Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Projection device
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Application No.: US14890379Application Date: 2013-05-10
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Publication No.: US10598925B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Jonathan Masson , Lucio Kilcher
- Applicant: North Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Kitchener, ON
- Assignee: North Inc.
- Current Assignee: North Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kitchener, ON
- Agent Thomas Mahon
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/059723 WO 20130510
- International Announcement: WO2014/180509 WO 20141113
- Main IPC: G02B26/10
- IPC: G02B26/10 ; G02B5/02 ; G02B26/08 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
A projection device According to the present invention there is provided a projection device (30,50,100) comprising, a light source (31,61) which can provide light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c), wherein the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) can be used to define one or more pixels of a virtual image (48); a MEMS micro mirror (34) which is arranged to receive the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) provided by the light source (31,61), and wherein the MEMS micro mirror (34) can oscillate about at least one oscillation axis (7,17) to scan the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c); a reflective element (38), which comprises a plurality of convex reflective projections (39), and wherein the reflective element (38) is arranged so that light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) reflected by the MEMS micro mirror (34) are incident on said convex reflective projections (39), so that the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) are reflected by the convex reflective projections (39); a beam combiner (45,81), wherein the beam combiner is arranged to receive the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) which are reflected by the convex reflective projections (39) wherein the beam combiner (45,81) is configured to at least partially reflect the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) which it receives so that the light beams (32a,b,c 62a,b,c) can form a virtual image (48) which is visible when viewed from within an eyebox (47). There is further provided a corresponding method of projecting a virtual image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160085084A1 PROJECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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