pass through the field lens and change in different directions, entering the liquid crystal display panel with different incident angles. The projector further includes a curved mirror. The curved mirror replaces the field lens and the flat mirror. The light beams are reflected by the curved mirror and change in different direction, entering the liquid crystal display panel with different incident angles. | 06-11-2009 |
20090141749 | LASER MODULE - A laser module including a light emitter, a filter, a nonlinear optical crystal, a first temperature adjuster, and a second temperature adjuster is provided. The light emitter emits a first beam. The filter is disposed on a transmission path of the first beam and reflects the first beam. The nonlinear optical crystal is disposed on the transmission path of the first beam and between the light emitter and the filter. The nonlinear optical crystal converts a part of the first beam into a second beam. A frequency of the second beam is larger than a frequency of the first beam. The second beam passes through the filter. The first temperature adjuster is connected with the filter for adjusting a temperature of the filter. The second temperature adjuster is connected with the nonlinear optical crystal for adjusting a temperature of the nonlinear optical crystal. | 06-04-2009 |
20090091712 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND BEAM COMBINER - A beam combiner for combining a first color beam, a second color beam, and a third color beam is provided. The beam combiner has a transparent substrate with a first optical surface on which a first reflective film reflecting the first color beam is disposed, and a second optical surface on which a second reflective film reflecting the second color beam is disposed. The first optical surface and the second optical surface are parallel. The second color beam entering the transparent substrate is reflected by the second reflective film and leaves the transparent substrate by passing through the first optical surface, while the third color beam enters the transparent substrate from the second optical surface and leaves the transparent substrate by passing through the first optical surface. The optical paths of the first, the second, and the third color beam are substantially coincident after emerging from the first optical surface. | 04-09-2009 |
20090073348 | DISPLAY AND BACKLIGHT MODULE THEREOF - A backlight module for a display includes a light source, a lens unit, a reflective unit and a prism. The light source provides a light beam. The light beam passes through the lens unit to be expanded, then transmits to the reflective unit and reflected to the prism. The light source may be a laser source. | 03-19-2009 |
20090067064 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power, and consists essentially of a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. Refractive powers of the first, second, third, and fourth lenses are negative, negative, positive, and negative respectively. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and has a positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fifth lens and a sixth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. Refractive powers of the fifth lens and the sixth lens are both positive. | 03-12-2009 |
20090059585 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system capable of providing at least one light beam to a light valve is provided. The illumination system includes at least one light source, a linearization beam shaper and an optical scanning device. The light source is capable of providing the light beam. The linearization beam shaper is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam and between the light source and the light valve to expand the light beam along a first direction. The optical scanning device is disposed on the transmission path of the light beam and between the linearization beam shaper and the light valve. The optical scanning device is capable of moving for making the light beam scan on the light valve unidirectionally along a second direction or back and forth along the second direction. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059584 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one coherent light source, a light uniforming device and a lenticular sheet module is provided. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent beam. The light uniforming device is disposed on a transmission path of the coherent beam. The lenticular sheet module disposed on a transmission path of the coherent beam and between the coherent light source and the light uniforming device, includes a first lenticular sheet and a second lenticular sheet. The first lenticular sheet includes a plurality of first rod-like lenticulars disposed side by side extending along a first extending direction. The second lenticular sheet disposed between the first lenticular sheet and the light uniforming device, includes a plurality of second rod-like lenticulars disposed side by side extending along a second extending direction. The first extending direction and the second extending direction make an angle greater than 0 degree. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059396 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one first light source, a prism and a light uniforming device is provided. The first light source is capable of providing a first beam. The prism is disposed on a transmission path of the first beam, and has four first facets. Two of the first facets are opposite to each other, and the other two first facets are opposite to each other. The first beam passes through one of the first facets and is totally internally reflected by another first facet opposite to the one of the first facets. The light uniforming device is disposed on the transmission path of the first beam from the another first facet. The cost of the illumination system is lower, and the illumination system has high flexibility of the light source design and can provide illumination with high brightness. | 03-05-2009 |
