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Patent No.:

US 8485671 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Mamoru Shibasaki, Tachikawa, JP;

Inventor:

Mamoru Shibasaki, Tachikawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G01J 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A projector apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light beams of a plurality of color components, emissions of the light beams being controlled individually, a projection unit configured to form images respectively corresponding to the color components using the light beams from the light source for each frame and to sequentially project the images, a driving unit configured to drive the light source so that the light beams are emitted as light pulses having respectively predetermined pulse widths for a period in which the projection unit projects each of the images, a detector configured to detect deterioration levels of the light source respectively for the color components, and a controller configured to control the pulse widths of the light beams emitted from the light source based on the deterioration levels.


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