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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Kiyotaka Nakano, Azumino, JP;
Masakazu Kawamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomoharu Masuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector includes a light source device which emits an illumination light; an aperture disposed with a tilt with respect to a plane perpendicular to a center axis of the illumination light, provided with an opening section which transmits a part of the illumination light, and block a rest of the illumination light; a pair of first and second lens arrays which divides the illumination light from the light source device into a plurality of partial light; and an overlapping lens which overlaps the illumination light transmitted through the first and second lens arrays, wherein the aperture is disposed on a light path between the light source device and the overlapping lens.