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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakamura, Fukuroi, JP;
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A light source control device controlling a light source that emits light corresponding to supplied current and a color wheel having a plurality of color segments that converts the light emitted from the light source, the light source control device includes: a current generation circuit, which supplies current to the light source, based on a control signal for controlling an amount of the light of the light source; and a control circuit unit, which stores a plurality of modulation factors corresponding to the plurality of color segments and has a plurality of calculation units corresponding to the plurality of color segments, and which operates the calculation unit corresponding to the segment in synchronization with each segment to thus calculate control information of the control signal.