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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:

Appotronics Corporation Limited, Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Yi Li, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Li Xu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2005.12); H05B 45/20 (2019.12); H04N 9/31 (2005.12); F21V 17/04 (2005.12); F21S 10/02 (2005.12); F21V 7/00 (2005.12); F21S 10/00 (2005.12); F21Y 115/10 (2015.12); F21Y 115/30 (2015.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/204 (2012.12); G03B 21/2066 (2012.12); H04N 9/315 (2012.12); H04N 9/3161 (2012.12); H05B 45/20 (2019.12); F21S 10/005 (2012.12); F21S 10/007 (2012.12); F21S 10/02 (2012.12); F21V 7/0025 (2012.12); F21V 17/04 (2012.12); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.07); F21Y 2115/30 (2016.07);
Abstract

A multicolor illumination device using an excitation light source and a multi-segmented moving plate with wavelength conversion materials (e.g. phosphors) is disclosed. The exciting light source is a light emitting diode or a laser diode emitting in the UV and/or blue region. The wavelength conversion materials absorb the excitation light and emit longer wavelength light. Each segment of the moving plate contains a different wavelength conversion material or no wavelength conversion material. The plate is supported to move so that different segments are exposed to the excitation light at different times. The plate may be a wheel or rectangular in shape and rotates or oscillates linearly. When the plate moves, light of different colors is generated sequentially in time by the different wavelength conversion materials in different segments of the plate. The multicolor illumination device may be used in a projector system having a microdisplay imager for image display.


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