IP Library Granted Patent US 7,819,532
Granted Patent B2
US 7,819,532 · App. 11/550,243 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Projector

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Patent No.
US 7,819,532
App. No.
11/550,243
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector includes a light source device, a light modulation device, and an exterior casing. The projector is arranged so as to be installed in a desktop mount position and a ceiling suspension position. The light source device includes an elliptic reflector having a nearly ellipsoidal reflection surface and converging and outputting a luminous flux radiated from a light source lamp in a certain direction, and a parallelizing lens that parallelizes the converged light of the elliptic reflector, and a lens supporting part that supports the parallelizing lens and makes a position of the parallelizing lens relative to the light source device main body changeable according to the position of the projector is provided.

Claims (21)

1. A projector comprising:

a light source device;

a light modulation device that modulates a luminous flux output from the light source device;

a projection optical device that magnifies and projects the luminous flux modulated in the light modulation device; and

an exterior casing that accommodates the light source device, the light modulation device, and the projection optical device arranged within,

the projector arranged so as to be installed in a desktop mount position in which the projector is mounted on a predetermined location and a ceiling suspension position in which the projector is provided opposite in the vertical direction relative to the desktop mount position,

the light source device including a light source device main body having a light source lamp in which discharge emission is performed between a pair of electrodes and an elliptic reflector having a nearly ellipsoidal reflection surface and converging and outputting a luminous flux radiated from the light source lamp in a certain direction, and a parallelizing lens that parallelizes the converged light of the elliptic reflector, wherein

a lens supporting part that supports the parallelizing lens and makes a position of the parallelizing lens relative to the light source device main body changeable according to the position of the projector is provided,

the lens supporting part is arranged so as to be movable in the vertical direction,

an elastic member that locates the lens supporting part in a predetermined position in the vertical direction by elastic force is provided,

a pressing surface extending nearly perpendicularly to the vertical direction is formed in the lens supporting part, and

an operation hole for moving the lens supporting part against the elastic force of the elastic member to a position in planar interference with the pressing surface in the vertical direction is formed in a bottom face in the exterior casing.

2. A projector comprising:

a light source device;

a light modulation device that modulates a luminous flux output from the light source device;

a projection optical device that magnifies and projects the luminous flux modulated in the light modulation device; and

an exterior casing that accommodates the light source device, the light modulation device, and the projection optical device arranged within,

the projector arranged so as to be installed in a desktop mount position in which the projector is mounted on a predetermined location and a ceiling suspension position in which the projector is provided opposite in the vertical direction relative to the desktop mount position,

the light source device including a light source device main body having a light source lamp in which discharge emission is performed between a pair of electrodes and an elliptic reflector having a nearly ellipsoidal reflection surface and converging and outputting a luminous flux radiated from the light source lamp in a certain direction, and a parallelizing lens that parallelizes the converged light of the elliptic reflector, wherein

a lens supporting part that supports the parallelizing lens and makes a position of the parallelizing lens relative to the light source device main body changeable according to the position of the projector is provided, and

the lens supporting part is arranged so as to be movable in the vertical direction by its own weight.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2006
From: IINUMA, KAZUYUKI; UEHARA, KATSUYUKI; UCHIDA, MASAKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018405/0561 →