20090046339 | OPTICAL LENS MODULE - An optical lens module including a foundation, at least one actuator, a lens base, an optical lens, at least one shaft, and at least one rocker arm is provided. The actuator is disposed in an accommodation space, defined inside the foundation, and fixed on the foundation. The lens base is disposed in the accommodation space and beside the actuator. The optical lens is disposed on the lens base. The shaft has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end is solidly connected to the lens base. The second end is connected to the foundation. The rocker arm has a third end and a fourth end opposite to the third end. The third end is solidly connected to a portion of the shaft between the first end and the second end. The fourth end is connected to the actuator. | 02-19-2009 |
20090022187 | LASER MODULE - A laser module including at least one light-emitting unit, a filter and a poled nonlinear optical crystal is provided. The light-emitting unit provides an incoherent beam. The filter is disposed on the transmission path of the incoherent beam and reflects at least a part of the incoherent beam. The poled nonlinear optical crystal is disposed on the transmission path of the incoherent beam, and has a plurality of poled portions. The poled portions have a plurality of first poled portions and a plurality of second poled portions which are alternately disposed. The incoherent beam passes through at least a part of the first poled portions and a part of the second poled portions. At least parts of the poled portions have different average widths from each other in the direction parallel to the chief ray of the incoherent beam. | 01-22-2009 |
20090021829 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module including a first integration rod, a polarization beam splitting unit, a first reflector, a first quarter-wave plate, and a light source is provided. The first integration rod has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The polarization beam splitting unit is disposed at a side of the first end. The polarization beam splitting unit reflects a beam with a first polarization direction and allows a beam with a second polarization direction to pass through. The first reflector is disposed at a side of the second end. The first quarter-wave plate is disposed between the polarization beam splitting unit and the first reflector. The light source provides a light beam to the polarization beam splitting unit. The light beam includes a first polarization beam with the first polarization direction. The polarization beam splitting unit reflects the first polarization beam to the first integration rod. | 01-22-2009 |
20090016061 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including a coherent light source, a light integrator and a first actuator is provided. The coherent light source is capable of providing an illumination beam. The light integrator is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and the first actuator is connected to the light integrator. The light integrator has a light entering end and a light exit end opposite to the light entering end, and the light entering end faces the coherent light source. The first actuator is capable of driving the light integrator to move and/or rotate, so as to change a position at the light entering end entered by the illumination beam. | 01-15-2009 |
20090015943 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and both having negative refractive powers. The first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a lens with positive refractive power. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and includes at least one first cemented lens. The fixed-focus lens satisfies 1.2<|f | 01-15-2009 |
20090015936 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group with a negative refractive power and a second lens group with a positive refractive power is provided. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged from an object side to an image side in sequence. The refractive powers of the first, second, and third lenses are negative, negative, and positive sequentially. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens arranged from the object side to the image side in sequence. The refractive powers of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lenses are positive, positive, negative, and positive sequentially. The first lens group and the second lens group are capable of moving between the object side and the image side. | 01-15-2009 |
20090009720 | OPTICAL ENGINE - An optical engine including a beam splitting and combining system, which includes a first polarizing beam splitting (PBS) unit, a dichroic unit and a second PBS unit, is provided. A first color beam is reflected by the first PBS unit, is reflected by a first light valve, and passes through the first PBS unit sequentially. A second color beam passes through the first PBS unit, is reflected by a second light valve, and is reflected by the first PBS unit sequentially. The dichroic unit is disposed on an optical path of the first and second color beams. The second PBS unit is capable of allowing a third color beam to travel to a third light valve and allowing the third color beam reflected from the third light valve to travel to the dichroic unit. The dichroic unit is capable of combining the first, second and third color beams. | 01-08-2009 |
