This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 202311152576.5, filed on Sep. 7, 2023. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to an optical system and an optical device, and in particular to an illumination system and a projection device.
In the past, projection devices usually used blue solid-state light sources with fluorescent color wheels, using blue light to excite phosphors to generate red, yellow, green and other colored lights. Due to the advancement of solid-state light source manufacturing technology, the luminous efficiency of green solid-state light sources has been greatly improved. Therefore, blue solid-state light sources, red solid-state light sources, and green solid-state light sources may be directly used to generate the basic three-color light required by projection devices.
Currently, the solid-state light sources provided by manufacturers on the market package sub-light sources of different colors respectively into a module, and perform dissipation with heat dissipation modules of different sizes or forms to improve the light extraction efficiency of the light source. However, when the projection device uses multiple sets of light sources, such a package design may easily lead to a complex light-combining path structure, and the three-color light may easily cause uneven color distribution in the projection screen due to poor light-combining design.
The disclosure provides an illumination system and a projection device, which may generate an illuminating light beam and an image beam with more uniformed colors.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides an illumination system configured to generate an illuminating light beam and including a first light source module, a second light source module, a first light guide module, a second light guide module, a condenser lens module, and a light homogenizing element. The first light source module is configured to generate a first color light beam, a second color light beam, and a third color light beam. The second light source module is configured to generate a fourth color light beam, a fifth color light beam, and a sixth color light beam. The first light guide module is disposed on a transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The second light guide module is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The first light guide module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the first light source module and the second light source module to the second light guide module. The condenser lens module is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The second light guide module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the first light guide module to the condenser lens module. The light homogenizing element is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The condenser lens module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the condenser lens module to the light homogenizing element. The first to the sixth color light beams form an illumination light beam after leaving the light homogenizing element. The second light guide module is further configured to separate the first to the sixth color light beams respectively into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam, so that an aspect ratio of a light spot formed by the first sub-light beams and the second sub-light beams incident on a light incident surface of the condenser lens module falls within a range of 1 to 1.5.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a projection device configured to generate an image beam and including the illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The lighting system is configured to provide the illuminating light beam, and includes the first light source module, the second light source module, the first light guide module, the second light guide module, the condenser lens module, and the light homogenizing element. The first light source module is configured to generate the first color light beam, the second color light beam, and the third color light beam. The second light source module is configured to generate the fourth color light beam, the fifth color light beam, and the sixth color light beam. The first light guide module is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The second light guide module is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The first light guide module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the first light source module and the second light source module to the second light guide module. The condenser lens module is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The second light guide module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the first light guide module to the condenser lens module. The light homogenizing element is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams. The condenser lens module is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams from the condenser lens module to the light homogenizing element. The first to the sixth color light beams form the illuminating light beam after leaving the light homogenizing element. The second light guide module is further configured to separate the first to the sixth color light beams respectively into the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam, so that the aspect ratio of the light spot formed by the first sub-light beams and the second sub-light beams incident on the light incident surface of the condenser lens module falls within the range of 1 to 1.5. The light valve is disposed on the transmission path of the illuminating light beam to convert the illuminating light beam into the image beam. The projection lens is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam and is configured to project the image beam out of the projection device.
Based on the above, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the illumination system and the projection device are designed as: the second light guide module is configured to separate the first to the sixth color light beams respectively into the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam, so that the aspect ratio of the light spot formed by the first sub-light beams and the second sub-light beams incident on the light incident surface of the condenser lens module falls within the range of 1 to 1.5. Therefore, when the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam are incident on the light homogenizing element, the angles in each direction are more consistent, so that the light homogenizing element has proper light homogenizing effect, thereby making the color of the illuminating light beam IL and the image beam IB more uniformed and making the energy distribution more consistent.
In this embodiment, the light valve 200 is, for example, a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), a liquid-crystal-on-silicon panel (LCOS Panel), or a liquid crystal panel or other spatial light modulators. In addition, the projection lens 300 is, for example, a combination including one or more optical lenses with a refractive power. The disclosure does not limit the type and the category of the projection lens 300.
In this embodiment, the illumination system 100 includes a first light source module 110A, a second light source module 110B, a first light guide module 120, a second light guide module 130, a condenser lens module 140, and a light homogenizing element 150. The first light source module 110A is configured to generate a first color light beam C1, a second color light beam C2, and a third color light beam C3. The second light source module 110B is configured to generate a fourth color light beam C4, a fifth color light beam C5, and a sixth color light beam C6. The first light guide module 120 is disposed on a transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6. The second light guide module 130 is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6. The first light guide module 120 is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 from the first light source module 110A and the second light source module 110B to the second light guide module 130. The condenser lens module 140 is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6. The second light guide module 130 is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 from the first light guide module 120 to the condenser lens module 140. The light homogenizing element 150 is disposed on the transmission path of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6. The condenser lens module 140 is configured to transmit the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 from the condenser lens module 140 to the light homogenizing element 150. The first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 form the illuminating light beam IL after leaving the light homogenizing element 150.
