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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Toyooka, Matsumoto, JP;

Tatsuya Iguchi, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3158 (2013.01); G02B 5/3083 (2013.01); G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G03B 21/204 (2013.01); G03B 21/2053 (2013.01); G03B 21/2073 (2013.01); H04N 9/3155 (2013.01); H04N 9/3164 (2013.01); H04N 9/3167 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01);
Abstract

A projector includes a light-emitting element that outputs light of a first wavelength band which is in a first polarization state; a retardation plate that converts a portion of the light into a second polarization state; a polarization separation element that separates the light into a first flux of light in the first polarization state and a second flux of light in a second polarization state; a phosphor, which outputs a third flux of light of a second wavelength band; an optical modulator that modulates the light in accordance with a video signal; a light-emitting element control unit that controls brightness of the light-emitting element in accordance with brightness information; and a retardation plate control unit that controls a rotation angle of the retardation plate in accordance with the brightness information.


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