CN110737101B

CN110737101B - Imaging displacement module for improving resolution and manufacturing method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110737101B
Application number: CN201810805749.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈明驰; 许雅伶
Original assignee: Young Optics Inc
Current assignee: Young Optics Inc
Priority date: 2018-07-20
Filing date: 2018-07-20
Publication date: 2023-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-20
Also published as: CN110737101A

Abstract

An imaging displacement module comprises a first grating and a second grating which can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state. The first grating is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface. The second grating is provided with a third surface and a fourth surface which correspond to each other, the third surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface. The incident direction of the image light incident to the first grating and the emergent direction of the image light emergent from the second grating are translated for a distance.

Description

Imaging displacement module for improving resolution and manufacturing method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to an imaging displacement module and a manufacturing method thereof.

Background

In recent years, various image display technologies have been widely used in daily life. In an image display device, for example, an imaging displacement module may be disposed to change a light path of light traveling in the device, so as to provide various effects such as improving an imaging resolution and improving a picture quality. The conventional imaging displacement module is usually an optical path adjusting mechanism including a moving member and a moving member, and the optical path adjusting mechanism makes the optical element generate reciprocating swing to generate slight displacement of the pixel image, thereby providing an effect of improving the image resolution under the condition of human vision persistence. However, the conventional optical path adjusting mechanism is prone to generate high frequency noise during oscillation, the lifetime of the device material under high-speed vibration is limited, and the transition time (transition time) limits the device material to affect the optical performance. Furthermore, once the size requirements of the passive devices (such as light valves) are changed, the materials and structural composition must be redesigned and verified accordingly, which makes it difficult to simplify the process and the overall structure.

The background section is provided to aid in understanding the present disclosure, and thus, it is intended that all matter contained in the background section or disclosed herein may include other technical features not yet known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The disclosure in the "background" section does not represent a description or problem to be solved by one or more embodiments of the present invention, which was made known or appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art prior to the filing date of the present application.

Disclosure of Invention

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be further understood from the technical features disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention.

The invention provides an imaging displacement module, which comprises a first grating and a second grating which can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state. The first grating is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface. The second grating is positioned at the downstream of the optical path of the first grating and is provided with a third surface and a fourth surface which correspond to each other, the third surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface. The incident direction of the image light incident to the first grating and the emergent direction of the image light emergent from the second grating are substantially shifted by a distance in the first direction. Furthermore, the image light forms an incident angle with the normal of the first surface, the image light forms an exit angle with the normal of the fourth surface, and the incident angle and the exit angle may be substantially the same. When the imaging displacement module is switched between the diffraction state and the non-diffraction state in turn, the observer can see one more time of pixel images due to the persistence of vision of human eyes, thereby obtaining the effect of increasing the pixel resolution to 2 times, for example.

The invention also provides an imaging displacement module, which comprises a first grating, a second grating, a third grating and a fourth grating which can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state. The first grating is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface. The second grating is located at the downstream of the optical path of the first grating and is provided with a third surface and a fourth surface which correspond to each other, the third surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface. The third grating is provided with a fifth surface and a sixth surface which correspond to each other, the fifth surface receives the image light, and the image light exits from the sixth surface. The fourth grating is located on the downstream of the third grating in the light path and is provided with a seventh surface and an eighth surface which correspond to each other, the seventh surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the eighth surface. The incident direction of the image light incident on the first surface and the emergent direction of the image light emergent from the eighth surface are substantially shifted by a first distance in the first direction and substantially shifted by a second distance in the second direction, and the second direction is different from the first direction. By switching the four gratings between the diffraction state and the non-diffraction state, two-axis adjustment in two dimensions can be formed, so as to achieve the effect of increasing the pixel resolution by 4 times.

The invention also provides a manufacturing method of the imaging displacement module, which comprises the steps of providing a shell; installing a first grating which can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state in a shell; the first grating is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface; and installing a second grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state in the shell, wherein the second grating is positioned at the downstream of the optical path of the first grating and is provided with a corresponding third surface and a corresponding fourth surface, the third surface receives image light and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface, and the incident direction of the image light incident on the first grating and the emergent direction emitted from the second grating are substantially translated for a distance in the first direction.

