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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Sowa, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuichiro Iwama, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector includes a discharge lamp and a discharge lamp drive section. The discharge lamp drive section is configured to selectively perform a first drive in which first drive power is supplied and a second drive in which second drive power higher than the first drive power is supplied in a first posture, and supply drive power not lower than third drive power and not higher than fourth drive power in a second posture in which optical axis intersects with horizontal plane, the third drive power is drive power with which one of the electrodes in the second posture is set to temperature corresponding to first temperature in the first drive in the first posture, and the fourth drive power is drive power with which one of the electrodes in the second posture is set to temperature corresponding to second temperature in the second drive in the first posture.