IP Library Granted Patent US 8,469,520
Granted Patent B2
US 8,469,520 · App. 13/118,965 · Granted Jun 25, 2013

Light source device and projection display apparatus

Inventor: Makoto Maeda (Nara, JP)
Assignee: Sanyo Electric., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,469,520
App. No.
13/118,965
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device includes: a reference light source that emits reference color component light of a plurality of colors; an excitation light source that emits excitation light for supplemental color component light; a luminous body member including a luminous body that emits the supplemental color component light in response to the excitation light; and a combining unit that combines the reference color component light of the plurality colors and the supplemental color component light in such a way as to superimpose the supplemental color component light on light paths of the reference color component light of the plurality of colors.

Claims (19)

1. A light source device comprising:

a reference light source that emits reference color component light of a plurality of colors;

an excitation light source that emits an excitation light for a supplemental color component light;

a luminous body member including a luminous body that emits the supplemental color component light in response to the excitation light, the luminous body member including a plurality of supplementary color emission regions configured to emit different supplementary colors upon exposure to the excitation light; and

a combining unit that combines the reference color component light of the plurality colors and the supplemental color component light in such a way as to superimpose the supplemental color component light on light paths of the reference color component light of the plurality of colors.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reference color light source sequentially emits the reference color component light of the plurality of colors respectively in a plurality of first time segments forming a single frame,

the excitation light source emits the excitation light in a color emission time segment that is at least one of the plurality of first time segments, and

the supplemental color component light is superimposed on any one of the reference color component light of the plurality of colors in the color emission time segment.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the luminous body is a reflection-type wheel.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the combining unit is a band-pass filter that reflects the reference color component light of the plurality of colors and transmits the supplemental color component light.

5. A projection display apparatus comprising:

a reference light source that emits reference color component light of a plurality of colors;

an excitation light source that emits an excitation light for a supplemental color component light;

a luminous body member including a luminous body that emits the supplemental color component light in response to the excitation light, the luminous body member including a plurality of supplementary color emission regions configured to emit different supplementary colors upon exposure to the excitation light;

a combining unit that combines the reference color component light of the plurality colors and the supplemental color component light in such a way as to superimpose the supplemental color component light on light paths of the reference color component light of the plurality of colors; and

an imager that modulates light emitted from the combining unit.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the luminous body includes a luminous body layer and a reflective film.

7. The light source device according to claim 4 , wherein the luminous body includes a luminous body layer and a reflective film.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074982/0479 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074983/0494 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074983/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2011
From: MAEDA, MAKOTO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026833/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-124029 · May 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110310353A1 · Dec 22, 2011