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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Tamura, Matsumoto, JP;

Kazunori Maeta, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01); G03B 33/12 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01); G03B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/147 (2013.01); G03B 3/04 (2013.01); G03B 21/005 (2013.01); G03B 21/006 (2013.01); G03B 21/145 (2013.01); G03B 21/28 (2013.01); G03B 33/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A projector includes light source, plurality of light modulation devices, light combining device integrated with the plurality of light modulation devices, projection optical device, posture adjustment device that adjusts posture of the light combining device, and control device that controls operation of the posture adjustment device, the posture adjustment device includes lead screw that changes posture of the light combining device, driver that rotates lead screw, shaft member to which rotation of lead screw is transmitted, potentiometer that detects amount of rotation of the shaft member, and photosensor that may be shielded by light shielding portion provided in the shaft member, and the control device includes abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not abnormality has occurred based on detection result by the potentiometer, and return operation unit that, if occurrence of abnormality is determined, returns the light combining device to original position based on detection result by the photosensor.


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