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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

May. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshitaka Itoh, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3164 (2013.01); G02B 26/008 (2013.01); H04N 9/3111 (2013.01); H04N 9/3114 (2013.01); H04N 9/3152 (2013.01);
Abstract

A projector includes: a light source having a plurality of light emitting sections; a light modulation device including a reflecting section adapted to reflect the light from the light source in accordance with image information; and a projection lens adapted to project an image formed by the light modulation device, wherein the light from the light source obliquely enters the reflecting section, the light source includes a first region where the light emitting sections are disposed at a first density, and a second region where the light emitting sections are disposed at a second density higher than the first density, and a distance between the first region and the reflecting section is shorter than a distance between the second region and the reflecting section.


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