IP Library Granted Patent US 7,907,343
Granted Patent B2
US 7,907,343 · App. 12/242,934 · Granted Mar 15, 2011

Composite optical dividing device

Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
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Patent No.
US 7,907,343
App. No.
12/242,934
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite optical dividing device can receive a light beam, which is mixed with at least multiple wavelength ranges of light. The optical dividing device includes a first optical film plate and a second optical film plate. The first optical film plate has multiple micro-structure lenses in same shape, for deflecting and the incident light with a condense level. The second optical film plate has multiple periodic polygon structures, for receiving the deflected light and dividing constitutions of the light beam, according to the wavelength ranges. Each of the multiple ranges of light respectively travels toward a predetermined region on a plane.

Claims (9)

1. A composite optical dividing device for receiving an incident light beam which is a mixture of multiple light beams of different wavelengths, the composite optical dividing device comprising:

an optical film having a light incident surface and a light emergence surface;

wherein the light incident surface is provided with a plurality of micro-structure lenses, each of the micro-structure lenses has an asymmetrical curved surface or a structure surface having a reduced thickness corresponding to the asymmetrical curved surface, and each of the micro-structure lens is configured to condense and deflect the incident light beam into one unit of deflected beam;

wherein the light emergence surface is provided with a plurality of periodic continuous triangular/tetrahedral structures for receiving the units of deflected beam of the incident light beam passing through the light incident surface and dividing the incident light beam into the light beams of different wavelengths.

2. The composite optical dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein the micro-structure lenses are positioned corresponding to a plurality of pixels of a display pixel array, respectively.

3. The composite optical dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein the continuous triangular/tetrahedral structures on the light emerging surface are triangular prism structures.

4. The composite optical dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein, according to a diffraction mechanism, the continuous triangular/tetrahedral structures on the light emerging surface split the incident light beams passing through the micro-structure lenses into the light beams of different wavelengths and direct the divided light beams toward a plurality of predetermined areas on a plane.

5. The composite optical dividing device according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined areas on the plane are positions of a plurality of sub-pixels of a liquid display panel.

6. The composite optical dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the micro-structure lenses at the light incident surface is the structure surface having a reduced thickness corresponding to the asymmetrical curved surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2008
From: LEE, CHI-HUNG; PAO, YU-NAN; LIN, HUI-HSIUNG
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 97123560 A · Jun 24, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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