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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Yoshihiro Yokote, Hirakata, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Yokote, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical device includes a light source, a light valve and a projection lens configured to enlarge an image to be displayed on the light valve. The light valve is disposed in the vicinity of an object plane of the projection lens. The light source illuminates a peripheral portion more brightly than an optical axis portion, in a plane parallel to the object plane located in the vicinity of the object plane of the projection lens. The optical axis portion is a portion where an optical axis passes through and the peripheral portion is a portion located in the periphery of an optical axis portion.