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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Toshiyuki Shirasu, Kanagawa, JP;
Daizo Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirobumi Nagumo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tessho Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Shirasu, Kanagawa, JP;
Daizo Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirobumi Nagumo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tessho Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.