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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Narimatsu, Suwa, JP;
Hidehito Iisaka, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector including a first light source, a second light source that emits light having a color different from the first light source, a light modulator that modulates the light emitted from each of the first and the second light sources, and a controller that controls a first operation state in which the first and the second light sources are driven based on time division driving to perform image display and a second operation state in which the first and the second light sources are driven based on time division driving to perform illumination, wherein in the second operation state, a switching frequency at which the first and the second light sources are switched from one to the other is higher than a switching frequency at which the first and the second light sources are switched from one to the other in the first operation state.