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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoichi Nakagomi, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharge lamp driving device includes: a discharge lamp driving unit that supplies a driving current for driving a discharge lamp to the discharge lamp; and a control unit that controls the discharge lamp driving unit. The control unit controls the discharge lamp driving unit such that the driving current having driving periods is supplied to the discharge lamp, the driving period including: a mixing period which alternately has an AC period in which an alternating current is supplied to the discharge lamp and a first DC period in which a direct current is supplied to the discharge lamp and a second DC period which is provided immediately after the mixing period and in which a direct current having a polarity which is opposite to that of the direct current in the first DC period is supplied to the discharge lamp.