IP Library Patent Application 14224076
Patent Application
App. No. 14/224,076

IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD

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14/224,076
Abstract

An image projection apparatus and an image projection method are provided. The image projection apparatus includes a projection light source, a scanning module, a reflection mirror and an optical detector. The projection light source provides a projection light beam and the scanning module drives the projection light beam to scan along at least an axial direction. The reflection mirror is located on a scan path of the projection light beam. The optical detector detects the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and generates synchronous signals. The image projection apparatus determines a scanning frequency of the projection light beam according to the synchronous signals.

Claims (20)

1 . An image projection apparatus with a scanning frequency detecting function, the image projection apparatus comprises:

a projection light source, providing a projection light beam;

a scanning module, driving the projection light beam to scan along at least an axial direction;

a reflection mirror, located on a scan path of the projection light beam; and

an optical detector, detecting the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and correspondingly generating synchronous signals,

wherein the image projection apparatus determines a scanning frequency of the projection light beam according to the synchronous signals.

2 . The image projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the synchronous signals is used as a reference starting point of a projection image.

3 . The image projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical detector correspondingly generates a pulse signal when the optical detector receives the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror, and each of the synchronous signals comprises at least two of the pulse signals.

4 . The image projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the image projection apparatus determines the scanning frequency of the projection light beam along the axial direction based on a generation frequency of the synchronous signals.

5 . The image projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an area between the reflection mirror and the outlet is a blackened area.

6 . An image projection method, adapted for an image projection apparatus, wherein the image projection apparatus comprises a reflection mirror located on a scan path of a projection light beam of the image projection apparatus, the image projection method comprising:

providing the projection light beam;

driving the projection light beam to scan along at least an axial direction;

detecting the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and correspondingly generating synchronous signals; and

determining a scanning frequency of the projection light beam according to the synchronous signals.

7 . The image projection method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the image projection method further comprises step of using the synchronous signals as a reference starting point of a projection image.

8 . The image projection method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein detecting the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and correspondingly generating the synchronous signals further comprise:

receiving the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and correspondingly generating a pulse signal, wherein each of the synchronous signals comprises at least two of the pulse signals.

9 . The image projection method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein determining the scanning frequency of the projection light beam according to the synchronous signals further comprises:

determining the projection frequency of the projection light beam along the axial direction based on a generation frequency of the synchronous signals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: LITE-ON IT CORP.
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032892/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2014
From: HSU, CHUN-PO; LIN, WEN-LUNG; LEE, CHANG-FENG
To: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032556/0585 →