Laser Projection Display Color Alignment Compensation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Laser projection displays face issues with misalignment of colors, leading to degraded image resolution and quality, and increased power consumption due to compensating for lost light intensity, which existing technologies fail to address effectively and efficiently.

Innovation Solution

A laser projection display system that includes a light source unit, a light resolution unit, an optical scanner, a sensing unit, and an alignment compensation unit, which senses and compensates for color alignment variations by calculating location variations and adjusting the dichroic mirror's rotation to maintain optimal color alignment, thereby reducing power consumption and enhancing luminous efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If laser light sources power is increased to compensate for lost light intensity caused by color misalignment, then image brightness is maintained, but luminous efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage brightnessVSAvoidluminous efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements an automatic feedback control system where a sensing unit detects the actual positions of color lights, an alignment calculator computes misalignment amounts, and a controller adjusts dichroic mirror rotation angles to compensate. This closed-loop feedback mechanism automatically corrects color alignment deviations without requiring increased power consumption, thereby maintaining image brightness while preserving luminous efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-alignment by automatically detecting its own color misalignment state and correcting it through controller-adjusted dichroic mirror rotation. The laser projection display system serves itself by incorporating the sensing unit and alignment calculation functionality, eliminating the need for external manual adjustment or power compensation, thus avoiding luminous efficiency deterioration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If manual alignment adjustment is performed to correct color misalignment, then image quality improves, but device complexity and operation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor alignment precisionVSAvoidalignment adjustment ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs color alignment correction through its built-in sensing unit and controller that adjusts dichroic mirror rotation angles based on detected misalignment. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual intervention, thereby maintaining high color alignment precision while ensuring ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The automatic feedback control system continuously monitors color light positions and adjusts dichroic mirror angles accordingly, replacing manual alignment adjustment with an automated process that achieves high precision without increasing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If automatic sensing and compensation system is implemented, then color alignment precision improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor alignment precisionVSAvoidsystem structural complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sensing unit serves multiple functions: it detects color light positions for alignment compensation, monitors laser beam characteristics, and provides feedback for power optimization. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby achieving high color alignment precision while minimizing the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines the sensing unit, alignment calculation functionality, and controller into an integrated automatic alignment system that works cooperatively with the existing laser light sources and dichroic mirrors. By merging these functions rather than adding completely separate systems, the patent achieves improved color alignment precision with minimal increase in overall device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The system automatically compensates for color misalignment, improving image quality and resolution while reducing power consumption and enhancing luminous efficiency by ensuring precise alignment of red, green, and blue light beams, thus addressing the limitations of existing technologies.

Implementation Method 1

a sensing unit for sensing the resolved second light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight sensing: Photoelectric Effect

Implementation Method 2

adjusting the dichroic mirror's rotation to maintain optimal color alignment

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDichroic reflection: Dichroic Filter

Data Source

PatentEP2950297B1Laser projection display and method for aligning color of the same
Publication Date: 2019.01.09 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

There is disclosed a laser projection display including a light source unit for emitting light laser light; a light resolution unit for resolving the laser light into a first light and a second light; an optical scanner for realizing an image by scanning the resolved first light to a screen; a sensing unit for sensing the resolved second light; and an alignment compensation unit for calculating location variation of the second light sensed by the sensing unit and compensating color alignment to correspond to the calculated location variation value, wherein a distance between a light emitting surface of the light resolution and a light incidence surface of the optical scanner is equal to a distance between a light emitting surface of the light resolution unit and a light incidence surface of the sensing unit.