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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akira Komatsu, Tatsuno-machi, JP;

Takahiro Totani, Suwa, JP;

Takashi Takeda, Suwa, JP;

Masayuki Takagi, Matsumoto, JP;

Toshiaki Miyao, Matsumoto, JP;

Hayato Matsuki, Suwa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 5/3041 (2013.01); G02B 6/0035 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02B 6/0056 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/285 (2013.01); G02B 2027/012 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light guide device includes an incident section, a parallel light guide body for light guide, and an emitting section. The emitting section includes a reflection unit formed by arraying a plurality of mirrors. The plurality of mirrors configuring the reflection unit are reflection elements having reflectance of P polarized light lower than reflectance of S polarized light. The plurality of mirrors configuring the reflection unit can be accompanied by wavelength plates to be adjacent to the mirrors.


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