IP Library Granted Patent US 9,874,805
Granted Patent B2
US 9,874,805 · App. 15/008,187 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Light source apparatus and projection display apparatus

Inventor: Michihiro Okuda (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G03B21/204G02B26/008G02B26/0833G02B27/141G02B27/149G03B21/2013G03B21/2066
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Patent No.
US 9,874,805
App. No.
15/008,187
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a first light source unit which emits a blue light in a first direction; a second light source unit which emits a blue light in a second direction which intersects with the first direction; a split/combining optical element which splits the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, into a first optical path and a second optical path; a light emitting body which is provided on the first optical path and emits an emission light in response to an excitation light; and a combining optical element which combines the first optical path and the second optical path into one optical path.

Claims (31)

1. A light source apparatus comprising:

a first light source unit which emits a blue light in a first direction;

a second light source unit which emits a blue light in a second direction which intersects with the first direction;

a split/combining optical element which splits the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, into a first optical path and a second optical path;

a light emitting body which is provided on the first optical path and emits an emission light in response to an excitation light; and

a combining optical element which combines the first optical path and the second optical path into one optical path,

wherein the split/combining optical element combines the blue light emitted from the first light source unit and split into the first optical path, and the blue light emitted from the second light source unit.

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

the first light source unit and the second light source unit each include a plurality of light source blocks in which a plurality of light emitting elements is arranged; and

the blue light emitted from at least one of the plurality of light source blocks included in the first light source unit and the second light source unit is split into the second optical path.

3. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the blue lights split into the first optical path and the second optical path have different wavelengths.

4. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the combining optical element combines the emission light of the first optical path and the blue light of the second optical path into one optical path.

5. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the split/combining optical element is an optical mirror in which a reflection area and a transmissive area are selectively formed to meet positions of a plurality of emission light fluxes from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, and is disposed so as to incline toward an emission direction of the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit.

6. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the split/combining optical element is an optical mirror in which a polarization mirror area and a transmissive area are selectively formed to meet positions of a plurality of emission light fluxes from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, and is disposed so as to incline toward an emission direction of the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit.

7. A projection display apparatus comprising the light source apparatus according to claim 1 .

8. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the split/combining optical element combines the blue light emitted from the second light source unit and split into the first optical path, and the blue light emitted from the first light source unit.

9. The light source apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the split/combining optical element combines the blue light emitted from the first light source unit and split into the first optical path, and the blue light emitted from the second light source unit and split into the first optical path.

10. The light source apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the split/combining optical element combines the blue light emitted from the first light source unit and split into the second optical path, and the blue light emitted from the second light source unit and split into the second optical path.

11. A light source apparatus comprising:

a first light source unit which emits a blue light in a first direction;

a second light source unit which emits a blue light in a second direction which intersects with the first direction;

a split/combining optical element which splits the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, into a first optical path and a second optical path;

a light emitting body which is provided on the first optical path and emits an emission light in response to an excitation light; and

a combining optical element which combines the first optical path and the second optical path into one optical path;

wherein the split/combining optical element is an optical mirror in which a polarization mirror area and a transmissive area are selectively formed to meet positions of a plurality of emission light fluxes from the first light source unit and the second light source unit, and is disposed so as to incline toward an emission direction of the blue lights emitted from the first light source unit and the second light source unit.

12. The light source apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the first light source unit and the second light source unit each include a plurality of light source blocks in which a plurality of light emitting elements is arranged; and

the blue light emitted from at least one of the plurality of light source blocks included in the first light source unit and the second light source unit is split into the second optical path.

13. The light source apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the blue lights split into the first optical path and the second optical path have different wavelengths.

14. The light source apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the split/combining optical element splits the blue light emitted from the first light source unit, into the first optical path and the second optical path, and combines the blue light emitted from the first light source unit and split into the first optical path, and the blue light emitted from the second light source unit.

15. The light source apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the combining optical element combines the emission light of the first optical path and the blue light of the second optical path into one optical path.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2016
From: OKUDA, MICHIHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037731/0397 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-016838 · Jan 30, 2015 · national
JP 2015-253863 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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