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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Norio Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/312 (2013.01); G02B 26/0875 (2013.01); H04N 9/315 (2013.01); H04N 9/3111 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical module includes a light modulator that modulates light and includes a plurality of pixels, and a pixel shift mechanism. The light modulator is driven based on an interlace method. The pixels of the light modulator each include a first sub-pixel on which a first color light flux or a second color light flux is incident, a second sub-pixel on which a color light flux different from the color light flux incident on the first sub-pixel out of the first color light flux and the second color light flux is incident, and a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel on which a third color light flux is incident. The third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are arranged in a scan direction of the light modulator. The pixel shift mechanism shifts the light modulator in a direction that intersects the scan direction.


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