Patent Grant
12018803
This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application Serial Number 202111581361.6, filed Dec. 22, 2021, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The disclosure relates to the field of projection, and in particular to a projection device and a projection system.
A projection device commonly used at present, for example, an atmosphere lamp, may provide perfect choices for places such as theme parks, hotels, furniture, exhibitions, and artistic lighting, and create a required atmosphere for the life of people.
A projection device is disclosed in prior art U.S. Pat. No. 8,057,045B2, a circuit block diagram of which is shown in
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However, in the prior art described above, the star/cloud effect is provided by transmission of light emitted from the light source through the interference filter wheel 12 and other parts, which causes occurring of the dispersion problem, so that an image finally presented is not clear enough. In addition, the projection apparatus in the prior art can only form the starry sky atmosphere and cannot meet the switching requirement of different atmospheres (different projection patterns).
In view of this, a projection device and a projection system that may avoid the dispersion problem, make a final presented image sufficiently clear, and enable switching among different projection patterns are desired.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a projection device and a projection system, for at least solving the problem of dispersion and incapability of switching among different projection patterns in an existing projection apparatus.
According to an aspect of the embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a projection device, including: a first light source, which emits a first light beam; a diffraction part on which first predetermined pattern is provided, the diffraction part is capable of diffracting at least a part of the first light beam emitted from the first light source to form first pattern corresponding to the first predetermined pattern; and a reflection part on which one or more second predetermined patterns are provided, the reflection part is capable of reflecting a second light beam incident thereon to form second pattern corresponding to the one or more second predetermined patterns, and one of the first pattern and the second pattern forms projection pattern or both of the first pattern and the second pattern are superposed to form projection pattern.
In this way, the reflection part on which one or more second predetermined patterns are provided is configured to reflect the light beams to form the second pattern, thus the dispersion problem occurring when the light beams transmit through an optical component is avoided, and the formed projection pattern is clearer.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a beam splitter, disposed between the first light source and the reflection part and configured to split the first light beam emitted from the first light source into a first sub light beam and a second sub light beam incident to the diffraction pat, and the diffraction part diffracts the second sub light beam to form the first pattern corresponding to the first predetermined pattern; and a beam expander, disposed between the beam splitter and the reflection part and configured to expand the first sub light beam to form the second light beam.
In this way, the beam splitter is used to split the first light beam emitted from the first light source, the beam expander is used to expand part of the sub light beam formed after splitting the first light beam to form the second light beam reflected by the reflection part, so that the number of light sources is reduced, therefore, the light beams used by the diffraction part and the reflection part of the projection device are more uniform, and the quality of the projection pattern is improved.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a second light source, which emits the second light beam.
In this way, it is possible to additionally provide the reflection part with the second light source, which is the same as or different from the first light source, as desired, providing greater degree of freedom for device design.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the second light source is a coherent light source, and the one or more second predetermined patterns are holographic patterns.
In this way, illuminating the holographic patterns with the coherent light source will result in more clear and stereographic projection patterns that are finally formed.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the second light source is an incoherent light source, and the one or more second predetermined patterns are patterns formed by aluminizing on a substrate.
In this way, another arrangement form of the second light source and the second predetermined pattern are provided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the first light source is a coherent light source, and the one or more second predetermined patterns are holographic patterns.
In this way, illuminating the holographic patterns with the coherent light source will result in more clear and stereographic projection patterns that are finally formed.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the coherent light source is laser.
In this way, a specific form of the coherent light source is provided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the diffraction part includes a DOE.
In this way, a specific form of the diffraction part is provided. The DOE carries out diffraction by utilizing the coherent light source, so that the dispersion problem in the projection device is further avoided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a first motor, connected to the reflection part and configured to drive the reflection part to rotate, so that the second pattern rotate with the rotation of the reflection part.
In this way, the motor rotates the reflection part, so that different predetermined patterns on the reflection part may be irradiated by the second light beam, different second patterns are generated, and the finally formed projected patterns have diversity or animation effect.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a second motor connected to the diffraction part and configured to drive the diffraction part to rotate.
In this way, the motor rotates the diffraction part, so that the movement of the first pattern may be controlled, and the finally formed projected pattern is more vivid.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a projection lens, configured to diverge the second light beam reflected from the reflection part to form the second pattern.
In this way, the second pattern may form a size suitable for a scene in which it is applied by the projection lens.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a shutter, disposed between the first light source and the diffraction part and configured to enable at least a part of the first light beam emitted from the first light source to be incident to the diffraction part at a predetermined time interval.
In this way, at least a part of the first light beam is incident to the diffraction part at a predetermined time interval through the shutter, and the effect, for example, star flickering may be formed without frequently switching on/off of the first light source.
