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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
May. 12, 1995
Yoshihiro Masumoto, Kobe, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A projection display apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source includes at least two luminous elements, a plurality of light condensing devices provided in the same number as the luminous elements, and a light transmitting device for transmitting the light beams outgoing from the respective light condensing devices to the light valve in a superimposed state. The light transmitting optical device forms actual images of the plurality of luminous elements on an optical path thereof so that the actual images are substantially inscribed in a circle on the same, single plane. The projection display apparatus further includes a device for lighting up at least one of the plurality of luminous elements selectively so as to change the brightness of the image displayed by projection by steps.