IP Library Granted Patent US 9,979,939
Granted Patent B2
US 9,979,939 · App. 15/392,012 · Granted May 22, 2018

Light source assembly and laser projector

Inventors: Youliang Tian (Qingdao, CN); Wei Li (Qingdao, CN); Xianrong Liu (Qingdao, CN)
Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD.; HISENSE USA CORPORATION; HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
H04N9/3155G02B26/008G02B26/0808G02B26/0833G02B26/0875G02B27/48G03B21/2046H04N9/3114H04N9/3161H04N9/3164
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Patent No.
US 9,979,939
App. No.
15/392,012
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure discloses a light source assembly and a laser projector. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a light source assembly including a laser light emitter in at least one color, and a light guiding element arranged in a light path over which a light beam of the laser light emitter is transmitted; the light guiding element is configured to be moved to change the emergent angle of laser light beam being transmitted, thus adjusting the light path conveniently.

Claims (34)

1. A laser projector, comprising:

an array of monochromatic laser devices in at least one color;

a first optical lens and a second optical lens arranged in a light path where laser light of the array of monochromatic laser devices is transmitted; and

light guiding elements configured to be driven to move to guide the laser light to be translated or transmitted in a changed direction, the light guiding elements arranged in at least one of a light path between the array of monochromatic laser devices and the first optical lens and a light path between the first optical lens and the second optical lens.

2. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light guiding elements is configured to rotate around a rotation axis parallel to a plane where the at least one light guiding element lies.

3. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one light guiding element is a reflective element or a transmissive element.

4. The laser projector according to claim 3 , wherein the reflective element is a plane mirror or a piezoelectric ceramic micro-electro-mechanical system.

5. The laser projector according to claim 3 , wherein the transmissive element is a planar sheet of glass.

6. The laser projector according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the planar sheet of glass is uniform.

7. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein the laser light incident onto at least one of the light guiding elements includes parallel light rays, or wherein the laser light exiting at least one of the light guiding elements includes parallel light rays.

8. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light guiding elements is configured to be driven to vibrate.

9. The laser projector according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one light guiding element is configured to vibrate around a vibration axis parallel to a plane where the at least one light guiding element lies.

10. The laser projector according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one light guiding element is configured to vibrate in one dimension or in two dimensions.

11. The laser projector according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one light guiding element is a diffusion sheet or a diffractive element.

12. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light guiding elements is a reflective element and driven to rotate at an angle between −N° and N°, and wherein N ranges from 0.3° to 0.5°.

13. The laser projector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light guiding element is configured to be driven to move after a transmissivity drop from 10% to 20% of the first optical lens or the second optical lens is detected.

14. A laser projector, comprising:

a first array of laser devices in at least one color, and a second array of laser devices in at least one color;

a first optical lens and a second optical lens arranged in a first light path over which laser light emitted by the first array of laser devices is transmitted;

a third optical lens and a fourth optical lens arranged in a second light path over which laser light emitted by the second array of laser devices is transmitted; and

light guiding elements configured to driven to move to guide laser light emitted by at least one of the first array of laser devices and the second array of laser devices to be translated or transmitted in a changed direction, the light guiding elements arranged in at least one of the first light path between the first array of laser devices and the first optical lens, the first light path between the first optical lens and the second optical lens, the second light path between the second array of laser devices and the third optical lens, and the second light path between the third optical lens and the fourth optical lens.

15. A laser projector, comprising:

a laser light emitter in at least one color; and

a light guiding element arranged in a light path over which laser light of the laser light emitter is transmitted, the light guiding element configured to guide the laser light to be translated or transmitted in a changed direction;

wherein the light guiding element is configured to be driven to vibrate in two dimensions, wherein vibration in a first vibration direction and vibration in a second vibration direction are harmonic motions, and wherein the first vibration direction is orthogonal to the second vibration direction.

16. A laser projector, comprising:

a first laser light emitter in a first color, and a second laser light emitter in a second color; and

a fluorescence wheel comprising a fluorescence area and a transmissive area, the fluorescence area including fluorescence powder in at least one color configured to be excited to emit fluorescence in a corresponding color;

an optically merging component configured to mix laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter in the first color, laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter in the second color, and the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescence powder; and

light guiding elements configured to be driven to vibrate to guide at least one of the laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter, the laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter and the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescence powder to be translated or transmitted in a changed direction, the light guiding elements arranged in at least one of a light path over which the laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter is transmitted between the first laser light emitter and the optically merging component, a light path over which the laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter is transmitted between the second laser light emitter and the optically merging component, and a light path of light outputted by the optically merging component.

17. A laser projector, comprising:

a first laser light emitter in a first color, a second laser light emitter in a second color, and a third laser light emitter in a third color;

an optically merging component and a beam homogenizer, laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter, laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter and laser light emitted by the third laser light emitter entering the beam homogenizer after passing the optically merging component; and

light guiding elements configured to be driven to vibrate to guide at least one of the laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter, the laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter and the laser light emitted by the third laser light emitter to be translated or transmitted in a changed direction, the light guiding elements arranged in at least one of a light path over which the laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter is transmitted between the first laser light emitter and the optically merging component, a light path over which the laser light emitted by the second laser light emitter is transmitted between the second laser light emitter and the optically merging component, a light path over which the laser light emitted by the third laser light emitter is transmitted between the third laser light emitter and the optically merging component, and adjacent one side of the beam homogenizer where the laser light emitted by the first laser light emitter, the second laser light emitter and the third laser light emitter is incident.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: HISENSE CO., LTD
To: HISENSE LASER DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053605/0031 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2017
From: TIAN, YOULIANG; LI, WEI; LIU, XIANRONG
To: HISENSE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041011/0155 →
ASSIGNMENT OF AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2017
From: HISENSE CO., LTD.
To: HISENSE USA CORPORATION; HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041395/0407 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2016 1 0511521 · Jun 30, 2016 · national
CN 2016 1 0502781 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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