In this embodiment, the light homogenizing element 150 is, for example, an integration rod, a lens array, or other optical elements with a light homogenizing effect.
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In this embodiment, the fourth color light beam C4 from the second light source module 110B is reflected by the second light splitting element 124 to the second light guide module 130. The fifth and the sixth color light beams C5-C6 from the second light source module 110B are reflected by the first light splitting element 122 to the second light guide module 130. The fourth, the fifth, and the sixth color light beams C4, C5, and C6 may respectively be light beams of different light colors, such as red light, green light, and blue light beams, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
In this embodiment, the second light guide module 130 is further configured to separate the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 respectively into a first sub-beam L1 and a second sub-beam L2, so that an aspect ratio of a light spot formed by the first sub-light beams and the second sub-light beams of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 incident on a light incident surface 140S of the condenser lens module 140 falls within a range of 1 to 1.5 (for example, as shown in
In this embodiment, the second light guide module 130 includes a transflective element 132 and a first reflector 134. The transflective element 132 is configured to separate the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 from the first light guide module 120 respectively into the first sub-beam L1 and the second sub-beam L2. The first sub-beam L1 is transmitted to the condenser lens module 140 after penetrating the transflective element 132. The second sub-beam L2 is sequentially reflected by the transflective element 132 and reflected by the first reflector 134 to be transmitted to the condenser lens module 140.
In this embodiment, the condenser lens module 140 may include a combination of one or more optical lenses with the refractive power. For example,
In this embodiment, the illumination system 100 further includes a lens array 160 disposed between the second light guide module 130 and the condenser lens module 140. The first sub-beam L1 and the second sub-beam L2 are transmitted to the condenser lens module 140 after penetrating the lens array 160.
In this embodiment, the illumination system 100 further includes a diffusion element 180. The diffusion element 180 is disposed between the condenser lens module 140 and the light homogenizing element 150 on the transmission path of the first sub-beam L1 and the second sub-beam L2. The diffusion element is, for example, a diffuser wheel.
The aforementioned “proportional” means, for example, that the design of the distance between the transflective element 132 and the first reflector 134 in the radial direction of the condenser lens module 140 determines the length of one side of the light spot formed by the first sub-beam L1 and the second sub-beam L2 of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 being incident on the light incident surface 140S of the condenser lens module 140, and determines the distance between the first sub-beam L1 and the second sub-beam. In an exemplary embodiment, by appropriately setting the distance between the transflective element 132 and the first reflector 134 in the radial direction of the condenser lens module 140, the aspect ratio of the light spot formed by the first sub-light beam L1 and the second sub-light beam L2 of the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6 incident on the light incident surface 140S of the condenser lens module 140 may fall within a range of 1 to 1.3 or be close to 1.
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Based on the above, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the illumination system 100′ and the projection device using the illumination system 100′ further include the third light source module 110C and the third light guide module 190. Therefore, the illumination system 100′ and the projection device may generate the illuminating light beam IL and the image beam IB with higher brightness. Moreover, the seventh, the eighth, and the ninth color light beams C7, C8, and C9 may be incident on the second light guide module 130 at different positions relative to the first to the sixth color light beams C1-C6. Therefore, the illumination light beam IL and the image beam IB have proper color uniformity. The remaining advantages of the illumination system 100′ and the projection device using the illumination system 100′ are similar to the advantages of the illumination system 100 and the projection device, which is not repeated herein.
To sum up, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the illumination system and the projection device include the first light source module, the second light source module, the first light guide module, the second light guide module, the condenser lens module, and the light homogenizing element. The second light guide module is configured to separate the first to sixth color light beams respectively into the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam, so that the aspect ratio of the light spot formed by the first sub-light beams and the second sub-light beams incident on the light incident surface of the condenser lens module falls within the range of 1 to 1.5. Therefore, when the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam are incident on the light homogenizing element, the angles in each direction are more consistent, so that the light homogenizing element has proper light homogenizing effect, thereby making the color of the illuminating light beam IL and the image beam IB more uniformed and making the energy distribution more consistent.
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202311152576.5 | Sep 2023 | CN | national |