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Granted Patent B2
US 7,828,444 · App. 11/779,293 · Granted Nov 9, 2010

Projection apparatus

Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,828,444
App. No.
11/779,293
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, a first optical element, a first projection lens, and a second projection lens is provided. The illumination system is suitable to provide an illumination beam, and the light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The light valve is suitable to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The first optical element is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. A portion of the image beam is reflected by the first optical element, and a remaining portion of the image beam passes through the first optical element. The first projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam passing through the first optical element, and the second projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam reflected by the first optical element.

Claims (28)

1. A projection apparatus, comprising:

an illumination system, for providing an illumination beam;

a light valve, disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, for converting the illumination beam into an image beam;

a first optical element, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam, a portion of the image beam reflected by the first optical element, a remaining portion of the image beam passing through the first optical element;

a first projection lens, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam passing through the first optical element for projecting the image beam passing through the first optical element onto a first screen; and

a second projection lens, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam reflected by the first optical element for projecting the image beam reflected by the first optical element onto a second screen, wherein a position of the first screen is different from a position of the second screen.

2. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first optical element is a beam splitter.

3. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a reflection element disposed on the transmission path of the image beam reflected by the first optical element so as to reflect the image beam transmitted thereon to the second projection lens.

4. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a reflection element disposed on the transmission path of the image beam passing through the first optical element so as to reflect the image beam transmitted thereon to the first projection lens.

5. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a third projection lens; and

a second optical element disposed on the transmission path of the image beam reflected by the first optical element, wherein a portion of the image beam is reflected by the second optical element to transmit to the third projection lens and a remaining portion of the image beam passes through the second optical element to transmit to the second projection lens.

6. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a third projection lens; and

a second optical element disposed on the transmission path of the image beam passing through the first optical element, wherein a portion of the image beam is reflected by the second optical element to transmit to the third projection lens, and a remaining portion of the image beam passes through the second optical element to transmit to the first projection lens.

7. A projection apparatus, comprising:

an illumination system, for providing an illumination beam;

a light valve, disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, for converting the illumination beam into an image beam;

a first optical element, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam, comprising a body and a driving device connected to the body, wherein the body comprises:

a reflecting portion;

a light splitting portion; and

a light-transmission portion, wherein the driving device is adopted to drive the body to intersect the reflecting portion, the light splitting portion or the light-transmission portion on the transmission path of the image beam;

wherein when the reflecting portion intersects the transmission path of the image beam, the image beam is reflected by the reflecting portion; when the light splitting portion intersects the transmission path of the image beam, a portion of the image beam is reflected by the light splitting portion and the other portion of the image beam passes through the light splitting portion; and when the light-transmission portion intersects the transmission path of the image beam, the image beam passes through the light-transmission portion;

a first projection lens, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam passing through the first optical element for projecting the image beam passing through the first optical element onto a first screen; and

a second projection lens, disposed on a transmission path of the image beam reflected by the first optical element for projecting the image beam reflected by the first optical element onto a second screen, wherein a position of the first screen is different from a position of the second screen.

8. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light-transmission portion comprises an anti-reflection coating layer.

9. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the driving device is a moving element used to drive the body to move relative to the light valve, such that one of the reflecting portion, the light splitting portion, and the light-transmission portion intersects the transmission path of the image beam.

10. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the driving device is a motor used to drive the body to rotate therewith, such that one of the reflecting portion, the light splitting portion and the light-transmission portion intersects the transmission path of the image beam.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2012
From: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
To: AIXIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 027547/0904 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2007
From: LAI, SHENG-TANG; WANG, JIUN-SHIUN
To: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019627/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 95134929 A · Sep 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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