IP Library Granted Patent US 10,845,578
Granted Patent B2
US 10,845,578 · App. 16/776,958 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Light source device and projection display apparatus

Inventors: Manabu Okuno (Osaka, JP); Yohei Katsumata (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G02B13/16G02B26/008G02B27/30G03B21/008G03B21/204G03B21/28H01S5/02288
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Patent No.
US 10,845,578
App. No.
16/776,958
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device 20 includes light source units 200 a to 200 d , lenses 203 a, 203 b , and 205 , and mirrors 204 a and 204 b . Light source units 200 a, 200 b and/or light source units 200 c, 200 d are placed such that the light from units 200 a to 200 d either enters lens 203 a at a position deviated from the optical axis of lens 203 a or enters lens 203 b at a position deviated from the optical axis of lens 203 b.

Claims (32)

1. A light source device comprising:

a first light source unit configured to emit first light;

a second light source unit configured to emit second light;

a third light source unit configured to emit third light;

first, second, and third lenses; and

a mirror,

wherein

the first light enters the third lens after passing through the first lens and the mirror,

the second light enters the third lens after passing through the second lens and being reflected by the mirror, and

the third light enters either the first lens or the second lens, a central axis of the third light being displaced from an optical axis of either the first lens or the second lens on which the third light is incident.

2. A light source device comprising:

a first light source unit configured to emit first light;

a second light source unit configured to emit second light;

a third light source unit configured to emit third light;

first, second, and third lenses; and

a mirror,

wherein

the first light enters the third lens after passing through the first lens and the mirror,

the second light enters the third lens after passing through the second lens and being reflected by the mirror, and

the third light enters either the first lens or the second lens at a non-zero incident angle with respect to an optical axis of either the first lens or the second lens on which the third light is incident.

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

the first lens and the second lens are convex lenses, and

the third lens is a concave lens.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate having a reflective area and a transmissive area,

wherein

the mirror is located in the reflective area of the substrate, and

the first light enters the third lens after passing through the first lens and the transmissive area of the substrate.

5. A projection display apparatus comprising:

the light source device according to claim 1 , the light source device being configured to generate light;

a light modulation element configured to spatially modulate light;

a first optical system configured to cause the light generated by the light source device to enter the light modulation element; and

a second optical system configured to project the light spatially modulated by the light modulation element.

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 Apr 9, 2020
From: OKUNO, MANABU; KATSUMATA, YOHEI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052361/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-018782 · Feb 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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