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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kurozuka, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image projection apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources configured to respectively emit laser lights of colors different from each other; at least one display element configured to modulate each of the laser lights emitted from the plurality of light sources, on the basis of a video signal; an illumination optical system configured to guide the laser lights emitted from the plurality of light sources, to the display element; and a projection lens configured to project the laser lights modulated by the display element. The illumination optical system separately includes: an optical element of a first system configured to uniformize an intensity distribution of one of the laser lights and guide resultant laser light to the display element; and an optical element of a second system configured to uniformize an intensity distribution of another of the laser lights and guide resultant laser light to the display element.