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US 12,228,849 · App. 17/475,484 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Optical device, projector, and imaging apparatus

Inventor: Eiji Morikuni (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G03B21/28G02B13/16G02B17/08G03B17/17G03B21/142
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Patent No.
US 12,228,849
App. No.
17/475,484
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical device includes a first optical system having an optical element, a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system, a first holding member holding the optical element, and a first movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions along an optical axis of the optical element. The optical element has a reflection surface. The first movement mechanism has a fixing member supporting the first holding member rotatably around a rotation axis and a transport portion configured to move the first holding member along the optical axis directions according to rotation of the first holding member. The reflection surface has a shape rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis. The rotation axis and the optical axis are the same axis.

Claims (99)

1. An optical device comprising:

a first optical system having an optical reflecting lens;

a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system;

a first holding member holding the optical reflecting lens;

a first movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions along an optical axis of the reflecting lens;

a second holding member holding the second optical system lens; and

a second movement mechanism configured to move the second holding member along the optical axis directions, wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a reflection surface,

the first movement mechanism has a fixing member supporting the first holding member rotatably around a rotation axis and a transport portion configured to move the first holding member along the optical axis directions according to rotation of the first holding member,

the reflection surface has a shape rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis, and

the rotation axis and the optical axis are the same axis.

2. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixing member has as overlap part overlapping with the second holding member when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, and

the second movement mechanism has:

an annular cam supported by the overlap part rotatably around the optical axis;

a cam groove provided in the annular cam;

a cam follower pin provided in the second holding member and configured to slide the cam groove; and

a guide groove provided in the overlap part and configured to guide the cam follower pin in the optical axis directions.

3. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the transport portion is a helicoid provided between the fixing member and the first holding member.

4. The optical device according to claim 3 , wherein

the helicoid is provided at an outside in a radial direction of the optical reflecting lens.

5. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first holding member has a first holding portion holding the optical reflecting lens at an enlargement side with respect to the second optical system, and a cylindrical portion disposed at an outside in a radial direction of the second optical system,

the fixing member has an overlap part overlapping with the second holding member when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the optical axis,

the second movement mechanism has

a cam groove provided in the cylindrical portion;

a cam follower pin provided in the second holding member and configured to slide the cam groove; and

a guide groove provided in the overlap part and configured to guide the cam follower pin in the optical axis directions, and

the transport portion is a helicoid provided between the overlap part and the cylindrical portion.

6. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first holding member has an operation portion disposed at an opposite side to the first optical system with respect to the optical reflecting lens and configured to rotate the first holding member, and

a rotation axis of the operation portion and the optical axis are the same axis.

7. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first movement mechanism has:

an operation member rotatable around a rotation axis parallel to the optical axis;

a first teeth portion provided in the operation member; and

a second teeth portion provided in the first holding member and meshing with the first teeth portion at a predetermined reduction ratio.

8. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflection surface is a concave curved surface.

9. The optical device according to claim 8 , wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a first transmission, surface, the reflection surface placed at the reduction side of the first transmission surface, and a second transmission surface at the reduction side of the reflection surface.

10. The optical device according to claim 9 , wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a first face facing a second optical system side, a second face facing an opposite side to the first face, and a reflection coating layer provided on the second face,

the second face has a convex shape,

the first transmission surface and the second transmission surface are provided on the first face,

the reflection surface is the reflection coating layer and a surface shape of the second face is transferred thereto,

the first holding member rotates within a predetermined angle range, and

the first transmission surface, the reflection surface, and the second transmission surface have rotationally symmetrical shapes with respect to the optical axis in the predetermined angle range.

11. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflection surface is a convex curved surface.

12. A projector comprising:

a liquid crystal panel modulating light emitted from a light source; and

the optical device according to claim 1 , projecting the light modulated by the liquid crystal panel.

13. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the optical device according to claim 1 ; and

an imager disposed on a reduction-side conjugate plane on which light emitted from the optical device is imaged.

14. An optical device comprising:

a first optical system having an optical reflecting lens;

a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system;

a first holding member holding the optical reflecting lens; and

a first movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions along an optical axis of the reflecting lens, wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a reflection surface,

the first movement mechanism has a fixing member supporting the first holding member rotatably around a rotation axis and a transport portion configured to move the first holding member along the optical axis directions according to rotation of the first holding member,

the reflection surface has a shape rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis,

the rotation axis and the optical axis are the same axis,

the first holding member has an operation portion disposed at an opposite side to the first optical system with respect to the optical reflecting lens and configured to rotate the first holding member, and

a rotation axis of the operation portion and the optical axis are the same axis.

15. An optical device comprising:

a first optical system having an optical reflecting lens;

a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system;

a first holding member holding the optical reflecting lens; and

a first movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions along an optical axis of the reflecting lens, wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a reflection surface,

the first movement mechanism has a fixing member supporting the first holding member rotatably around a rotation axis and a transport portion configured to move the first holding member along the optical axis directions according to rotation of the first holding member,

the reflection surface has a shape rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis,

the rotation axis and the optical axis are the same axis, and

the first movement mechanism further has:

an operation member rotatable around a rotation axis parallel to the optical axis,

a first teeth portion provided in the operation member, and

a second teeth portion provided in the first holding member and meshing with the first teeth portion at a predetermined reduction ratio.

16. An optical device comprising:

a first optical system having an optical reflecting lens;

a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system;

a first holding member holding the optical reflecting lens; and

a first movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions along an optical axis of the reflecting lens, wherein

the optical reflecting lens has a reflection surface,

the first movement mechanism has a fixing member supporting the first holding member rotatably around a rotation axis and a transport portion configured to move the first holding member along the optical axis directions according to rotation of the first holding member,

the reflection surface has a shape rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis,

the rotation axis and the optical axis are the same axis,

the reflection surface is a concave curved surface,

the optical reflecting lens has:

a first transmission, surface, the reflection surface placed at the reduction side of the first transmission surface, and a second transmission surface at the reduction side of the reflection surface, and

has a first face facing a second optical system side, a second face facing an opposite side to the first face, and a reflection coating layer provided on the second face,

the second face has a convex shape,

the first transmission surface and the second transmission surface are provided on the first face,

the reflection surface is the reflection coating layer and a surface shape of the second face is transferred thereto,

the first holding member rotates within a predetermined angle range, and

the first transmission surface, the reflection surface, and the second transmission surface have rotationally symmetrical shapes with respect to the optical axis in the predetermined angle range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: MORIKUNI, EIJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057484/0577 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-154422 · Sep 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220082783A1 · Mar 17, 2022
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