20090001228 | POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE - A position adjusting device includes a base unit with spaced-apart first and second lateral plates. A bracket is elongated and interposed between the first and second lateral plates for mounting an integration rod, and includes opposite first and second open ends. A connecting mechanism includes two resilient pins connected respectively between the bracket and the first lateral plate and between the bracket and the second lateral plate. The resilient pins are proximate to the first open end of the bracket. An adjusting member extends through the first lateral plate, and abuts against one side of the bracket proximate to the second open end. The adjusting member drives the bracket to move along a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first and second axes are perpendicular to an extension direction of the bracket. | 01-01-2009 |
20080316569 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system for providing an illumination beam to a light valve is provided. The illumination system includes a light source, a light integration rod, a color wheel, a first focusing unit and a second focusing unit. The light source is capable of generating the illumination beam, and the light integration rod is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam. The first focusing unit is disposed between the integration rod and the color wheel and is capable of focusing the illumination beam onto the color wheel. The second focusing unit is disposed between the color wheel and the light valve and is capable of focusing the illumination beam onto the light valve. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316430 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a reflective light valve and an imaging system is provided. The illumination system emits an illumination beam. The reflective light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The imaging system includes a first lens group, a polarization beam splitter and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam between the illumination system and the reflective light valve. The polarization beam splitter is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam between the illumination system and the first lens group. The polarization beam splitter permits the illumination beam to pass through and travel to the reflective light valve. The reflective light valve modulates the illumination beam to an image beam traveling to the polarization beam splitter. The polarization beam splitter reflects the image beam to the second lens group. | 12-25-2008 |
20080309890 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND LIGHT INTEGRATION ROD THEREOF - A light integration rod having a light input end and a light output end opposite to each other is provided. The light integration rod includes a first reflective plate, a second reflective plate, a third reflective plate and a fourth reflective plate. The second reflective plate is opposite to the first reflective plate. The third reflective plate and the fourth reflective plate connect the first reflective plate and the second reflective plate, and are disposed opposite to each other. A long side of the first reflective plate is not equal to a long side of the second reflective plate. A short side at the light output end of at least one of the first reflective plate and the second reflective plate is separate from a short side of the third reflective plate and a short side of the fourth reflective plate at the light output end. | 12-18-2008 |
20080304165 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group, which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side, is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes three lenses arranged from the object side to the image side. The lens, closest to the object side, of the first lens group is an aspheric lens. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes two lens arranged from the object side to the image side. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and includes six lenses arranged from the object side to the image side. Refractive powers of the lenses of the third lens group in sequence from the object side to the image side are negative, positive, negative, positive, positive and positive. | 12-11-2008 |
20080304024 | OPTICAL ENGINE FOR A PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical engine for a projection display device includes a housing, a light source module, an imaging unit, and a projecting mechanism. The housing includes a base wall and a surrounding wall cooperating with the base wall for defining a receiving space with an opening. The light source module is disposed at a side of the housing for providing an illuminating light beam into the receiving space. The imaging unit is disposed in the receiving space, and includes a display element and an optical lens set. The projecting mechanism includes a lens barrel having first and second barrel ends, a projecting lens disposed at the second barrel end, and a coupling element formed on an outer surface of the lens barrel adjacent to the first barrel end. The coupling element is configured to have a size and shape corresponding to those of the opening, and is disposed to cover the opening and to seal the receiving space. | 12-11-2008 |
20080304021 | LIGHT-SHIELDING MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light-shielding module including a bracket, a pendulous member, a shielding member, a first magnet, a second magnet and a first coil is provided. The pendulous member has a first end and a second end opposite to each other and is pivoted on the bracket. The first end extends along a direction from a pivoting place of the pendulous member to a top of the bracket. The shielding member is connected to the first end. The first magnet is disposed at the pendulous member and located between the pivoting place and the first end. The second magnet is disposed at the pendulous member and adjacent to the second end. A mass-of-center of the second magnet is located beside a center line passing a center-of-mass of the first magnet and the pivoting center. The first coil is disposed on one of the first side wall and the second side wall. | 12-11-2008 |
