Illuminating device having two light sources generating different etendues and respective light receivers and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12359789-B2
Application number	US-202418830495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2024
Priority date	Sep 27, 2023
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is an illuminating device, including first and second light sources, first and second light receiving elements, a display module, and a projection module. The first and second light sources are for generating first and second light beam respectively. The first and second light receiving elements, located on the optical paths of the first and second light beams respectively, are for converging the first and second light beams respectively. The display module, located on the optical paths of the first and the second light beams, receives the first and second light beams and generates corresponding first and second image beams respectively. The projection module, located on the optical paths of the first and second image beams, projects the first and second image beams. A first etendue of the first light beam is greater than a second etendue of the second light beam.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illuminating device, comprising:
a first light source for generating a first light beam;
a second light source for generating a second light beam;
a first light receiving element located on an optical path of the first light beam, wherein the first light receiving element is used for converging the first light beam;
a second light receiving element located on an optical path of the second light beam, wherein the second light receiving element is used for converging the second light beam;
a display module located on the optical path of the first light beam and the optical path of the second light beam, wherein the display module receives the first light beam and the second light beam and generates a first image beam corresponding to the first light beam and a second image beam corresponding to the second light beam; and
a projection module located on an optical path of the first image beam and an optical path of the second image beam, wherein the projection module is used for projecting the first image beam and the second image beam,
the first light beam having a first etendue and the second light beam having a second etendue, wherein the first etendue is greater than the second etendue.

2. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the first etendue to the second etendue is 10-50.

3. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the first light source is a light-emitting diode array or a phosphor.

4. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the second light source is a laser.

5. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first light beam and the second light beam is a white light.

6. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the first light receiving element is a focusing lens or a collimating lens.

7. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the second light receiving element is a focusing lens or a collimating lens.

8. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length of the first light receiving element is not equal to an effective focal length of the second light receiving element.

9. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective element, wherein the reflective element is located on the optical path of the first light beam and at a downstream of the first light receiving element, the reflective element being used for reflecting a part of the first light beam.

10. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective element, wherein the reflective element is located on the optical path of the second light beam and at a downstream of the second light receiving element, the reflective element being used for reflecting a part of the second light beam.

11. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a light combining element, wherein the light combining element is located on the optical path of the first light beam, the light combining element being located at a downstream of the first light receiving element, wherein a direction of travel of the first light beam is parallel to a direction of travel of the second light beam in response to the first light beam being incident on the light combining element and reflected by the light combining element.

12. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a light combining element, wherein the light combining element is located on the optical path of the second light beam, the light combining element being located at a downstream of the second light receiving element, wherein a direction of travel of the second light beam is parallel to a direction of travel of the first light beam in response to the second light beam being incident on the light combining element and reflected by the light combining element.

13. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a light combining element, wherein the light combining element is located on the optical path of the first light beam and the optical path of the second light beam, the light combining element being located at a downstream of the first light receiving element and a downstream of the second light receiving element, wherein a direction of travel of the first light beam is parallel to a direction of travel of the second light beam in response to the first light beam and the second light beam being incident on the light combining element and reflected by the light combining element, respectively.

14. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffusion element, wherein the diffusion element is located on the optical path of the first light beam and at a downstream of the first light receiving element, the diffusion element being used for enabling the first light beam with a uniform energy distribution.

15. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffusion element, wherein the diffusion element is located on the optical path of the second light beam and at a downstream of the second light receiving element, the diffusion element being used for enabling the second light beam with a uniform energy distribution.

16. The illuminating device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffusion element, wherein the diffusion element is located on the optical path of the first light beam and the optical path of the second light beam, the diffusion element being located at a downstream of the first light receiving element and a downstream of the second light receiving element, wherein the diffusion element is used for enabling the first light beam and the second light beam with a uniform energy distribution.

17. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the display module is a digital mirror device, a penetrating display, or a reflective display.

18. The illuminating device of claim 1 , wherein the first image beam comprises the whole second image beam.

Assignees

• Qisda Corp

Inventors

• Chien Chih-Shiung
• Lin Ming-Kuen
• Wu Tsung-Hsun

Classifications

• F21S41/176

  Light sources where the light is generated by photoluminescent material spaced from a primary light generating element · CPC title

• F21S41/12 Primary

  characterised by the type of emitted light · CPC title

• F21S41/27

  Thick lenses · CPC title

• F21S41/36

  Combinations of two or more separate reflectors · CPC title

• F21S41/148

  the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis · CPC title