The imaging displacement module and the manufacturing method thereof of the invention use the diffraction grating formed by the holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal element as the light path adjusting element, and can obtain the effect of pixel image displacement without an actuating element, thereby avoiding the problems of high-speed collision, noise and the like and prolonging the service life of the element. Moreover, the liquid crystal transition time is short, so that more luminous efficiency can be kept. In addition, the diffraction grating as the light path adjusting element has a simple structure and does not need to be modified with the size of the passive element (such as the light valve).

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention may be implemented in accordance with the content of the description, and in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the following preferred embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic diagrams showing a grating formed by a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams illustrating an imaging shift module according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an image shift effect of a pixel according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4A to 5D are schematic views illustrating an imaging shift module according to another embodiment of the invention, wherein fig. 4A to 4D are side views of the imaging shift module, and fig. 5A to 5D are top views of the imaging shift module of fig. 4A to 4D, respectively, as viewed from above and downward.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an image shift effect of pixels according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an image shift effect of pixels according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an imaging shift module according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an image shift effect of pixels according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an imaging shift module according to another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of an imaging shift module applied to an optical system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of an optical system to which an image shifting module according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other technical and scientific aspects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings. Directional terms as referred to in the following examples, for example: up, down, left, right, front or rear, etc., are referred to only in the direction of the attached drawings. Accordingly, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting.

The disclosure in the following embodiments discloses an imaging shift module, which can be applied to different optical systems (e.g., display devices, projection devices, etc.) to adjust or change optical paths to provide, but not limited to, effects such as improving imaging resolution, improving image quality (eliminating dark areas, softening image edges), and the like, and the arrangement position and the arrangement manner of the imaging shift module in the optical system are not limited at all.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic diagrams showing a grating formed by a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment, a Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (HPDLC) 10 is used as a grating that can be switched between a diffractive state and a non-diffractive state. As shown in fig. 1A, when the power supply 22 forms a non-diffraction state when, for example, a voltage is applied to the holographic-polymer dispersed liquid crystal element 10, the refractive indexes of the liquid crystal 12 and the polymer 14 become almost identical, and the image light I can be transmitted almost linearly without changing the traveling direction without a diffraction phenomenon. As shown in fig. 1B, if no voltage is applied to the holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal device 10, the difference in refractive index between the liquid crystal 12 and the polymer 14 causes a light diffraction phenomenon to form a diffraction state, and the image light I is deflected by the holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal device 10 by an angle θ, so that the emission direction is different from the incident direction. The above switching method is not limited, and in another embodiment, a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy, a photosensitive material, or the like may be used to form a diffractive state when a voltage is applied to the holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal element 10 and a non-diffractive state when no voltage is applied.

Fig. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams illustrating an imaging shift module according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 2A and 2B, the imaging displacement module 110 includes a first grating 112 and a second grating 114, the first grating 112 and the second grating 114 can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, and the first grating 112 and the second grating 114 can be disposed side by side, for example. The second grating 114 is located downstream of the first grating 112, i.e. the image light I passes through the first grating 112 and then the second grating 114. The first grating 112 has a surface 112a and a surface 112b corresponding to each other, and the second grating 114 has a surface 114a and a surface 114b corresponding to each other, the surface 112a of the first grating 112 receives an image light I, the image light I is received by the surface 114a of the second grating 114 after exiting from the surface 112b, and the image light I passing through the surface 114a of the second grating 114 finally exits from the surface 114 b. In the present embodiment, when the first grating 112 and the second grating 114 are both in a non-diffraction state (fig. 2A), the same image light I can sequentially pass through the first grating 112 and the second grating 114 along a substantially straight line direction and form the pixel image P shown in fig. 3; when the first grating 112 and the second grating 114 are in a diffraction state (fig. 2B), the image light I can be deflected downward by an angle θ when passing through the first grating 112, and then the image light I can be deflected upward by an angle θ in an opposite direction when passing through the second grating 114, so that the exit direction of the image light is substantially shifted by a distance DS in a first direction (for example, a vertical direction) compared to the incident direction, thereby forming the pixel image Q shown in fig. 3. When the imaging displacement module 110 is switched between the diffraction state and the non-diffraction state in turn, due to the persistence of vision of human eyes, the observer can see twice more pixel images (two pixel images P and Q are formed corresponding to a single pixel), thereby obtaining the effect of increasing the resolution (the resolution is twice of the original resolution). Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the image light forms an incident angle α with the normal of the surface 112a, the image light I forms an exit angle θ with the normal of the surface 114b, and the incident angle α and the exit angle θ may be substantially the same.