According to another aspect of the embodiment of the application, there is provided a projection device, including: a first light source, which emits a first light beam; a diffraction part on which first predetermined pattern is provided, the diffraction part diffracts at least a part of the first light beam emitted from the first light source to form first pattern corresponding to the first predetermined pattern; a reflection part having a self-luminous dot matrix including a plurality of self-luminous dots; and a controller, configured to control the self-luminous dots in the self-luminous dot matrix, so that one or more second predetermined patterns are formed, second pattern corresponding to the one or more second predetermined patterns is formed through self-illumination of the self-luminous dots forming the one or more second predetermined patterns, and one of the first pattern and the second pattern forms projection patterns or both of the first pattern and the second pattern are superposed to form the projection pattern.
In this way, since the reflection part is a self-luminous part, no light source needs to be additionally arranged, so that the structure of the projection device is simplified, and meanwhile, the dispersion problem in the projection process is avoided. Moreover, by controlling the self-luminous dots in the reflection part, different predetermined patterns may be formed, and the diversity and flexibility of the finally formed projection pattern are further improved.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the first light source is a coherent light source.
In this way, the diffraction part carries out diffraction by utilizing the coherent light source, so that the dispersion problem in the projection device is further avoided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the coherent light source is laser.
In this way, a specific form of the coherent light source is provided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the diffraction part includes a DOE.
In this way, a specific form of the diffraction part is provided. The diffraction optical element carries out diffraction by utilizing the coherent light source, so that the dispersion problem in the projection device is further avoided.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a first motor, connected to the reflection part and configured to drive the reflection part to rotate, so that the second pattern rotate with the rotation of the reflection part.
In this way, the motor rotates the reflection part, so that the finally formed projection pattern has a rotating animation effect.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a second motor connected to the diffraction part and configured to drive the diffraction part to rotate.
In this way, the motor rotates the diffraction part, so that the movement of the first pattern may be controlled, and the finally formed projection pattern is more vivid.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a projection lens, configured to diverge the light beam emitted by self-luminous dots, forming one or more second predetermined patterns, of the reflection part to form the second pattern.
In this way, the second pattern may form a size suitable for a scene in which it is applied by the projection lens.
In an exemplary embodiment of the projection device, the projection device further includes a shutter, disposed between the light source and the diffraction part and configured to enable at least a part of the first light beam emitted from the first light source to be incident to the diffraction part at a predetermined time interval.
In this way, at least a part of the first light beam is incident to the diffraction part at a predetermined time interval through the shutter, and the effect, for example, star flickering may be formed without frequent switching on/off of the light source.
According to still another aspect of the embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a projection system, including the projection device according to the embodiments described above, the projection device being an atmosphere lamp; a housing, configured to accommodate the projection device; and control buttons, disposed on the surface of the housing and being capable of carrying out control operations on the projection device.
According to the projection system provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the dispersion problem in the projection process may be avoided, and meanwhile, switching among the plurality of projection patterns is available, so that the finally formed projection pattern has diversity and flexibility.
The drawings described herein serve to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and constitute a part of the disclosure, and the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and descriptions thereof serve to explain the disclosure and are not to be construed as unduly limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:
In order that those skilled in the art can better understand the technical solutions of the disclosure, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the disclosure, and obviously, the described embodiments are a part rather than all of the embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the disclosure.
It is to be noted that the terms “first,” “second,” and the like in the specification, the claims and the drawings of the disclosure are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequence or sequential order. It is to be understood that data so used may be interchanged where appropriate so that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein can be implemented in other sequences than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms “comprise” and “have” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, e.g., a process, method, system, product, or device that comprises a series of steps or modules or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or modules or units expressly listed, rather, other steps or modules or units not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, product, or device may be included.
According to the embodiments of the disclosure, there is provided a projection device.
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In this way, the reflection part 105 on which one or more second predetermined patterns are provided is configured to reflect the light beam to form the second pattern, thus the dispersion problem occurring when the light beam transmits through an optical component is avoided, and the formed projection pattern is clearer.
In the embodiment, the first light source 101 may be a coherent light source, such as laser.
In the embodiment, the diffraction part 103 may be a DOE, but the disclosure is not limited thereto, and any element capable of diffracting at least a part of the first light source 101 may be used as the diffraction part 103. The first predetermined pattern on the diffraction part 103 may be set according to intended projection pattern, for example, if the intended projection pattern is pattern suitable for setting off a Christmas atmosphere, the predetermined pattern on the diffraction part 103 may comprise a Christmas tree, a Santa Claus, or the like. The first predetermined pattern may be formed on the diffraction part 103 by photolithography.
The reflection part 105 may be made of any material capable of reflecting light including, but not limited to, a metal substrate, a glass substrate, or the like.
