# US 2018/0024426 A1 · Projector and projecting method using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024426 A1 - Document ID: US20180024426A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/627,544 - Filed: 2017-06-20 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-22 - Assignees: Benq Corporation - Applicants: BenQ CO., LTD.; Benq Corporation - Inventors: Chiu-Ping Chen; Chen-Cheng Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024426A1 ## CPC - G03B 21/204: {using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence (using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197)} - G03B 21/008: {using micromirror devices} - G03B 21/2066: {Reflectors in illumination beam (in projection beam G03B21/28)} - H04N 9/3111: {for displaying the colours sequentially, e.g. by using sequentially activated light sources (sequential projection in colour photography G03B33/08)} - H04N 9/3158: {for controlling the spectrum} - H04N 9/3164: {using multiple light sources} - G03B 33/12: using beam-splitting or beam-combining systems, e.g. dichroic mirrors - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A projector and a projecting method using the same are provided. The projector includes a first light source, a color wheel and a second light source. The first light source is configured to emit a first color light. The second light source is configured to emit a second color light. The first color light passing through a transparent region of the color wheel becomes a third color light. The second color light and the third color light are mixed as a first projecting light. The first color light reflected by a phosphor reflection region of the color wheel becomes a fourth color light. The fourth color light is guided toward a projecting direction to become a second projecting light. The first projecting light and the second projecting light do not overlap in timing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A projector, comprising: a first light source configured to emit a first color light; a color wheel, comprising at least one transparent region and at least one phosphor reflection region; and a second light source configured to emit a second color light; wherein the color wheel is located on a first optical path of the first color light; the first color light passing through the at least one transparent region of the color wheel becomes a third color light; the first color light reflected by the at least one phosphor reflection region of the color wheel becomes a fourth color light; the second color light is only mixed with the third color light and simultaneously guided toward a projecting direction to become a first projecting light; the fourth color light guided towards the projecting direction becomes a second projecting light; the first projecting light and the second projecting light do not overlap in timing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The projector according to claim 1, wherein the color wheel is located on the first optical path of the first color light and a second optical path of the second color light, and the second color light and the three color lights pass through the at least one transparent region of the color wheel in opposite directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The projector according to claim 2, wherein regardless of the rotation angle of the color wheel, the second light source continuously emits the second color light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The projector according to claim 1, wherein the color wheel is not located on a second optical path of the second color light. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The projector according to claim 2, wherein the second light source does not emit the second color light when the at least one transparent region of the color wheel is not aligned with the first color light; the second light source emits the second color light when the color wheel rotates to make the at least one transparent region be aligned with the first color light. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The projector according to claim 4, wherein the second light source does not emit the second color light when the at least one transparent region of the color wheel is not aligned with the first color light; the second light source emits the second color light when the color wheel rotates to make the at least one transparent region be aligned with the first color light. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The projector according to claim 1, further comprising: a first dichroic mirror located on a second optical path of the second color light, wherein the first dichroic mirror allows the second color light to pass through but reflects the third color light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The projector according to claim 7, further comprising: a second dichroic mirror, configured to reflect the first color light and the third color light but allow the second color light and the fourth color light to pass through; a first reflector; and a second reflector; wherein the first optical path of the first color light sequentially passes through the second dichroic mirror and the color wheel; a third optical path of the third color light is sequentially reflected by the first reflector, the first dichroic mirror, the second reflector and the second dichroic mirror; a second optical path of the second color light sequentially passes through the first dichroic mirror, the first reflector, the color wheel and the second dichroic mirror. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The projector according to claim 8, wherein the first dichroic mirror and the second dichroic mirror are disposed corresponding to two corners of a diagonal of a rectangle, and the first reflector and the second reflector are disposed corresponding to two corners in another diagonal of the rectangle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The projector according to claim 7, further comprising: a second dichroic mirror, conjured to reflect the first color light and the third color light but allow the second color light to pass through; a first reflector; and a second reflector; wherein the first optical path of the first color light sequentially passes through the second dichroic mirror and the color wheel; a third optical path of the third color light sequentially passes through the first dichroic mirror, the first reflector, the second reflector and the second dichroic mirror; a second optical path of the second color light sequentially passes through the first dichroic mirror, the color wheel and the second dichroic mirror. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The projector according to claim 10, wherein the first dichroic mirror and the second reflector are disposed corresponding to two corners in a diagonal of a rectangle, and the second dichroic mirror and the first reflector are disposed corresponding to two corners in another diagonal of the rectangle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The projector according to claim 7, further comprising: a second dichroic mirror, configured to reflect the first color light, the second color light and the third color light but allow the fourth color light to pass through; a first reflector; and a second reflector; wherein the first optical path of the first color light sequentially passes through the second dichroic mirror and the color wheel; a third optical path of the third color light sequentially passes through the first reflector, the second reflector, the first dichroic mirror and the second dichroic mirror; a second optical path of the second color light sequentially passes through the first dichroic mirror and the second dichroic mirror. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The projector according to claim 12, wherein the second dichroic mirror and the second reflector are disposed corresponding to two corners in a diagonal of a rectangle, and the first dichroic mirror and the first reflector are disposed corresponding to two corners in another diagonal of the rectangle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The projector according to claim 1, wherein the first color light is blue light, and the second color light is green light. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The projector according to claim 1, wherein the first light source is a blue light laser emitter, and the second light source is a light-emitting diode (LED). ### Claim 16 A projecting method, comprising: providing a projector comprising a first light source, a second light source and a color wheel, wherein the color wheel comprises at least one transparent region and at least one phosphor reflection region, and the color wheel is located on a first optical path of a first color light; emitting the first color light by the first light source, wherein the first color light reflected by the phosphor reflection region of the color wheel becomes a fourth color light; guiding the fourth color light towards a projecting direction to become a second projecting light; emitting the first color light by the first light source, wherein the first color light passing through the at least one transparent region of the color wheel becomes a third color light; emitting a second color light by the second light source; and guiding the second color light to be only mixed with the third color light and simultaneously toward a projection direction to become a first projecting light, wherein the second projecting light and the first projecting light do not overlap in timing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The projecting method according to claim 16, further comprising: guiding the second color light and the three color lights to pass through the at least one transparent region of the color wheel in opposite directions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The projecting method according to claim 17, wherein in the step of emitting the second color light by the second light source, regardless of the rotation angle of the color wheel, the second light source continuously emits the second color light. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The projecting method according to claim 16, wherein the color wheel is not located on a second optical path of the second color light.