Fig. 4A to 5D are schematic views illustrating an imaging shift module according to another embodiment of the invention, wherein fig. 4A to 4D are side views of the imaging shift module, and fig. 5A to 5D are top views of the imaging shift module of fig. 4A to 4D, respectively, as viewed from above and downward. In the present embodiment, the imaging displacement module 120 includes a first grating 122, a second grating 124, a third grating 132 and a fourth grating 134 that can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state. The second grating 124 may be located in the optical path downstream of the first grating 122, the third grating 132 may be located in the optical path downstream of the second grating 122, the fourth grating 134 may be located in the optical path downstream of the third grating 132, and the gratings may be located side-by-side, for example. The first grating 122 and the second grating 124 form a first set of translation units to enable the pixel image to translate along one dimension, and the third grating 132 and the fourth grating 134 form a second set of translation units to enable the pixel image to translate along another dimension. Therefore, when the grating arrangement mode of the second group of translation units is different from the grating arrangement mode of the first group of translation units, the pixel image can move in a two-dimensional direction, and the effect of improving the pixel resolution to 4 times is obtained. As shown in fig. 4A to 5D, the first grating 122 is provided with a corresponding surface 122a and a corresponding surface 122b, the surface 122a receives the image light I and the image light I exits from the surface 122b, the second grating 124 is provided with a corresponding surface 124A and a corresponding surface 124b, the surface 124A receives the image light I and the image light I exits from the surface 124b, the third grating 132 is provided with a corresponding surface 132a and a corresponding surface 132b, the surface 132a receives the image light I and the image light I exits from the surface 132b, the fourth grating 134 is provided with a corresponding surface 134A and a corresponding surface 134b, the surface 134A receives the image light I and the image light I exits from the surface 134 b. In the present embodiment, when the first set of translation units (gratings 122, 124) and the second set of translation units (gratings 132, 134) are in a non-diffraction state (fig. 4A, 5A), the image light I can sequentially pass through all the gratings in a substantially straight line direction to form the pixel image P shown in fig. 6, and when the first set of translation units (gratings 122, 124) are in a diffraction state and the second set of translation units (gratings 132, 134) are in a non-diffraction state (fig. 4B, 5B), the image light I passes through the first set of translation units (gratings 122, 124) to substantially translate the image light exit direction by a distance S1 (shown in fig. 4B) in a first direction (for example, a vertical direction) compared to the incident direction, and form the pixel image Q shown in fig. 6. When the first group of translation units (gratings 122, 124) is in a non-diffraction state and the second group of translation units (gratings 132, 134) is in a diffraction state (fig. 4B, 5B), because the grating arrangement of the second group of translation units is different from the grating arrangement of the first group of translation units, when the image light I passes through the second group of translation units (gratings 132, 134), the exit direction of the image light is substantially translated by a distance S2 (as shown in fig. 5C) in another second direction (illustrated as a horizontal direction) compared to the incident direction, and the pixel image R shown in fig. 6 is formed. Therefore, if the first set of translation units (gratings 122, 124) and the second set of translation units (gratings 132, 134) are in a diffraction state (fig. 4D, 5D), the image light I can be substantially translated by a distance in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction (as shown in fig. 4D and 5D, respectively), and the pixel image S shown in fig. 6 is formed. Therefore, two sets of translation units can form two-axis adjustment in two dimensions, and the effect of improving the pixel resolution to 4 times is obtained. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the exit angle formed by the image light I and the normal of the surface 124b may be substantially the same as the incident angle formed by the normal of the surface 122a, and the exit angle formed by the image light I and the normal of the surface 134b may be substantially the same as the incident angle formed by the normal of the surface 132 a. Therefore, in one embodiment, the incident angle formed by the image light I and the normal of the surface 122a may be substantially the same as the exit angle formed by the image light I and the normal of the surface 134 b.

