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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Inoko, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yuuki Maeda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/2013 (2013.01); G03B 21/20 (2013.01); G03B 21/204 (2013.01); G03B 21/208 (2013.01); G03B 21/2033 (2013.01); G03B 21/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light sources each having a light emitting area, an optical characteristic converter configured to generate emitting light having a characteristic different from that of incident light from the plurality of light sources, and a first optical system configured to irradiate the incident light on each of a plurality of irradiated areas on the optical characteristic converter. A shape of each irradiation area is non-similar to that of the light emitting area.