Abstract:
A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selected from a menu screen. Further, the display modes of the display video using the variable light adjusting function includes: a first display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with light adjusting control information, which is input from external equipment and is capable of controlling the variable light adjusting function in unit of frame of a projected video; and a second display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with the input video.
Abstract:
An optical lens includes a first lens with a positive refractive power, a second lens having a diffractive optical surface and a negative refractive power, and a third lens with a positive refractive power arranged in order from a magnified side to a minified side. A total number of lenses with refractive powers in the optical lens is smaller than six, and the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are made of plastic.
Abstract:
A projector display system comprises a projector and a laminate glass panel comprising first and second glass layers and an assembly of interlayers sandwiched therebetween. The first glass layer is substantially parallel to the second glass layer and the assembly of interlayers includes a reflective polarizer film. The reflective polarizer film of the laminate glass panel has a predetermined range of incident angles defined by an upper limit and a lower limit, wherein when the image is projected onto the laminate glass panel at an incident angle within the predetermined range of incident angles, the reflective polarizer film is adapted to reflect a minimum threshold amount of a first polarized light component of the said image. The projector projects an image onto the laminate glass panel at a selected incident angle that is at least 30° less than the lower limit of the said predetermined range of incident angles.
Abstract:
A light source apparatus configured to emit light includes a condenser unit configured to reflect light from a light source and to condense the light on a condensing point, a light shielding unit disposed on an optical path of the light from the condenser unit, and a reflector unit disposed between the condenser unit and the light shielding unit and configured to reflect the light from the condenser unit. The reflector unit is disposed so that reflected light is condensed by the condenser unit toward the condensing point.
Abstract:
An illumination system includes an excitation light source and a wavelength conversion element. The excitation light source provides an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element has a wavelength conversion region, a reflective region, and a light transmissive region. The wavelength conversion region and the reflective region form an annular region. The light transmissive region is surrounded by the annular region, wherein the excitation beam passes through the light transmissive region of the wavelength conversion element. The illumination system of the disclosure is small in size and achieves favorable optical efficiency. A projection device including the illumination system is also provided.
Abstract:
A light source apparatus and a Projector including the light source apparatus are provided. The light source apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources each including a laser diode and a collimating lens, said collimating lens making a light emitted from said laser diode into an approximately collimated beam, a plurality of housings in which said plurality of light sources are placed so that a light is emitted from each of said light source advances approximately in parallel in the same direction, a condenser lens which condenses lights which is emitted from said plurality of housings to a phosphor, a phosphor wheel having said phosphor, said phosphor wheel transmitting the lights which is emitted from said condenser lens, wherein incident angles of the lights emitted from said housings to an optical axis of said condenser lens are made different by varying mount angles of said housings to a supporting member.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an optical device, an optical element, and an image display device that can achieve an improved absorption efficiency of excitation light. The optical device includes: a light-emitting element; a carrier generation layer on which light from the light-emitting element is incident and in which carriers are generated; a plasmon excitation layer that excites a plasmon, stacked on the upper side of the carrier generation layer and has a plasma frequency higher than a frequency of light generated when the carrier generation layer is excited by the light from the light-emitting element; and an exit layer that converts light or a surface plasmon generated on a surface of the plasmon excitation layer into light having a predetermined exit angle and from which the light having the predetermined exit angle exits. The optical device further includes a polarization conversion layer on the lower side of the carrier generation layer.
Abstract:
There is provided a laser projector, including: a laser source section for emitting laser beams; a spatial light modulator which modulates the laser beams to generate image light; a projector lens from which the image light is emitted; a beam shaper which shapes the laser beams into a shape of the spatial light modulator; and a pupil uniformizer which makes a light intensity distribution uniform at an exit pupil of the projector lens, wherein the pupil uniformizer is situated between the laser source section and the beam shaper.
Abstract:
A triple white light sources and triple filters projector includes a light guiding device; a triple filters formed with a red, green and blue filters set three sides of the light guiding device; a triple white light sources set said three sides of the light guiding device to generate white light beams with sequence, wherein the triple filters located between said triple white light sources and the three sides of the light guiding device, and the white light beams become red, green and blue after passing the triple white light sources; a digital mirror device panel having a plurality of mirror elements each being controlled so as to reflect light fed from said triple white light sources, an image signal being fed into the digital mirror device panel; and lens positioned in the reflected light path from the digital mirror device panel to project image.
Abstract:
A light collecting optical system includes surface-emitting light sources, collimate lenses, and a condenser lens. Light emitting surfaces of the surface-emitting light sources have a rectangular shape of the same size as each other, and have a similar figure to an incident surface of an integrator rod, the collimate lenses are disposed so that the optical distances from the collimate lenses to the condenser lens are approximately the same, and the surface-emitting light sources are disposed so that the optical distances Lr, Lg and Lb from the light emitting surfaces to the collimate lenses satisfy Lb