An optical assembly and projection device using the same. The optical assembly configured for converting light defined by a light path. A color wheel includes at least two color circles, the at least two color circles are arranged concentrically and each includes a plurality of color zones. A first drive assembly connect to the color wheel, the first drive assembly is configured for driving the color wheel to rotate, and the plurality of color zones of each of the at least two color circles are illuminated by the light in the light path. A second drive assembly connect to the first drive assembly, the second drive assembly is configured for driving the color wheel in a first direction, and each of the at least two color circles is illuminated a light beam defined by the light path, the first direction intersects with a directional extension of the light path.

A picture generation apparatus includes at least a light source assembly, a spatial light modulation assembly, a beam adjustment assembly and a lens assembly. The light source assembly is configured to generate a first beam. The spatial light modulation assembly is configured to modulate the first beam to generate a picture beam. The lens assembly is configured to project the picture beam onto a projection surface to display a target picture. The beam adjustment assembly is disposed in the lens assembly or on an optical path between the light source assembly and the spatial light modulation assembly, and is configured to adjust a light amount of the first beam, to adjust brightness of the target picture.

Some embodiments provide for a modular video projector system having a light engine module and an optical engine module. The light engine module can provide narrow-band laser light to the optical engine module which modulates the laser light according to video signals received from a video processing engine. Some embodiments provide for an optical engine module having a sub-pixel generator configured to display video or images at a resolution of at least four times greater than a resolution of modulating elements within the optical engine module. Systems and methods for reducing speckle are presented in conjunction with the modular video projector system.

A projector includes a first light source that emits a first light beam from a first light-emitting region including first light-emitting elements, and a second light source that emits a second light beam from a second light-emitting region including second light-emitting elements emitting light. Projector includes optical system that aligns traveling directions of first and second light beams, optical modulation device that adjusts first and second light beams based on image information, projection optical device, and control unit. The control unit changes a light-emitting position of the first light beam in the first light-emitting region to move an illumination region on an image forming region of the optical modulation device, and changes a light-emitting position of the second light beam in the second light-emitting region to move a second illumination region on the image forming region of the optical modulation device in the same direction as the first illumination region.

An illumination device includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light having a first wavelength; a fluorescent substance that, when irradiated with the excitation light, emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength and transmits a part of the excitation light, and thereby multiplexes and emits the transmitted excitation light having the first wavelength and the emitted excitation light having the second wavelength; and a driving unit that moves an irradiation position of the excitation light in the fluorescent substance with the passage of time.

A projection display device includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers, a collimating lens, an integrator illumination system, a deflection element, a transfer optical system, and a projection lens. The collimating lens is configured to collimate a plurality of laser beams output from the plurality of semiconductor lasers. The integrator illumination system is configured to overlap the plurality of laser beams collimated by the collimating lens to form a rectangular illumination region. The deflection element is disposed at a position closer to the collimating lens than a position where the rectangular illumination region is formed by the integrator illumination system. The transfer optical system is configured to enlarge and transfer the rectangular illumination region deflection-scanned by the deflection element to a reflective optical modulation element. The projection lens is configured to project video light output from the reflective optical modulation element.

A light source comprising an excitation light source for providing excitation light, and an optical wavelength conversion member disposed at a distance from the excitation light source. The optical wavelength conversion member comprises an optical wavelength conversion material for converting the excitation light into stimulated light. The light source also comprises an optical-guiding member that allows the excitation light to be incident on the optical wavelength conversion material, and an optical-collecting member for collecting converted light originating from the optical wavelength conversion material. To separate the paths of the converted light and the excitation light, the etendue of the optical-guiding member is less than or equal to of the etendue of the optical-collecting member. This allows the optical-guiding member to draw in the excitation light while preventing the excessive escape of the converted light through the optical-guiding member.

A projector, an image projection method, and a recording medium storing a program. The projector includes a color wheel configured to divide light by time into light rays of a plurality of colors including at least a first color and a second color, the light forming an image to be projected, an image generator configured to generate the image including a plurality of pixels from the light rays divided by time by the color wheel, a shifting member configured to shift the plurality of pixels of the image formed by the first color and the second color, with varying shifting speeds, a color-wheel controller configured to control the color wheel, a shifting controller configured to control the shifting member, and a timing controller configured to generate a first timing signal for controlling timings of the color wheel and a second timing signal for controlling timings of the shifting member.

A light source system comprises: a light-emitting device for emitting a first light and a second light in sequence; a beam splitting system with which the first light is divided into one beam in a first range of wavelength and the other beam in a second range of wavelength, respectively emitted along a first optical path and a second optical path, and also with which at least a part of the second light is emitted along the first optical path; a first spatial light modulator for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system along the first optical path; a second spatial light modulator for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system along the second optical path. The light source system has the advantages of high light-emitting efficiency and low cost. A projection system comprising the aforementioned light source system is also provided.

An image may be formed in a projection system by forming a light beam with substantially a first polarization. The light beam is directed onto a first color wheel that transmits a first selected color portion of the light beam and reflects a second color portion of the light beam. The reflected second color portion is converted to a second polarization. A first portion of the image is produced with a first spatial light modulator using the first selected color portion of the light beam having the first polarization. A second portion of the image is produced with a second spatial light modulator using at least a portion of the reflected second color portion of the light beam having the second polarization. The first portion of the image and the second portion of the image are combined to form a combined image for projection.