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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Tetsuo Terashima, Azumino, JP;
Shunsuke Hino, Matsumoto, JP;
Tetsuo Terashima, Azumino, JP;
Shunsuke Hino, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector includes a light source lamp, a cooling device adapted to feed a cooling fluid to the light source lamp to thereby cool the light source lamp, a lighting control section adapted to supply the light source lamp with the lamp electric power having either one of a first electric power value and a second electric power value higher than the first electric power value to thereby light the light source lamp, and a cooling control section adapted to control the cooling device, and the cooling control section controls the cooling device so that the cooling fluid at a flow rate lower than a set flow rate set in accordance with the second electric power value is fed to the light source lamp during a predetermined period after the lamp electric power is switched from the first electric power value to the second electric power value.