Seiko Epson Corporation

Kosuke Tabayashi

Norikazu Kadotani

Yusaku Takamine

Yoshitsugu Akutagawa

Daisuke Yamazaki

A phosphor wheel includes a wheel element including a disk-shaped substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, an annular phosphor disposed at the first surface on a circle around the center of the substrate, and a plurality of fins disposed at the second surface and extending outward from the side facing the center of the substrate, and a balance corrector that corrects nonuniformity of the rotational balance of the wheel element, and the balance corrector includes a first balancer and a second balancer that is lighter than the first balancer.

Phosphor wheel, light source apparatus, and projector

An illumination device with projector includes a projector having a projection optical system, a projector holding section configured to hold the projector, a stand part to be coupled to the projector holding section, and a shade which is configured to cover a periphery of the projector holding section, and is provided with a projection opening through which projection light emitted from the projector is transmitted. The projector holding section is provided with an angle adjustment mechanism for changing a tilt angle of the projector centering on an end portion at an exit side of the projector.

Illumination device with projector and illumination device

A wavelength conversion device according to the present disclosure includes a wheel substrate, a phosphor layer formed on the wheel substrate, and a cooling fin unit disposed on the wheel substrate. The cooling fin unit has a base part to be bonded to the wheel substrate. A surface of the wheel substrate includes a first area corresponding to the phosphor layer, and a second area located closer to the central axis than the first area, the surface of the wheel substrate and a surface at the wheel substrate side of the base part are separated from each other to form a space between the wheel substrate and the base part, and a coupling part configured to thermally couple the surface of the wheel substrate and the surface at the wheel substrate side of the base part is disposed in at least the second area of the second surface.

Wavelength conversion device, light source device, and projector

An illumination device with a projector includes a base, a shade having a side-surface shade surrounding an outer circumferential side of the base, an upper-surface shade disposed above the base, and a lower-surface shade disposed below the base, a projector which is installed on the base, and projects image light toward the side-surface shade, and an illumination unit for illuminating the upper-surface shade and the lower-surface shade from inside the shade. The side-surface shade is provided with a mirror surface part for reflecting light which shines on the side-surface shade from the outside. The mirror surface part is provided with an image light transmission part which the image light enters. The image light transmission part is a semi-transmissive mirror. Therefore, the image light can be projected via the semi-transmissive mirror, but a projection opening of the projector is not seen from the outside.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Kosuke Tabayashi