Abstract:
A projector includes an illumination optical system, a light modulation element, and a projection optical system. The illumination optical system includes a first light source section, a plurality of second light source sections, and an optical axis conversion element. The optical axis conversion element emits the light beam, which is input from the first light source section, so that an exit optical axis of the light beam approximately matches with an illumination optical axis, and emits the light beams, which are respectively input from the plurality of second light source sections, so that exit optical axes of the light beams intersect the exit optical axis of the light beam from the first light source section between the optical axis conversion element and the light modulation element.
Abstract:
An illuminator includes: a first light source and a second light source that are disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to an illumination optical axis, wherein each of the first and second light sources includes an arc tube, a first reflector disposed to surround part of the entire space around the optical axis of the arc tube, the first reflector reflecting the light emitted from the arc tube toward an object to be illuminated, and a second reflector disposed on the opposite side of the optical axis of the arc tube to the first reflector, the second reflector reflecting the light emitted from the arc tube toward the first reflector.
Abstract:
A projection-type display device 1 including a light source 10, an optical integrator 20, dichroic mirrors 30 and 35, a reflecting mirror 36, a relay optical system 40, parallelizing lenses 50B, 50G and 50R, liquid crystal light valves 60B, 60G and 60R, incident side lenses 70B, 70G and 70R, a light-synthesizing cross dichroic prism 80, a relay lens 90, an emergent side lens 95, a liquid crystal light valve 100 and a projection lens 110, and liquid crystal light valve 100 is provided in the rear stage of liquid crystal light valves 60B, 60G and 60R.
Abstract:
A polarizing conversion device in accordance with the invention includes a first optical element for condensing an incident beam and forming a plurality of intermediate beams spatially separated from one another, and a second optical element for spatially separating each intermediate beam into two polarized beams and aligning the polarization directions of the polarized beams, thereby obtaining the same type of polarized beams. In the second optical element, a shading plate is placed to prevent light from directly entering a section corresponding to a reflecting plane of a polarizing separation unit array. Since the ability of separating the intermediate beam into two polarized beams is thereby enhanced, it is possible to perform conversion into the same type of polarized beams polarized in the same direction, with high efficiency.
Abstract:
A projection type display apparatus 1 is roughly composed of a polarized light beam illumination device 100, a polarization beam splitter 200, a reflection type liquid crystal device 300, and a projection optical system 500. The polarized light beam illumination device 100 includes a light source unit 110, a first optical element 120 and a second optical element 130, and the light beams emerging from the light source unit 110 are divided into a plurality of intermediate light beams by the first optical element 120 and thereafter converted into polarized light beams having approximately one kind of a polarization direction by the second optical element 130. The polarized light beams are reflected at the polarization beam splitter 200 and modulated by the reflection type liquid crystal device 300 and thereafter projected to a projection surface 600 through the projection optical system 500. According to the projection type display apparatus arranged as described above, the length of a light path is shortened to thereby prevent light loss as well as uneven brightness to a region to be illuminated, by which a projected image having uniform brightness and good quality can be obtained.
Abstract:
An apparatus which makes dark lines due to a central axis of a cross dichroic prism sufficiently inconspicuous. In a second lens array, minute lenses arranged on the same column include three different types of minute lenses having optical axes at different positions. Each row of the minute lenses consists of one of the three types of minute lenses. Partial light fluxes respectively passing through the minute lenses have optical axes at different positions relative to a center of a lighting area of a liquid-crystal light bulb, so as to illuminate different illumination areas.
Abstract:
An illumination device includes a light source including plural light emitting devices arranged in a pattern and that generate and guide light, the light emitting devices having tilted gain regions wherein guiding directions of the light are tilted with respect to a perpendicular of output surfaces of the light source, an optical axis conversion device that bends optical axes of the light output from the light source, and a light distribution control device that controls a light distribution angle of the light output from the optical axis conversion device, wherein the light emitting devices are super luminescent diodes, and the light output from the light distribution control device diverge.
Abstract:
A projector includes a liquid crystal light valve to which the image data is written in a line sequential manner, a polarization switching element for switching between the first and second polarization states throughout the switching areas in a line sequential manner, and a birefringent optical element for changing the light path of the incident light in accordance with the polarization state thereof. The boundary position between the switching areas of the first and second polarization states moves in sync with the boundary position between the first and second image data writing areas corresponding to the first and second sub-frame.
Abstract:
A projector which is small in size and excellent in light utilization efficiency while keeping the advantage of a spatially-pixel-arrangement type is provided. The luminous flux emitted from a light source is separated by a color separation system into a plurality of kinds of colors of light different in exit direction. These separated colors of light are modulated by a light valve, to form first optical images. The light valve has a plurality of sub-pixels provided corresponding to the colors of light and micro-lenses to focus the colors of light corresponding to the sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are structured in a size nearly equal to a size of a color of light to be focused on the relevant sub-pixel by micro-lenses. Accordingly, the first optical image is in a form non-analogous with the actual projection image. The first optical images are converted into second optical images having a desired aspect ratio by an anamorphic projection system, and then projected.
Abstract:
A cold head is disposed in an insulating container and cooled by a refrigerator. A superconductor is disposed in the insulating container, contacting the cold head, and is cooled to its superconduction transition temperature or lower by heat conduction. A magnetizing coil is disposed outside the insulating container for applying a magnetic field to the superconductor. Control is performed so that a magnetic field determined considering the magnetic field to be captured by the superconductor is applied. A pulsed magnetic field is applied to the superconductor a plurality of times. Each pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature of the superconductor is a predetermined temperature or lower. A maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied at least once in an initial or intermediate stage of the repeated application of pulsed magnetic fields. After that, a pulsed magnetic field equal to or less than the maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied. Pulsed magnetic fields are repeatedly applied while the temperature of the superconductor is lowered. A pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature T0 of a central portion of the superconductor is the superconduction transition temperature or lower and the temperature of a peripheral portion is higher than T0. The temperature of the entire superconductor is brought close to T0 to apply another pulsed magnetic field. The magnetizing coil faces at least one of two opposite sides of the superconductor to apply pulsed magnetic fields to the superconductor in its magnetization direction.