The second predetermined pattern on the reflection part 105 may be one or more, for example, a plurality of different second predetermined patterns may be formed in different areas of the reflection part 105, which may be set according to intended projection patterns, such as a cloud pattern, a silverwater pattern, a forest pattern and a park pattern. The number of the patterns may be set according to the size of the reflection part 105 and the size of the patterns.
The one or more second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 may also include different areas having different colors, e.g., red areas, green areas, blue areas, etc.
The one or more second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 may be formed by various means, for example, one or more holographic patterns may be formed on the reflection part 105 by holographic techniques, or one or more non-holographic patterns may be formed on the reflection part 105 by vacuum aluminizing on, for example, a Si substrate. The forgoing is merely some preferred examples of the manner of forming the second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105, but the disclosure is not limited thereto, and any manner capable of forming the second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 is suitable for the disclosure.
In the embodiment, as shown in
In the embodiment, the first sub light beam 1011-1 is formed by that the beam splitter 107 transmits a part of light of the first light beam 1011, and the first sub light beam 1011-1 transmitting through the beam splitter 107 is incident on the beam expander 109. The second sub light beam 1011-2 is formed when the beam splitter 107 reflects the other part of light of the first light beam 1011, and the second sub light beam 1011-2 reflected through the beam splitter 107 is incident on the diffraction part 103.
In the embodiment, as shown in
In the embodiment, although not shown in
In the embodiment, optimally, the projection device 100 may further include a shutter 113, that may be disposed between the first light source 101 and the diffraction part 103, more specifically, disposed between the beam splitter 107 and the diffraction part 103, and configured to enable at least a part of the first light beam 1011 (namely, the second sub light beam 1011-2) emitted from the first light source 101 to be incident to the diffraction part 103 at a predetermined time interval. For example, when the intended projection pattern is starry sky pattern, an effect of flickering stars in the starry sky may be achieved by controlling the shutter 113 to enable the second sub light beam 1011-2 to be incident to the diffraction part 103 at a predetermined time interval. But the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the effect of flickering stars may be achieved by controlling the switching on/off frequency of the first light source 101 without providing the shutter 113.
In the embodiment, as shown in
In order to better understand the first exemplary embodiment according to the disclosure, how the projection device 100 according to the first exemplary example of the disclosure realizes these projection patterns will be described below with the projection patterns producing the starry sky/firefly park effect as an example.
Dot pattern is disposed on the diffraction part 103, and cloud pattern and park pattern are formed in two areas on the reflection part 105, respectively.
The controller drives the first motor to rotate the reflection part 105 to select the cloud pattern on the reflection part 105.
The first light source 101, which is laser, emits the first light beam 1011, and the first light beam 1011 is split by the beam splitter 107 into the first sub light beam 1011-1 and the second sub light beam 1011-2. The second sub light beam 1011-2 enters the diffraction part 103 through the shutter 113, and the second sub light beam 1011-2 is diffracted by the diffraction part 103 to form first pattern corresponding to the dot pattern provided on the diffraction part 103, which look like stars or fireflies. By controlling the exposure time of the shutter 113 by the controller 115, the stars or fireflies are enabled to have a flickering effect.
The first sub light beam 1011-1 is incident on the beam expander 109, and the beam expander 109 expands the first sub light beam 1011-1 to form the second light beam 1021. The second light beam 1021 is incident on the cloud pattern on the reflection part 105 and is reflected by the reflection part 105. The projection lens 111 diverges the second light beam reflected from the reflection part 105 to form the second pattern corresponding to the cloud pattern on the reflection part 105.
The first pattern, which looks like stars or fireflies, is superposed on the second pattern corresponding to the cloud pattern to from the starry sky effect.
The controller drives the first motor to rotate the reflection part 105, the park pattern on the reflection part 105 is selected, and the incident second light beam 1021 is reflected through the reflection part 105, so that second pattern corresponding to the park pattern is formed.
The first pattern, which looks like stars or fireflies, is superposed on the second pattern, which corresponds to the park pattern to from the firefly park effect.
Here, for simplicity, only the case where the projection device 100 may realize two scenes is described, but this is only an example, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and a plurality of patterns may be provided on the reflection part 105 as required to implement a plurality of different scenes.
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In the projection device 200, a first light beam 1011 emitted from the first light source 101 is diffracted by the diffraction part 103 to form first pattern corresponding to first predetermined pattern.
The light source 201 emits a second light beam 1021 which is reflected by the reflection part 105 to form second pattern corresponding to one or more second predetermined patterns.
The control part 115 may control light emission of the first light source 101 or the second light source 201 so that the projection pattern of the projection device 200 may be one or a superposition of both the first pattern and the second pattern, for example, the projection patterns may be only the first pattern, may be only the second pattern, or patterns formed by superposing the first pattern on the second pattern.