Moreover, the grating arrangement of the second set of translation units (gratings 132 and 134) and the grating arrangement of the first set of translation units (gratings 122 and 124) can obtain the two-axis adjustment effect in two dimensions only by being different, so that only different grating arrangements need to be adjusted, and a non-right-angle parallelogram image track can be formed as shown in fig. 7 to meet different light path adjustment requirements. In addition, the first grating 122, the second grating 124, the third grating 132 and the fourth grating 134 are only required to obtain the displacement adjustment effect in two dimensions, and the diffraction state switching manner, the arrangement order and the arrangement manner of the grating arrangement manner are not limited at all. For example, in another embodiment, the first grating 122 and the third grating 132 can be in a diffractive state or a non-diffractive state at the same time, and the second grating 124 and the fourth grating 134 can be in a diffractive state or a non-diffractive state at the same time. In another embodiment, the first grating 122 and the third grating 132 may have the same first grating arrangement, the second grating 124 and the fourth grating 134 may have the same second grating arrangement, and the first grating arrangement is different from the second grating arrangement.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an imaging shift module according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 8, the image shifting module 200 includes a projection lens 210, a grating 220 and an optical element 230, the grating 220 can be switched between a diffractive state and a non-diffractive state, the optical element 230 has a reflective surface 230a and is located downstream of the grating 220 in the optical path, the projection lens 210 has a lens set composed of a plurality of lenses (e.g.,

