Light source module for optical projection device and optical projection device including the light source module
View Patent ↗The light source module may include a plurality of light-emitting units, at least two optical units, and at least two light conversion units. Light from a first light-emitting unit exits as first exiting light processed by a first and second optical units, light from a second light-emitting unit forms first converted light processed by the first optical unit and converted by a first light conversion unit, light from a third light-emitting unit forms second converted light processed by the second optical unit and converted by a second light conversion unit. The second converted light exits as second exiting light processed by the second and first optical unit, and the first converted light serves as third exiting light processed by the first optical unit and is combined with the first and second exiting lights to form a first beam having a first, second, and third wavelength.
1. A light source module for an optical projection device, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting units which emit light having a first wavelength, at least two optical units which process incident light in a first manner and a second manner, wherein the first manner is reflection and the second manner is transmission, or the first manner is transmission and the second manner is reflection, and at least two light conversion units, wherein
light from a first light-emitting unit exits as first exiting light upon being processed by a first optical unit and a second optical unit in the first manner, light from a second light-emitting unit forms first converted light comprising light having a second wavelength upon being processed by the first optical unit in the first manner and converted by a first light conversion unit,
light from a third light-emitting unit forms second converted light comprising light having a third wavelength upon being processed by the second optical unit in the first manner and converted by a second light conversion unit, wherein
the second converted light exits as second exiting light upon being processed by the second optical unit in the second manner and processed by the first optical unit in the first manner, and the first converted light serves as third exiting light upon being processed by the first optical unit in the second manner and is combined with the first exiting light and the second exiting light to form a first beam of exiting light having the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.
2. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the first light conversion unit and the second light conversion unit are respectively arranged at both sides of the second optical unit, and the first light-emitting unit and the first light conversion unit are arranged at a same side of the second optical unit.
3. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the first light conversion unit and the second light conversion unit are arranged at a same side of the second optical unit, and the first light-emitting unit and the first light conversion unit are respectively arranged at both sides of the second optical unit.
4. The light source module according to claim 2 , wherein the first converted light further comprises light having the third wavelength and the second converted light further comprises light having the second wavelength.
5. The light source module according to claim 3 , wherein the first converted light further comprises light having the third wavelength and the second converted light further comprises light having the second wavelength.
6. The light source module according to claim 4 , wherein,
light from a fourth light-emitting unit exits as fourth exiting light upon being processed by a third optical unit in a transmission manner,
light having the third wavelength in the first converted light exits as fifth exiting
light upon being processed by the first optical unit and the third optical unit in a reflection manner, and
light having the second wavelength in the second converted light exits as sixth exiting light upon being processed by the second optical unit and the first optical unit in a transmission manner and then processed by the third optical unit in a reflection manner, such that the fourth exiting light is combined with the fifth exiting light and the sixth exiting light to form a second beam of exiting light having the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.
7. The light source module according to claim 5 , wherein,
light from a fourth light-emitting unit exits as fourth exiting light upon being processed by a third optical unit and a fourth optical unit in a transmission manner,
light having the third wavelength in the first converted light exits as fifth exiting
light upon being processed by the first optical unit in a transmission manner and processed by the third optical unit in a reflection manner, and
light having the second wavelength in the second converted light exits as sixth exiting light upon being processed by the second optical unit in a transmission manner and processed by the fourth optical unit in a reflection manner, such that the fourth exiting light is combined with the fifth exiting light and the sixth exiting light to form a second beam of exiting light having the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.
8. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the first exiting light, the second exiting light and the third exiting light are parallel to each other.
9. The light source module according to claim 6 , wherein the fourth exiting light, the fifth exiting light and the sixth exiting light are parallel to each other.
10. The light source module according to claim 6 , wherein the first optical unit, the second optical unit and the third optical unit are configured parallel to each other.
11. The light source module according to claim 7 , wherein the first optical unit, the second optical unit, the third optical unit and the fourth optical unit are configured parallel to each other.
12. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the first light conversion unit and the second light conversion unit are phosphor wheels.
13. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the exiting light having the first wavelength is blue light, the exiting light having the second wavelength is red light, and the exiting light having the third wavelength is green light.
14. The light source module according to claim 1 , wherein the first light conversion unit and the second light conversion unit are configured to be static or linearly movable.
15. A light source module for an optical projection device, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting units which emit light having a first wavelength, an optical unit and a light conversion unit which process light in a first manner and a second manner, wherein the first manner is reflection and the second manner is transmission, or the first manner is transmission and the second manner is reflection, wherein
light from a first light-emitting unit forms a first converted light comprising light having a second wavelength upon being processed by the optical unit in the first manner and converted by the light conversion unit,
light from a second light-emitting unit forms a second converted light comprising
light having a third wavelength upon being processed by the optical unit in the first manner and converted by the light conversion unit,
light from a third light-emitting unit exits upon being processed by the optical unit in the first manner, wherein
the first converted light and the second converted light exit upon being processed by the optical unit in the second manner such that a beam of light exiting from the light source module comprises light corresponding to the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.
16. The light source module according to claim 15 , wherein light from the first light-emitting unit and light from the second light-emitting unit respectively form the first converted light and the second converted light after projecting onto different positions on the light conversion unit.
17. The light source module according to claim 16 , wherein wavelength conversion materials for wavelength conversion of incident light are arranged in different positions of the light conversion unit.
18. The light source module according to claim 17 , wherein the wavelength conversion materials are arranged on a surface of the light conversion unit in concentric rings.