20080304017 | IMAGING DISPLACEMENT MODULE - An imaging displacement module including a frame, an optical element, a carrier, a connecting portion and at least a first actuator is provided. The frame has a first opening, and the optical element, the carrier, the connecting portion and the first actuator are all disposed in the first opening. The carrier is capable of carrying the optical element, and the connecting portion connects between the frame and the carrier and capable of generating an elastic torsion around an axis. The first actuator is disposed at a side of the carrier and capable of driving the carrier to vibrate periodically. | 12-11-2008 |
20080304015 | COLOR FILTERING DEVICE - A color filtering device including a color filter, a plurality of polarization beam splitting units, a plurality of reflecting units, and a plurality of wave plates is provided. The color filter has a plurality of filtering parts and a plurality of light shielding parts alternately arranged thereon. Each of the polarization beam splitting units is disposed in front of one of the filtering parts and makes an angle with a corresponding filtering part. Each of the reflecting units is disposed in front of one of the light shielding parts and makes an angle with a corresponding light shielding part. Each of the wave plates is substantially parallel to one of the filtering parts. Each of the polarization beam splitting units is disposed between a pair of a wave plate and a filtering part. The color filtering device has both color filtering function and polarization conversion function. | 12-11-2008 |
20080297735 | LAMP DRIVING METHOD - A lamp driving method for a projection apparatus is provided. The projection apparatus has a light valve and a lamp. The lamp driving method includes adjusting a brightness of the lamp to different values according to multiple states of the light valve. The lamp driving method improves the energy efficiency of the projection apparatus. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297053 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DUAL LAMP MODULE - A method for controlling a dual lamp module applied to a projection apparatus is provided. The dual lamp module includes a first lamp and a second lamp. The method for controlling a dual lamp module includes providing a first operating power to the first lamp, and then determining whether the first lamp is turned on or not. If the first lamp fails to be turned on, stopping providing the first operating power to the first lamp, and providing a second operating power to the second lamp. The second operating power is greater than the first operating power. | 12-04-2008 |
20080291672 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A light source module including a plurality of first point light sources, a plurality of second point light sources, and a plurality of third point light sources is provided. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the first point light sources are within a wavelength range of a first color light, and at least two of the first point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the second point light sources are within a wavelength range of a second color light, and at least two of the second point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the third point light sources are within a wavelength range of a third color light, and at least two of the third point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths. | 11-27-2008 |
20080273245 | BEAM SPLITTING MODULE AND A LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A beam splitting module is disposed on a base plate of a light source system, and includes a supporting wall, a beam splitting lens, and a biasing member. The supporting wall has a first wall surface, and is disposed on the base plate such that the first wall surface extends perpendicularly from the base plate. The beam splitting lens has a first lens surface disposed adjacent to the first wall surface of the supporting wall, and a second lens surface opposite to the first lens surface. The biasing member is secured to the base plate, and is disposed adjacent to the second lens surface of the beam splitting lens for urging the beam splitting lens toward the supporting wall such that the first lens surface of the beam splitting lens abuts against the first wall surface of the supporting wall. | 11-06-2008 |
20080253005 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one coherent light source, a light uniforming element, and a prism is provided. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent beam. The light uniforming element is disposed on a transmission path of the coherent beam. The prism is disposed on the transmission path of the coherent beam and between the coherent light source and the light uniforming element. The prism has a light incident end and a light exit end. The light incident end has at least one incident polygonal pyramid portion protruding away from the light exit end. The prism is capable of rotating about an axis, and the axis extends from the light incident end to the light exit end. The illumination system effectively reduces the degree of the speckle phenomenon. