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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ki-oh Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheol-eun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-wook Choi, Changwon-si, KR;
Woo-jong Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A light path adjustment apparatus includes: a support plate with a first through hole through which light passes; a plurality of optical units, including first and second optical units, that move between an open location where the first through hole is opened by the optical units moving toward an outside of the first through hole and a closing location where the first through hole is divided into a plurality of regions by the plurality of optical units moving toward the first through hole and blocking at least a part of the light; and a rotation plate that has a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole and is rotatably disposed with respect to the support plate. The first and second optical units correspond to first and second regions of the first through hole, respectively, and are coupled to the support plate and the rotation plate, respectively.