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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Shunsuke Hino, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Shunsuke Hino, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2013.01); G03B 21/006 (2013.01); G03B 21/2026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A projector that performs light control by varying power level of a light source in response to a video signal, includes a cooling fan that cools the light source, and a control device that averages samples of the power level of the light source based on the video signal or a brightness level of the video signal acquired with respect to each unit time and performs feedback control of a rotational speed of the cooling fan based on the average value, wherein the control device varies the number of samples and calculates the average value between the cases where the power level or the brightness level is rising and falling.