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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharge lamp driving device according to one aspect of the invention includes a discharge lamp driving section configured to supply a driving current to a discharge lamp including electrodes and a control section configured to control the discharge lamp driving section. The control section controls the discharge lamp driving section such that a mixed period is provided in which a first period in which an alternating current having a first frequency is supplied to the discharge lamp and a second period in which a direct current is supplied to the discharge lamp are alternately repeated. The first frequency includes a plurality of frequencies different from one another. The control section temporally changes the length of the first period.