lenses

212, 214, 216, 218), and the grating 220 and the optical element 230 can be located in the lens set of the projection lens 210. In the present embodiment, the lens closest to the reflection surface 230a (for example, based on the linear distance from the geometric center of the reflection surface) of the plurality of lenses is the lens 212, and the distance d1 from the grating 220 to the reflection surface 230a is smaller than the distance d2 from the lens 212 closest to the reflection surface 230a (d 1 < d 2). The distance between the grating 220, the reflecting surface 230a and the lens 212 may be, for example, a straight line distance of the geometric centers of the grating 220, the reflecting surface 230a and the lens 214. When the grating 220 is in a non-diffraction state, the image light I can directly enter the reflection surface 230a and then be reflected by the reflection surface 230a to form the image light I1, when the grating 220 is in a diffraction state, the image light I is diffracted and deflected by the grating 220 to form the image light I2, and the traveling directions of the image light I2 emitted from the grating 220 and the image light I1 reflected by the reflection surface 230a are different (i.e., different included angles are formed with the normal of the reflection surface 230 a). In the present embodiment, when the grating 220 is disposed at the position overlapping or adjacent to the aperture of the projection lens 210, the image lights I1 and I2 can respectively form the pixel images P and Q separated by a distance as shown in fig. 9, so that when the image shifting module 200 is alternately switched between the diffractive state and the non-diffractive state, the pixel image shifting effect can also be generated. Furthermore, if two gratings (with different grating arrangements) are used simultaneously, the same effect of improving the pixel resolution by a factor of 4 obtained by adjusting in two dimensions as in the previous embodiment can be obtained.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an imaging displacement module 250 according to another embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 10, the image shifting module 250 includes a projection lens 260 and a grating 270. The grating 270 can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, the projection lens 260 includes a lens assembly including a plurality of lenses (e.g., a first lens 262, a second lens 264, and a third lens 266), and the grating 270 can be disposed in the projection lens 260, for example. In the present embodiment, no other lens is disposed between the first lens 262 and the second lens 264, the grating 270 is disposed on a side of the first lens 262 away from the second lens 264, and the grating 270 can be disposed at a position coincident with or adjacent to the aperture 268 of the projection lens 260. In one embodiment, a distance D1 between the stop 270 and the aperture 268 of the projection lens 260 on the optical axis of the projection lens may be smaller than a distance D2 between the stop 270 and the second lens 264 on the optical axis (D1 < D2). The distance between the stop 270, the aperture 268 and the second lens 264 can be, for example, a straight line distance of the geometric centers of the stop 270, the aperture 268 and the second lens 264. The grating 270 can be, for example, a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) device, when the grating 270 is in a non-diffraction state, the image light I can directly pass through the grating 270 in a substantially straight direction to form an image light I1, when the grating 270 is in a diffraction state, the image light I is diffracted by the grating 220 to form an image light I2, and the image light I2 is different from the exit direction of the image light I1 from the grating 220. Therefore, when the image shifting module 250 is switched between the diffraction state and the non-diffraction state, the pixel PL forms the pixel image PI1 and the pixel image PI2 separated from each other by a distance through the projection lens 260, so that the observer can see twice more pixel images, thereby obtaining the effect of increasing the pixel resolution to 2 times. Furthermore, if two gratings (with different grating arrangements) are used simultaneously, the same two-dimensional adjustment as in the previous embodiment can be achieved to increase the pixel resolution by 4 times.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of an imaging shift module applied to an optical system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 11, the optical device 400 includes an illumination system 310, a light valve 320, a projection lens 260, and an image shifting module 110. The illumination system 310 has a light source 312 adapted to provide a light beam 314, and a light valve 320 disposed on a transmission path of the light beam 314. The light valve 320 is adapted to convert the light beam 314 into a plurality of sub-images 314a. In addition, the projection lens 260 is disposed on the transmission path of the sub-images 314a, and the light valve 320 is located between the illumination system 310 and the projection lens 260. In addition, the image shifting module 110 may be disposed between the light valve 320 and the projection lens 260 or within the projection lens 260, for example, between the light valve 320 and the tir prism 319, or between the tir prism 319 and the projection lens 260, and located on the transmission path of the sub-images 314a. In the above-mentioned optical device 400, the light source 312 may include, for example, a red light emitting diode 312R, a green light emitting diode 312G, and a blue light emitting diode 312B, the color lights emitted by the light emitting diodes are combined by the light combining device 316 to form a light beam 314, and the light beam 314 passes through a fly-eye lens array (fly-eye lens array) 317, an optical element group 318, and a total internal reflection Prism (TIR Prism) 319 in sequence. The tir prism 319 then reflects the beam 314 to the light valve 320. At this time, the light valve 320 converts the light beam 314 into a plurality of sub-images 314a, and the sub-images 314a sequentially pass through the tir prism 319 and the image shifting module 110, and the projection lens 260 projects the sub-images 314a onto the screen 350. In the present embodiment, when the sub-images 314a pass through the image shifting module 210, the image shifting module 110 changes the transmission paths of some of the sub-images 314a. That is, the sub-images 314a passing through the image shifting module 110 are projected onto a first position (not shown) on the screen 350, and the sub-images 314a passing through the image shifting module 210 are projected onto a second position (not shown) on the screen 350 in another part of the time, wherein the first position and the second position are different by a fixed distance in the horizontal direction (X-axis) or/and the vertical direction (Z-axis). In the present embodiment, since the imaging displacement module 110 can move the imaging positions of the sub-images 314a by a fixed distance in the horizontal direction or/and the vertical direction, the horizontal resolution or/and the vertical resolution of the image can be improved. Of course, the above embodiments are only examples, the imaging displacement module according to the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to different optical systems to obtain different effects, and the arrangement position and the configuration manner of the imaging displacement module in the optical system are not limited at all. For example, as shown in fig. 12, a grating 220 that can be switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state may be provided in the projection lens 210 of the optical device 410.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the invention provides a method for manufacturing an imaging displacement module, which includes the following steps. First, a housing is provided and a first grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state and a second grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state are mounted in the housing. The first grating is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface. The second grating is located on the downstream of the optical path of the first grating and is provided with a third surface and a fourth surface which correspond to each other, the third surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface. The incident direction of the image light incident to the first grating and the emergent direction of the image light emergent from the second grating are substantially shifted by a distance in the first direction. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing an imaging displacement module, which includes the following steps. First, a lens barrel is provided, and a first lens and a second lens are installed in the lens barrel, and a grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state and an optical element with a reflection surface are installed in the lens barrel. The first lens is closer to the reflecting surface than the second lens, and the distance from the first grating to the reflecting surface on the optical axis of the first lens is smaller than the distance from the first lens to the reflecting surface on the optical axis of the first lens.

By the design of the above embodiments, the diffraction grating formed by the holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal device is used as the optical path adjusting device, and the effect of pixel image displacement can be obtained without the actuator, so that the problems of high-speed collision, noise, etc. can be avoided and the service life of the device can be prolonged. Moreover, the liquid crystal transition time is short, so that more luminous efficiency can be kept. In addition, the diffraction grating as the light path adjusting element has a simple structure and does not need to be modified with the size of the passive element (such as the light valve).

The term "optical element" as used herein refers to an element made of a material having light reflective properties, typically comprising glass or plastic. For example, the optical element may be a reflective mirror (reflective mirror), a total reflection Prism (TIR Prism), a total reflection Prism set (RTIR Prism), or the like.

