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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118467 | Light guide plate and edge-lighting type backlight module A light guide plate includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a light incident surface, and a plurality of lenticular lenses and microstructure assemblies. The light incident surface is connected with the first surface and the second sur... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107250 | Display screen and sensor module thereof A display screen with a display area includes a frame and a sensor module. The frame surrounds the display area. The sensor module is mounted on the frame and includes a mount disposed on the frame and a slidable assembly slidably disposed on the mount and including... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104898 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus includes a prism set, a light source, a reflective element, a light valve and a projection lens. The prism set includes a first prism having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, and a second prism having a fourth surface oppo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8079740 | Lamp position adjustment device and lamp module having the same A lamp position adjustment device includes a bottom frame, a lamp holder, and a lamp mount. The lamp holder is disposed on the bottom frame for supporting the lamp, and the lamp mount is disposed between the lamp holder and the bottom frame. The lamp mount includes ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8030854 | Waveform management systems and methods for ballasts Waveform management systems and methods for ballasts are provided. The system includes a lamp, a ballast, a first interface, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit obtains at least one first waveform from the storage unit, and writes the first wa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029148 | Projecting apparatus A projecting apparatus includes a casing, a projector and a foldable arm set. The foldable arm set is connected with the projector and selectively in a folded state or an unfolded state. The projector is capable of performing a projecting operation when the foldable... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7993018 | Projection optical system and light amount adjusting component used in the same A light amount adjusting component adapted a projection optical system is provided. The light amount adjusting component has a light incident surface upon which a light beam impinges, and the light incident surface is provided with a surface structure for irregularl... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980706 | Projector A projector comprising a first light source, a second light source, a light combining element, a diffuser and an actuator is provided. The first light source provides a first light beam with high coherence. The second light source provides a second light beam with h... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7956937 | Projection apparatus and color-level correcting method therefor A projection apparatus, an illumination module and a color-level correcting method therefor are provided. The projection apparatus comprises a projection lens, an imaging unit and an illumination module. The illumination module comprises a light source, a color whee... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944457 | Image display method An image display method adapted for a digital display apparatus is provided. The image display method includes the steps of: first, detecting a maximum average picture level of each picture displayed by the digital display apparatus; judging whether the maximum aver... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942532 | Projecting device having a heat-dissipating mechanism A projecting device includes a casing, an optical engine, and a heat-dissipating mechanism. The casing includes a lower casing body and an upper casing body covering the lower casing body. The optical engine is disposed in the casing, and includes a light source mod... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7901091 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including a projection body and at least one adjusting leg is provided. The projection body has a casing, and the bottom of the casing has at least one accommodating cave. The adjusting leg includes a supporter and a pivoting rod. The supporte... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898429 | Angle-adjustable method and automatic angle-adjustable display device An automatic angle-adjustable display device and an angle-adjustable method are provided. The automatic angle-adjustable display device includes a screen, three wireless transmitting and receiving sensors, an angle adjustment mechanism and a control unit. The wirele... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896501 | Projector and optical engine thereof An optical engine includes a light source system for providing an incident light beam, a reflective light valve, a first case, a projection lens and a second case. The reflective light valve is disposed in the first case for receiving the incident light beam, reflec... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894197 | Optical sensing module and display device using the same An optical sensing module is adapted to be assembled to a frame of a display device. The display device comprises a display module and the frame, and the display module has a display area and the frame surrounds the display area. The optical sensing module comprises... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883215 | Projector and projector circuit board thereof One embodiment of the invention discloses projector circuit boards comprising an image receiving terminal, a central processing unit, a motor driving module, a DMD and a DMD control module. The image receiving terminal receives an image signal and transmits the rece... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880971 | Light-collimating film A light-collimating film includes a transparent substrate, multiple reflective elements, and multiple micro structures. The transparent substrate has a light incident surface and a light-emitting surface opposite the light incident surface. The reflective elements a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7857467 | Projectors with security area detection A projector comprising a light engine, a detector, and a control unit is disclosed. The light engine comprises a light source and generates a projection beam based on the light from the light source. The space which the projection beam passes through is defined as a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851739 | Projection apparatus and method for activating a projection apparatus A projection apparatus includes an illuminating unit, an imaging unit, a lens unit, and a control unit. The illuminating unit includes a light source, and a light source driving module operable to drive the light source to provide an illumination beam. The imaging u... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837337 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus includes an illumination system, a projection module and at least a filter. The illumination system is for generating an illumination light beam. The projection module is for receiving the illumination light beam from the illumination system a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828469 | Light source module of projector A light source module adapted to a projecting device including a light bulb, a fan, and an air tunnel structure is provided. The fan is located by the light bulb for cooling the light bulb. The air tunnel structure is located respective to the location of the light ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828449 | Adjusting mechanism of light integration rod module, optical engine and projection apparatus An adjusting mechanism for a rod module adapted to an optical engine is provided. The adjusting mechanism utilizes two wedge-shaped blocks moving in perpendicular directions so as to convert the vertical adjustment of horizontal adjusting component into horizontal a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828444 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, a first optical element, a first projection lens, and a second projection lens is provided. The illumination system is suitable to provide an illumination beam, and the light valve is disposed o... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810934 | Projection device having a built-in adjustment mechanism A projection device, having an optical engine device and an adjusting device is provided. The optical engine device has an optical engine and a fixing device coupled to the optical engine. A first thread hole is formed in the optical engine along a Z-axis direction.... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798657 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including a projection body, a support and a pivoting member is provided. The support is disposed underneath the projection body. The pivoting member serves as a pivot between the projection body and the support, and both sides of the support ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789518 | Imaging system and projection apparatus having light beam modulation module An imaging system suitable for projecting an image beam provided by a light valve unto a screen is provided. The imaging system includes a projection lens and a light beam modulation module. The projection lens is disposed on an optical path of the image beam, so as... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7758193 | Cooling structure for projection apparatus A projection apparatus comprises a housing and further comprises a light source, an imaging system, an optical engine, a first blower, and an axial fan installed in the housing, and an air outlet is disposed on the housing. The light source is installed adjacent to ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7737387 | Method for shutting off projector including turning off the light source and the fan after the projector receiving a second shut down command A method for shutting off a projector having a fan and a light source is provided. The method includes the following steps. The power of the light source is reduced from a first power to a second power and the speed of the fan is increased from a first speed to a se... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728255 | Spinning-type pattern-fabrication system and a method thereof A spinning-type pattern-fabrication system comprises at least one carry table used to carry objects, an object-fixing device used to fix the objects onto the carry table, and a control system controlling carry table or at least one laser device. The control system c... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7705572 | Power supply device and projection apparatus using the same A projection apparatus comprises a projection control unit, power supply device and fan. The projection control unit generates an image beam. The power supply device comprises a filter and voltage driving unit. The voltage driving unit is coupled to the filter and c... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7682047 | Backlight module with a heat dissipation device A backlight module including a light box, a plurality of light source sets, and a heat dissipation device is provided. The light box has a bottom and a light-emitting section. The bottom has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The lig... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7660124 | Digital micromirror device module A digital micromirror device (DMD) module includes a circuit board, a DMD element, a soft elastic pad, a heat dissipation pad and a heat sink. The circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface and a through hole, wherein the first surface is opposite to t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7638956 | Method of calibrating monochromatic light beams outputted by light emitting diodes and related light emitting diode control system To control chroma and brightness in a backlight module, a plurality of reference values of a plurality of monochromatic light beams are provided, and a brightness reference value is provided for the light formed of the monochromatic light beams. Then, a plurality of... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638265 | Method for manufacturing a mold of a light guide plate A method for manufacturing a mold of a light guide plate is disclosed. The method includes following steps: providing a substrate and forming a plurality of microstructures on the substrate; depositing a first metal layer upon the substrate; spreading a photoresist ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7600931 | Lens cap device A lens cap device having a cap protecting device, an actuating device, and a lens cap. The cap protecting device has a protecting cap with a lens exposure hole. The actuating device has a push element and an actuating element. The push element is slidably disposed o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7566145 | Direct type illuminating device A direct type illuminating device includes a light source unit, a reflector plate, a diffuser plate, and a lens module. The light source unit provides source light beams. The reflector plate and the diffuser plate are spaced at an interval from each other, and the l... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7527415 | Light guide plate and backlight module using the same A light guide plate has a bottom surface including flat surfaces (FSs) and a plurality of prism patterns (PPs) disposed alternately with the FSs, a light emitting surface (LES) and a light incident surface (LIS). Each FS is at a first distance respectively from the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7448777 | Light source module and projection display having the same A light source module comprises a case, a light source, a first air-circulation device, a second air-circulation device and an airflow guide. The case has an airflow outlet, and other components are disposed therein. The airflow guider includes a first stream-guidin... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441907 | Light source driving method A light source driving method for controlling a first and a second light source assembly of a projection apparatus to turn on and off at least once during each 1/n frame time is provided. The first light source assembly includes first color light sources and third c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438426 | Projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof A projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof is disclosed. The projection display apparatus receives a first image and includes a control unit, an image processor, an image scaler, a projection lens and a display unit. The control unit is for ca... | 10/21/2008 |
