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US 12,235,570 · App. 17/844,051 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Projection apparatus having speaker

Inventors: Yi-Cheng Hou (Hsin-Chu, TW); Wei-Min Chien (Hsin-Chu, TW); Tung-Chou Hu (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
G03B21/16
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Patent No.
US 12,235,570
App. No.
17/844,051
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a projection apparatus, which includes a casing, a projection module, at least one airflow generating unit, and at least one speaker. The casing has at least one air outlet. The projection module is disposed in the casing and configured to project an image beam outside the casing. The airflow generating unit is disposed in the casing and configured to generate airflow. The speaker is disposed in the casing, and the airflow generating unit is located between the projection module and the speaker. The speaker has at least one flow guiding surface, and the flow guiding surface is inclined toward the air outlet to guide the airflow toward the air outlet. The projection apparatus has a favorable heat dissipation capability and may reduce the noise generated by the airflow generating unit.

Claims (20)

1. A projection apparatus comprising: a casing, a projection module, at least one airflow generating unit, and at least one speaker, wherein

the casing has a plurality of air outlets, wherein the casing is a cylinder structure, and the plurality of air outlets are disposed around an axial direction of the casing and surround an inner space of the casing;

the projection module is disposed in the inner space of the casing and configured to project an image beam outside the casing;

the at least one airflow generating unit is disposed in the inner space of the casing and configured to generate airflow; and

the at least one speaker is disposed in the inner space of the casing, wherein the at least one airflow generating unit is located between the projection module and the at least one speaker in the axial direction of the casing, the plurality of air outlets are located between the at least one airflow generating unit and the at least one speaker in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the casing, each of the at least one speaker has at least one flow guiding surface, and each of the at least one flow guiding surface is inclined toward the plurality of air outlets to guide the airflow toward the plurality of air outlets.

2. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one airflow generating unit divides the projection apparatus into a first region and a second region, the projection module is located in the first region, and the at least one speaker and the plurality of air outlets are located in the second region.

3. The projection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the casing has at least one air inlet, and the at least one air inlet is located in the first region.

4. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projection module comprises a light source, a light valve, and a projection lens, wherein the light source is configured to generate an illumination beam, the light valve is configured to convert the illumination beam into the image beam, and the projection lens is configured to project the image beam.

5. The projection apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a heat dissipation module, wherein the heat dissipation module is connected to the light source, and the at least one airflow generating unit is located between the heat dissipation module and the at least one speaker.

6. The projection apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the heat dissipation module comprises a heat pipe and a heat dissipation fin set, the heat pipe is connected between the light source and the heat dissipation fin set, and the at least one airflow generating unit is located between the heat dissipation fin set and the at least one speaker.

7. The projection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one flow guiding surface is inclined to the plurality of air outlets with respect to a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens.

8. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the at least one speaker gradually decreases toward a direction close to the plurality of air outlets to form the at least one flow guiding surface.

9. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one speaker has a flat surface, the at least one flow guiding surface surrounds the flat surface, and the flat surface corresponds to the non-air outlet region.

10. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one speaker is plural, and the plurality of speakers are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction of outlet air of the at least one airflow generating unit.

11. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one airflow generating unit is plural, and the plurality of airflow generating units are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction of outlet air of each of the airflow generating units.

12. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 comprising a circuit module, wherein the circuit module is disposed in the casing, and the at least one airflow generating unit is located between the circuit module and the at least one speaker.

13. The projection apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the circuit module comprises at least one of a circuit board assembly, a light source driver, and a power supply.

14. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one airflow generating unit comprises a fan.

15. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one flow guiding surface comprises at least one of an inclined surface and a curved surface.

16. The projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one airflow generating unit has a surface, the surface of each of the at least one airflow generating unit comprises an air outlet region and a non-air outlet region, the air outlet region surrounds the non-air outlet region, each of the at least one flow guiding surface faces the air outlet region of the surface of corresponding one of the at least one airflow generating unit, and an orthographic projection of each of the at least one flow guiding surface on the surface of the corresponding one of the at least one airflow generating unit covers the air outlet region of the surface of the corresponding one of the at least one airflow generating unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: HOU, YI-CHENG; CHIEN, WEI-MIN; HU, TUNG-CHOU
To: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060327/0363 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110709417.5 · Jun 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220413371A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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