The term "Light valve" is used in the industry to refer to the individual optical elements of a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM). A so-called spatial light modulator comprises a number of individual elements (individual optical elements) which are spatially arranged in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array. Each unit can be independently controlled by optical signals or electric signals, and various physical effects (such as Pockels effect, kerr effect, acousto-optic effect, magneto-optic effect, electro-optic effect of semiconductor, or photorefractive effect) are utilized to change the optical characteristics of the unit, so that the illumination light beams illuminating on the plurality of independent units are modulated, and image light beams are output. The independent unit can be an optical element such as a micro-mirror or a liquid crystal unit. That is, the light valve may be a Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD), a Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCOS) Panel, or a transmissive liquid crystal Panel.

In the Projector industry, projectors are generally classified into Cathode Ray Tube (Cathode Ray Tube) projectors, liquid Crystal Display (LCD) projectors, digital Light Projectors (DLP) and Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCOS) projectors according to the difference in Light valves used therein, and the projectors belong to a transmissive Projector because Light passes through an LCD panel as a Light valve when the Projector is operated, and projectors using Light valves such as the DLP and the LCOS are called reflective projectors because they Display images based on the principle of Light reflection. In the present embodiment, the projector is a digital light projector, and the light valve 320 is a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An imaging displacement module for improving resolution, comprising:

the first grating capable of being switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface; and

a second grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, disposed on the downstream of the optical path of the first grating, and having a third surface and a fourth surface corresponding to each other, wherein the third surface receives the image light and the image light exits from the fourth surface, and the incident direction of the image light incident on the first grating and the exiting direction of the image light exiting from the second grating are substantially shifted by a distance in a first direction;

the image light can be deflected downwards by a first angle after passing through the first grating of the imaging displacement module for improving the resolution, and can be deflected upwards by the first angle in the opposite direction after passing through the second grating of the imaging displacement module for improving the resolution, so as to improve the pixel resolution.

2. The imaging displacement module of claim 1, wherein the image light forms an incident angle with a normal of the first surface, the image light forms an exit angle with a normal of the fourth surface, and the incident angle and the exit angle are substantially the same.

3. The imaging displacement module of claim 1, wherein the first grating and the second grating are disposed side by side, and the first grating and the second grating are diffractive state or non-diffractive state at the same time.

4. The imaging displacement module of claim 1, wherein the image light passes through the first grating and the second grating along a substantially straight line when the first grating and the second grating are both in a non-diffractive state, and the first grating and the second grating deflect the image light in opposite directions when the first grating and the second grating are both in a diffractive state.

5. An imaging displacement module for improving resolution, comprising:

the first grating capable of being switched between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state is provided with a first surface and a second surface which correspond to each other, the first surface receives image light, and the image light is emitted from the second surface;

a second grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, which is positioned at the downstream of the optical path of the first grating and is provided with a third surface and a fourth surface corresponding to the third surface, wherein the third surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the fourth surface;

a third grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, wherein the third grating is provided with a fifth surface and a sixth surface which correspond to each other, the fifth surface receives the image light, and the image light is emitted from the sixth surface; and

a fourth grating capable of switching between a diffraction state and a non-diffraction state, which is located downstream of the third grating in the optical path and has a seventh surface and an eighth surface corresponding to each other, wherein the seventh surface receives the image light, and the image light exits from the eighth surface,

the incident direction of the image light incident to the first surface of the imaging displacement module for improving the resolution and the emergent direction of the image light emergent from the eighth surface of the imaging displacement module for improving the resolution are substantially translated in a first direction by a first distance and simultaneously in a second direction by a second distance, and the second direction is different from the first direction and is used for improving the pixel resolution.

6. The imaging displacement module of claim 5, wherein the image light forms an incident angle with a normal of the first surface, the image light forms an exit angle with a normal of the eighth surface, and the incident angle and the exit angle are substantially the same.

7. The image shift module for improving resolution of claim 5, wherein the first grating and the second grating are diffractive state or non-diffractive state at the same time, and the third grating and the fourth grating are diffractive state or non-diffractive state at the same time.

8. The imaging shift module of claim 5, wherein the first grating and the second grating have a same first grating arrangement, the third grating and the fourth grating have a same second grating arrangement, and the first grating arrangement is different from the second grating arrangement.

9. The imaging shift module of any of claims 1-8, wherein each grating is a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal cell.