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252991 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group with a negative refractive power and a second lens group with a positive refractive power is provided. The first lens group is composed of a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. Refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are respectively negative, negative, and positive. Moreover, the second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and an image side. The second lens group is composed of a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. Refractive powers of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens are respectively positive, negative, and positive. The first lens group and the second lens group are capable of moving between an object side and the image side. The zoom lens has advantages of wide angle and small volume. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252854 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system includes a light source module, a chromaticity-adjusting light source and a light-combining element. The light source module provides a first color light beam, a second color light beam and a third color light beam. The chromaticity-adjusting light source provides a chromaticity-adjusting light beam. The light-combining element is disposed on the transmission paths of the chromaticity-adjusting light beam and the color light beams provided by the light source module to combine the color light beams with the chromaticity-adjusting light beam into an illumination beam. | 10-16-2008 |
20080247164 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including a beam splitter, a first lamp, a second lamp, a first reflector, a second reflector, and a light uniforming element is provided. The first and the second lamp emit a first beam and a second beam to the beam splitter, respectively. A part of the first beam reflected by the beam splitter and a part of the second beam passing through the beam splitter constitute a third beam, and the other part of the first beam passing through the beam splitter and the other part of the second beam reflected by the beam splitter constitute a fourth beam. The first reflector and the second reflector reflect the third beam and the fourth beam, respectively. The light uniforming element is disposed on transmission paths of the reflected third beam and the reflected fourth beam. | 10-09-2008 |
20080239717 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A light source module including a light source assembly and a light converging element is provided. The light source assembly provides an illumination beam and the light converging element is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The light converging element has a top end and a bottom end opposite to the top end. The light converging element is gradually reduced from the bottom end to the top end. The top end is opposite to the light source assembly and has a cavity. The illumination beam is incident into the light converging element from the cavity and exits the light converging element from the bottom end. The illumination beam is converged by the light converging element, so the diverging angle of the illumination beam provided by the light source module is relatively small. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239447 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including a coherent light source and a speckle-reducing module is provided. The coherent light source is adopted for providing a light beam. The speckle-reducing module is disposed at an optical path of the light beam. The speckle-reducing module includes a rotator, a carrier and an optical path adjusting member. The rotator is adopted for rotating on a reference plane about a spindle axis passing through the rotator. The spindle axis is substantially perpendicular to the reference plane. The carrier is disposed at the rotator. The optical path adjusting member is disposed at the carrier and at the optical path of the light beam. The optical path adjusting member has an incident surface inclined at an angle with respect to the reference plane. | 10-02-2008 |
20080232100 | ILLUMINATION MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination module including a first light-emitting element, a first heat dissipation element, a first heat conducting unit, a second light-emitting element, a second heat dissipation element, and a second heat conducting unit is provided. The first light-emitting element is capable of emitting a first color light beam. The first heat conducting unit is connected between the first light-emitting element and the first heat dissipation element. The second light-emitting element is capable of emitting a second color light beam. The second heat conducting unit is connected between the second light-emitting element and the second heat dissipation element. The first heat dissipation element and the second heat dissipation element are disposed separately. The first heat conducting unit and the second heat conducting unit are also disposed separately. The heat dissipation characteristic of the illumination module is better. A projection apparatus having the illumination module is also provided. | 09-25-2008 |
20080225239 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM THEREOF - An illumination system includes a lamp, an optical element, a fan and a wind-guiding device. The extended direction of the central axis of the fan is slanted to the optic axis of an illumination beam from the lamp with an angle. The wind-guiding device includes a wind-guiding portion and a frame having a first carrying surface for carrying the fan. A second carrying surface of the frame is opposite to the first carrying surface and faces towards the lamp and the optical element. A wind-guiding plate of the wind-guiding portion is extended from a side of the frame towards the optical element and has a bending corner. A part of a cooling airflow from the fan passes through an opening of the frame and is blown to the lamp directly, and another part thereof is guided by the bending corner and is blown directly to the optical element. | 09-18-2008 |