Laser light source and projection display device

• US 10,451,960 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense International Company Limited (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tian, Youliang, Liu, Xianrong, Li, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Sultan
• Application Number:
  US15/891,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20180164669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/008 in the form of devices for effecting sequential colour changes, e.g. colour wheels
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/48 Laser speckle optics
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0263 with positional variation of the diffusing properties, e.g. gradient or patterned diffuser
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0278 used in transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/2013 Plural light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/204 using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/2066 Reflectors in illumination beam in projection beam G03B21/28
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/208 Homogenising, shaping of the illumination light
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 33/08 Sequential recording or projection G03B33/02, G03B33/04, G03B33/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3114 by using a sequential colour filter producing one colour at a time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3158 for controlling the spectrum
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3161 using laser light sources using laser beams scanning the display screen H04N9/3129
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3164 using multiple light sources

Abstract

A laser light source is disclosed that includes a laser device, a first diffusion element, a fluorescence wheel, and a second diffusion element. The fluorescence wheel emits a fluorescent light when excited by the laser light, and before reaching the fluorescence wheel, the laser light emitted by the laser device is transmitted through the first diffusion element that is fixedly arranged. As the second diffusion plate rotates about its axis, the laser light from the first diffusion element and the fluorescent light from the fluorescence wheel transmit through the second diffusion plate.

Claims

1. A laser light source, comprising:

a laser device configured to emit a laser light;

a first diffusion element configured to be fixedly arranged;

a second diffusion element configured to rotate around an axis; and

a fluorescence wheel configured to emit a fluorescent light when excited by the laser light, wherein, before reaching the fluorescence wheel, the laser light emitted by the laser device transmits through the first diffusion element;

wherein, as the second diffusion element is controlled to rotate around its axis, the laser light from the first diffusion element and the fluorescent light from the fluorescence wheel both transmit through the second diffusion element; and

wherein the second diffusion element comprises a diffusion part and a transparent part, the diffusion part is coated with diffusers, and the transparent part is made of materials with high transmittance.

2. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein, the fluorescence wheel and the second diffusion element rotate synchronously.

3. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein, the first diffusion element is coated with diffusers in uniform distribution.

4. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein the laser device is a monochromatic laser device emitting a blue laser light, the first diffusion element is used for transmitting the blue laser light, and the diffusion part of the second diffusion element is used for transmitting the blue laser light.

5. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein the laser device comprises a blue laser device and a red laser device, and the first diffusion element is used for transmitting a blue laser light from the blue laser device and a red laser light from the red laser device.

6. The laser light source according to claim 5, wherein the diffusion part of the second diffusion element comprises a blue laser light diffusion part used for transmitting the blue laser light and a red laser light diffusion part used for transmitting the red laser light.

7. The laser light source according to claim 6, wherein the red laser light diffusion part comprises multiple diffusion subparts, and the multiple diffusion subparts have different angles of diffusion for the red laser light.

8. The laser light source according to claim 7, wherein among the multiple diffusion subparts, angles of diffusion for the red laser light of the diffusion subparts in a middle are greater than angles of diffusion for the red laser light of the diffusion subparts on both sides.

9. The laser light source according to claim 7, wherein among the multiple diffusion subparts, areas of the diffusion subparts in the middle are bigger than areas of the diffusion subparts on both sides.

10. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein the diffusers are frosted glass or binary components.

11. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein before reaching the fluorescence wheel, the laser light emitted by the laser device passes a beam shaping device, and the beam shaping device comprises the first diffusion element.

12. The laser light source according to claim 11, wherein the beam shaping device comprises one reflector, one convex lens and one concave lens, and one first diffusion element;

wherein the laser device is a monochromatic laser device emitting a blue laser light; and

wherein the blue laser light reaches the first diffusion element after passing the reflector, the convex lens, and the concave lens in order.

13. The laser light source according to claim 11, wherein the beam shaping device comprises one reflector unit, one convex lens, and one concave lens, and one first diffusion element;

wherein the laser device comprises a blue laser device configured to emit a blue laser light and a red laser device configured to emit a red laser light;

wherein one laser light of the blue and red laser lights is reflected by a reflector unit and the other laser light is transmitted by the reflector unit; and

wherein the blue laser light and the red laser light reach the first diffusion element after passing the reflector unit, the convex lens and the concave lens in order.

14. The laser light source according to claim 11, wherein, the beam shaping device comprises one reflector unit, two convex lens and two concave lens, as well as two first diffusion elements;

wherein the laser device comprises a blue laser device configured to emit a blue laser light and a red laser device configured to emit a red laser light, and wherein one convex lens, and one concave lens, and one first diffusion element are provided corresponding to the blue laser device, the other convex lens and the other concave lens, as well as the other first diffusion element are provided corresponding to the red laser device;

wherein the blue laser light and the red laser light reach the reflector unit after passing its convex lens and concave lens, as well as its first diffusion element respectively; and

wherein one laser light of the blue and red laser lights is reflected by a reflector unit and the other laser light is transmitted by the reflector unit.

15. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein the laser device comprises a blue laser device configured to emit a blue laser light and a red laser device configured to emit a red laser light, and the first diffusion element comprises two diffusion elements fixed arranged separately;

and

wherein the blue laser light passes one of the first diffusion elements before reaching the fluorescence wheel, and the red laser light passes the other first diffusion element and then reach the second diffusion element.

16. The laser light source according to claim 1, wherein further comprises a color filter wheel, and the color filter wheel is provided in an emission direction of the second diffusion element.

17. The laser light source according to claim 16, wherein the fluorescence wheel, the second diffusion element and the color filter wheel rotate synchronously.

18. A projection display device, comprising:

a projection screen;

a light machine;

a lens; and

a laser light source configured to provide illumination for the light machine, and images are projected to the projection screen by the lens for displaying, and wherein the laser light source comprises;

a laser device configured to emit a laser light;

a first diffusion element configured to be fixedly arranged;

a second diffusion element configured to rotate around an axis; and

a fluorescence wheel configured to emit a fluorescent light when excited by the laser light, wherein, before reaching the fluorescence wheel, the laser light emitted by the laser device transmits through the first diffusion element;

wherein, as the second diffusion element is controlled to rotate around its axis, the laser light from the first diffusion element and the fluorescent light from the fluorescence wheel both transmit to the second diffusion element; and

wherein the second diffusion element comprises a diffusion part and a transparent part, the diffusion part is coated with diffusers, and the transparent part is made of materials with high transmittance.