IMAGE-PROJECTING AND IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110234859A1
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: PAO, CHAO-HAN
• Application Number:
  US12/841,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/240.99
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/54 with projector
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/142 Adjusting of projection optics
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 3/02 moving lens along baseboard
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3173 wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability

Abstract

An image-projecting and image-capturing system primarily includes a projecting sub-system for projecting an image and a capturing sub-system for capturing an image. The capturing sub-system primarily comprises a zoom lens that consists of many lens groups moving along an optical axis. When capturing an image, the projecting sub-system is arranged at a location out of the optical axis; when projecting an image, the projecting sub-system is moved to aim the optical axis.

Claims

1. An image-projecting and image-capturing system, primarily comprising:

a projecting sub-system for projecting images; and

a capturing sub-system for capturing images;

wherein the capturing sub-system primarily comprises a zoom lens including a plurality of lens groups moved along an optical axis, when capturing an image, the projecting sub-system is arranged at a location out of the optical axis, when projecting an image, the projecting sub-system is moved to aim the optical axis.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the projecting sub-system primarily comprises a projecting lens module, a light source, a lens, a total internal reflection (TIR) lens, and a display chip.

3. The system as recited in claim 2, when the projecting sub-system is moved to aim the optical axis, the projecting sub-system employs the projecting lens module and one or more of the plurality of lens groups to project the image.

4. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the display chip comprises a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) chip.

5. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the display chip comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD) chip.

6. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the display chip comprises a digital micromirror device (DMD) chip.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a switch plate moving along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, the switch plate comprising a slot cam and a protrusion installed and moved within the slot cam, wherein the protrusion is connected with the projecting sub-system, and thereby the moves of the switch plate will result in the projecting sub-system to be moved to the required positions.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein one side of the switch plate comprises a plurality of cogs engaged with a gear of a motor, such that the motor can drive the switch plate.

9. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the projecting lens module comprises, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, wherein the first lens is biconvex lens, the second lens is biconvex lens, the third lens is biconcave lens, the fourth lens is biconvex lens, and the second lens and the third lens are adhered to each other.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the zoom lens primarily comprises, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, in which both the first lens and the second lens are convex-concave lenses having a convex surface toward to the object side, the third lens is biconvex lens, the fourth lens is biconcave lens, the fifth lens is convex-concave lens with a convex surface toward to the object side, and the sixth lens is biconvex lens, and wherein the first lens and second lens construct a first lens group, the third lens, fourth lens, and fifth lens construct a second lens group, and the sixth lens constructs a third lens group.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein when projecting the image, the projecting sub-system is moved to aim the optical axis and moved to a location between the first lens group and the second lens group, and the projecting sub-system employs a projecting lens module and the first lens group to project the image.

12. A method of image-projecting and image-capturing, comprising:

employing a zoom lens for capturing images, wherein the zoom lens comprises a plurality of lens groups; and

employing a projecting lens module and one or more of the plurality of lens groups to project images.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the plurality of lens groups are moved along with an optical axis, when capturing an image, the projecting lens module is arranged at a location out of the optical axis, when projecting an image, the projecting lens module is moved to aim the optical axis.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the projecting lens module is moved by way of rotation.

15. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the projecting lens module is moved by way of shift.

16. The method as recited in claim 13, when capturing the image, a light source, a lens, a total internal reflection lens, and a display chip are also moved and the display chip is moved to aim the optical axis.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, the display chip comprises liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS), liquid crystal display (LCD), or digital micromirror device (DMD).