A projector for illuminating a target area is presented. The projector includes an array of emitters positioned on a substrate according to a distribution. Each emitter in the array of emitters has a non-circular emission area. Operation of at least a portion of the array of emitters is controlled based in part on emission instructions to emit light. The light from the projector is configured to illuminate the target area. The projector can be part of a depth camera assembly for depth sensing of a local area, or part of an eye tracker for determining a gaze direction for an eye.

An efficient conjugate lighting system for an LCD projector, includes an LED light source, a square cone condenser, a collimating lens, a quarter-wave plate, a brightness-enhancing polarizer, an LCD light valve, a field lens and a projection lens which are provided in sequence according to a direction of light travel; wherein the efficient conjugate lighting system for the LCD projector further comprises a reflecting mirror provided at an entrance port of the square cone condenser; a light-transmitting surface of the entrance port of the square cone condenser is bisected along a horizontal centerline or a vertical centerline to form a first sub-light-transmitting surface and a second sub-light-transmitting surface; a light-emitting surface of the LED light source is provided on the first sub-light-transmitting surface, and the reflector is provided on the second sub-light-transmitting surface.

An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes a laser light source, a light splitting element, a wavelength conversion module, a filter module, and a homogenizing element. The laser light source provides a laser beam to the light splitting element. The filter module rotates around a rotation axis and has multiple dichroic filter regions on a surface perpendicular to the rotation axis. The filter module receives the laser beam from the light splitting element, and an acute angle is formed between the rotation axis and a direction in which the laser beam enters the filter module. The homogenizing element is located on a transmission path of the laser beam penetrating the filter module, and the laser beam enters the homogenizing element along a long axis direction of the homogenizing element.

A projector for generating a frame of an image is disclosed, comprising an array of elements arranged in a plane, each element comprising at least three LEDs which have different respective colours, and an array of collector structures, each configured to receive light from a single LED at any one time and reduce the angle over which the LED emits light. A projector unit is configured to receive the light from the array of collector structures and collimate the light such that a full colour frame is formed from combining a plurality of subframes formed through a spatial movement of the array of elements with respect to the array of collector structures such that each collector structure receives light from a different LED during each subframe, and/or a displacement of the light emitted from each LED such that the light from each LED illuminates multiple pixels of the frame.

Various embodiments described herein provide multi-projector (i.e., two or more) imaging apparatuses utilizing integrated illumination-aimer optics. Embodiments of the present disclosure minimize irreparable component offset to improve overall accuracy associated with the functioning of the apparatuses. Additionally, the integrated illumination-aimer optics enables embodiments disclosed herein to be provided in a significantly smaller form factor than conventional multi-projector imaging apparatuses. An example apparatus includes a near-field imaging lens and a far-field imaging lens, an integrated illumination-aimer optics positioned between the near-field imaging lens and the far-field imaging lens, a near-field illuminator source and a far-field illuminator source positioned for projecting via the integrated illumination-aimer optics, a near-field imaging sensor associated with the near-field imaging lens, a far-field imaging sensor associated with the far-field imaging lens, and an apparatus chassis to align the various components for operation.

Examples are disclosed that relate to a compact optical systems comprising SLMs. One example provides a projection system comprising an illumination stage including a light emitting diode (LED) array. The LED array comprises a plurality of red LEDs, a plurality of green LEDs, and a plurality of blue LEDs. The illumination stage further comprises an illumination stage optical system configured to control an angular extent of light emitted by the LED array and homogenize the light emitted by the LED array. The projection system further comprises an image forming stage configured to form an image from light output by the illumination stage, the image forming stage comprising a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to spatially modulate the light output by the illumination stage to form an image, and one or more projection optics configured to project the image formed by the spatial light modulator.

The laser projection apparatus includes a laser source, an optical engine and a projection lens. The laser source includes a base plate, a plurality of light-emitting components and a reflecting portion. The plurality of light-emitting components include a first light-emitting component and a second light-emitting component. The polarization direction of the laser beam emitted by one of the first light-emitting component and the second light-emitting component is parallel to the base plate, and the polarization direction of the laser beam emitted by another of the first light-emitting component and the second light-emitting component is perpendicular to the base plate. The reflecting prism is configured to change a polarization polarity of one of the laser beam with the polarization direction perpendicular to the base plate or the laser beam with the polarization direction parallel to the base plate.

The present disclosure discloses a lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky comprising a housing, a light source assembly, a laser assembly, a rotating assembly, a control board, a base seat, and a power source port. The light source assembly and the laser assembly are disposed in the housing and penetrate through the housing, and the rotating assembly and the control board are disposed in the housing. The rotating assembly is configured to drive a rotating optical sheet and a diffraction sheet to rotate. The light source assembly comprises a light source board, a light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and a lens assembly having a frosted surface with an array of protrusions. The light source board, the light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and the lens assembly are successively disposed along a path in which light rays emitted by the light source board move.

A projection apparatus includes a casing, a projection lens, a first and a second light source modules, a first and a second thermal modules respectively thermally coupled to the first and the second light source modules, and a first and a second fans. The casing includes a bottom cover having a first air inlet corresponding to the projection lens, a front cover, a rear cover having a second air inlet, a first and a second side covers, which define an internal space divided into a first and a second areas. The first air inlet is connected to the internal space. A first air outlet of the first side cover and the second air inlet are connected to the first area. The first and the second light source modules, the first and the second thermal modules, and the first and the second fans are disposed in the first area.

A light emitting device includes a substrate, a laminated structure provided to the substrate, and including a plurality of columnar parts, and an electrode disposed at an opposite side to the substrate of the laminated structure, wherein the columnar parts have a light emitting layer, the columnar parts are disposed between the electrode and the substrate, light generated in the light emitting layer propagates through the plurality of columnar parts to cause laser oscillation, and the electrode is provided with a hole.