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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Tanaka, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector including a light source unit, a lens integrator system, a light modulator having an image formation region where light from the lens integrator system is modulated in accordance with image information, and a projection system that projects light from the light modulator, wherein the projection system is so disposed that the optical axis of the light incident on the projection system is shifted from the optical axis of the projection system in a predetermined direction when the projection system is viewed in the direction in which the light travels toward the projection system, and the lens integrator system is so configured that illuminance of the light on a first side corresponding to the predetermined direction in the image formation region is higher than illuminance of the light on a second side that is opposite the first side.