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Granted Patent B2
US 9,568,817 · App. 14/830,285 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Illumination apparatus and projector

Inventor: Koichi Akiyama (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G03B21/208G03B21/204G03B21/2013G03B21/2066H04N9/3152H04N9/3164
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Patent No.
US 9,568,817
App. No.
14/830,285
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination apparatus includes a light source apparatus that outputs first, second, and third light beams, an afocal system on which the first, second, and third light beams are incident, a first fly-eye lens, a second fly-eye lens, a light convergence system provided in a position downstream of the second fly-eye lens, and a phosphor layer that the first light beam, the second light beam, and the third light beam enter via the light convergence system. When a ratio between the distance between the first light beam and the second light beam and the distance between the first light beam and the third light beam is defined as a ratio R, the ratio R on the light exiting side of the afocal system differs from the ratio R on the light incident side of the afocal system.

Claims (13)

1. An illumination apparatus comprising:

a light source apparatus that outputs a first light beam, a second light beam, and a third light beam;

an afocal system on which the first light beam, the second light beam, and the third light beam are incident;

a first fly-eye lens provided in a position downstream of the afocal system;

a second fly-eye lens provided in a position downstream of the first fly-eye lens;

a light convergence system provided in a position downstream of the second fly-eye lens; and

a phosphor layer which is provided in a position downstream of the light convergence system and on which the first light beam, the second light beam, and the third light beam are incident via the light convergence system,

wherein a ratio R is defined to be a ratio between the distance between the first light beam and the second light beam and the distance between the first light beam and the third light beam, the afocal system is so configured that the ratio R on the light exiting side of the afocal system differs from the ratio R on the light incident side of the afocal system, and the afocal system includes a convex lens having an aspherical surface.

2. A projector comprising:

an illumination apparatus that outputs illumination light;

a light modulator that modulates the illumination light in accordance with image information to form image light; and

a projection system that projects the image light,

wherein the illumination apparatus is the illumination apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2015
From: AKIYAMA, KOICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036363/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-175470 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160062223A1 · Mar 3, 2016