IP Library Granted Patent US 9,891,514
Granted Patent B2
US 9,891,514 · App. 15/008,197 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Light source apparatus and projection display apparatus

Inventors: Michihiro Okuda (Osaka, JP); Hiroshi Kitano (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G03B21/2066G03B21/2033
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Patent No.
US 9,891,514
App. No.
15/008,197
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source apparatus and a projection display apparatus according to the present disclosure include: a laser light source; and a multiplexing reflection mirror having a first surface on which a partial reflection coating having a predetermined reflectance is formed, and a second surface on which a total reflection coating is formed, the first surface and the second surface being opposite to each other and formed in a parallel flat shape. The multiplexing reflection mirror is disposed so as to incline toward an optical path of an emission light from the laser light source such that the emission light is incident from first surface.

Claims (13)

1. A light source apparatus comprising:

a laser light source;

a phosphor wheel which includes phosphor formed in an annular shape;

a split mirror configured to split an emission light from the laser light source into a first light path not passing through the phosphor wheel and a second light path passing through the phosphor wheel; and

a multiplexing reflection mirror having a first surface on which a partial reflection coating having a predetermined reflectance is formed, and a second surface on which a total reflection coating is formed, the first surface and the second surface being opposite to each other and formed in a parallel flat shape,

wherein the multiplexing reflection mirror is disposed on the first light path and disposed so as to incline toward an optical path of the emission light from the laser light source such that the emission light is incident on the first surface.

2. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a diffusing element which diffuses the emission light from the laser light source.

3. The light source apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the multiplexing reflection mirror is disposed on an optical path, immediately before the diffusing element, of the emission light from the laser light source.

4. The light source apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a light condenser configured to focus the emission light from the laser light source on the diffusing element,

wherein the light condenser is disposed between the laser light source and the multiplexing mirror.

5. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined reflectance falls within a range from 25% to 50%.

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

7. The light source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second light path passes through blue light.

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; KITANO, HIROSHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037731/0399 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-016837 · Jan 30, 2015 · national
JP 2015-253862 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160223895A1 · Aug 4, 2016