The second light source 201 may be a coherent light source or an incoherent light source.
When the second light source 201 is a coherent light source, the one or more second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 are one or more holographic patterns formed by holographic techniques. The controller 115 controls the first motor to drive the reflection part 105 to rotate, so that the coherent second light beam 1021 emitted from the second light source 201 is incident on different second predetermined patterns (holographic patterns) on the reflection part 105 to generate different second patterns.
When the second light source 201 is an incoherent light source, such as an RGB light source, the one or more second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 are one or more non-holographic patterns formed by vacuum aluminizing on, for example, a Si substrate. For example, the non-holographic pattern on the reflection part 105 may be one, images within certain spaced frames of a predetermined object (e.g., a small fish in the subsea world) are continuously formed on the non-holographic pattern, so that when the reflection part 105 rotates at a speed corresponding to the resolution of the human eye under the driving of the first motor, the small fish swimming in the subsea world is formed by the reflected second light beam 1021, and therefore, a dynamic effect of fish swimming in the subsea world is formed.
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In the projection device 300, a first light beam 1011 emitted from the first light source 101 is diffracted by the diffraction part 103 to form first pattern corresponding to first predetermined pattern.
The reflection part 105 is a self-luminous component, for example, the reflection part 105 may include a self-luminous dot matrix composed of a plurality of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), each OLED being a self-luminous dot. But the disclosure is not limited thereto, for example, the reflection part 105 may also be a self-luminous dot matrix composed of a plurality of Quantum Light Emitting Diodes (QLEDs), each QLED being a self-luminous dot. It should be noted here that the self-luminous dot matrix of the reflection part 105 of the disclosure may include a novel dot matrix appearing in the future composed of any self-luminous elements.
The controller 115 may control the self-luminous dots in the self-luminous dot matrix of the reflection part 105 to form one or more second predetermined patterns through the self-luminous dots, and second pattern corresponding to the one or more second predetermined patterns is formed through self-luminescence of the self-luminous dots, forming one or more second predetermined patterns, of the reflection part 105. Specifically, the projection lens 111 diverges the light beam 1022 emitted by self-luminous dots, forming one or more second predetermined patterns, of the reflection part 105 to form second pattern.
The control part 115 may also control light emission of the first light source 101, so that the projection pattern of the projection device 300 may be one or a superposition of the first pattern and the second pattern, for example, the projection pattern may be only the first pattern, may be only the second pattern, or patterns formed by superposing the first pattern on the second pattern.
In the embodiment, since the second predetermined patterns on the reflection part 105 may be formed by controlling the self-luminous dots in the self-luminous dot matrix, the number and style of the second predetermined patterns may be increased, and the projection pattern may be set at will according to the requirements of users without replacing the reflection part 105, so that the design of the projection device is more flexible.
The projection device according to the first to third exemplary embodiments of the disclosure described above may be an atmosphere lamp.
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Specifically, as shown in
The base 401 includes a base upper cover 4011, a base lower cover 4012, and a weighting disc 4013 disposed between the base upper cover 4011 and the base lower cover 4012 to increase the weight of the base. The base upper cover 4011, the base lower cover 4012 and the weighting disc 4013 are connected and combined into the base 401 through screws. The base upper cover 4011, the base lower cover 4012 and the weighting disc 4013 are in the same disc shape, and round holes O are formed in the corresponding center positions of the base upper cover 4011 and the weighting disc 4013.
The lower end of the support rod 403 is inserted into the round hole O provided in the center of the base 401.
The cup body 405 is configured to contain any of the projection devices described above in combination with
The face cover 407 covers a cup opening of the cup body 405, and an opening corresponding to the top surface area of the light passing part 4051 in size is formed in the center of the face cover 407.
The projection lens 409 covers the opening of the face cover 407 to close the cup body 405.
At least one control button is disposed on the face cover 407 to control the operations on the projection device in the cup body 405, specifically, for example, as shown in
An open hole 415 is also provided on the face cover 407 adjacent to the projection lens 409, and the diffraction part 103 (not shown in
The cup-shaped projection system of the disclosure is illustrated above by way of examples, but the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the projection system of the disclosure may be provided in any shape according to the preference of a user or the use occasion.
In the embodiments of the disclosure, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.
In the embodiments provided in the disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed technical content can be implemented in other manners. The device embodiments described above are only exemplary, for example, division of the units is or modules is only logic function division, other division manners may be adopted during practical implementation, for example, multiple units or modules or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some characteristics may be neglected or not executed.
The foregoing is merely preferred implementation modes of the disclosure, it should be noted that those of ordinary skill in the art can also make several modifications and improvements without departing from the principle of the disclosure, and these modifications and improvements all fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
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