Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218050 | Light source and projector - A light source includes an arc tube which emits light, a reflector which reflects the light emitted from the arc tube, and a holding unit which holds the reflector. The holding unit has an air supply port through which cooling air is introduced into the light source on the light emitting side of the arc tube, and a first rectifying portion which guides cooling air having been supplied from the air supply port and passed through the light emitting side of the arc tube toward an area above the arc tube. | 09-11-2008 |
20090080199 | Lighting system, projector, and method for assembling lighting system - The invention provides an illumination system that can include a first reflecting mirror arranged on a rear side of a light-emitting portion of the illumination system including an arc tube, and a second reflecting mirror arranged on the front side of the light-emitting portion of an optical system. The system is arranged so that the diameter on a reflecting surface of the first reflecting mirror corresponding to the available marginal light emitted from the light-emitting portion to the rear side of the illumination system is larger than the diameter of the outer surface of the second reflecting mirror and the diameter of the outer surface of the second reflecting mirror is set to a size within the light as the available marginal light reflected by the first reflecting mirror, a reflecting surface of the second reflecting mirror surrounds about half of the front side of the light-emitting portion, and the light emitted from the center of the light-emitting portion and incident on the second reflecting mirror agrees with the normal of the second reflecting mirror. | 03-26-2009 |
20090085495 | LIGHT SOURCE AND PROJECTOR - A light source includes an discharge lamp including a first electrode and a second electrode emitting light by discharge between them, a drive unit performing a steady operation which supplies steady energy to the first and second electrodes and an initial operation which supplies energy to the first and second electrodes with an operation different from the steady operation before performing the steady operation, a determination unit determining states of the discharge lamp and a data storage unit storing plural initial power feeding conditions provided corresponding to states of the discharge lamp as examples of the initial operation and plural steady power feeding conditions provided corresponding to the states of the discharge lamp as examples of the steady operation, in which the drive unit performs the initial operation in any one of conditions selected from the plural initial power feeding conditions according to a determination result by the determination unit and performs the steady operation in any one of conditions selected from the plural steady power feeding conditions according to a determination result by the determination unit. | 04-02-2009 |
20090108770 | LIGHT SOURCE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE - A light source includes an arc tube having a first electrode and a second electrode that emit light by discharge between the electrodes, and a driving unit that supplies a current between the first electrode and the second electrode and can change at least a waveform of frequency and waveform of the supplied current. The driving unit can perform lighting drive of the arc tube, using a driving waveform formed by combining a first lighting waveform having a maximum current value at a part other than a half-cycle rear end of the waveform and a second lighting waveform having a maximum current value at the half-cycle rear end of the waveform. | 04-30-2009 |
20090153073 | Light source device, projector, and driving method of discharge lamp - To prevent biased consumption of electrodes in a discharge lamp and to prevent biased precipitation of the electrode material, a light source is provided. The light source device has a discharge lamp that emits light by discharge between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a driver that supplies alternating current to the first and the second electrodes so as to maintain the discharge, and changes duty ratio of the alternating current in accordance with predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern includes a plurality of section periods for which the duty ratio maintains mutually different values for a predetermined period. | 06-18-2009 |
20090153806 | Light source device, projector, and driving method of discharge lamp - A light source device is provided. The light source device has: a discharge lamp that emits light by discharge in an interelectrode space between a first electrode and a second electrode; a main mirror arranged at the first electrode side that reflects light flux generated by the discharge in the interelectrode space so as to emit the light flux to an area to be illuminated;
| 06-18-2009 |
20090207385 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A method for driving a discharge lamp that supplies an AC current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode so as to produce discharge and to cause the discharge lamp to emit light includes, during a steady operation in which the AC current is supplied to the discharge lamp, changing a difference between the absolute values of average current values for two polarities during one cycle of the AC current in accordance with a predetermined pattern. | 08-20-2009 |
20090212711 | DRIVING METHOD AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for driving a discharge lamp that lights by performing discharge between two electrodes while alternately switching a polarity of a voltage applied between the two electrodes includes: modulating an anode duty ratio, which is a ratio of an anode time for which one of the electrodes operates as an anode in one period of the polarity switching, by setting first and second periods with different anode duty ratios; and setting the first period, in which the anode duty ratio is higher than that in the second period, longer than the second period in one modulation period, which includes the first and second periods and for which the modulation is performed, when a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212714 | DRIVING METHOD AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving method for a discharge lamp that lights by performing discharge between two electrodes while alternately switching a polarity of a voltage applied between the two electrodes includes: modulating an anode duty ratio, which is a ratio of an anode time for which one of the electrodes operates as an anode in one period of the polarity switching, within a predetermined range; and changing the predetermined range to make a maximum value of the modulated anode duty ratio higher than a maximum value of an initial anode duty ratio of the discharge lamp when a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213336 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: plural high-pressure discharge lamps; a high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device for lighting the plural high-pressure discharge lamps; a light combining system that combines and outputs lights from the plural high-pressure discharge lamps; an electro-optical modulation device that modulates the light from the light combining system according to image information; and a projection system that projects the light modulated by the electro-optical modulation device, wherein the high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device supplies alternating lamp currents having alternating-current waveforms with the same waveform and period and phases shifted by a predetermined amount with respect to each of the high-pressure discharge lamps to the respective plural high-pressure discharge lamps. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213341 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A method for driving a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode includes the steps of, in a situation where a tip portion of the first electrode becomes higher than a tip portion of the second electrode in temperature when power of the same amount is fed to the first and second electrodes during a steady operation, changing a difference between the absolute values of average current values for two polarities during one cycle of the AC current in accordance with a predetermined pattern, and setting an operation time ratio of the first electrode as an anode during one cycle so as to be smaller than an operation time ratio of the second electrode as an anode during one cycle. | 08-27-2009 |
20090218955 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A method for driving a discharge lamp that supplies an AC current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode so as to produce discharge and to cause the discharge lamp to emit light includes the steps of, during a steady operation in which the AC current is supplied to the first electrode and the second electrode, when power of the same amount is fed to the first and second electrodes, and a tip portion of the first electrode becomes higher than a tip portion of the second electrode in temperature, changing the duty ratio of the AC current to be supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode in accordance with a predetermined pattern, and setting a current value when the first electrode operates as an anode during one cycle so as to be smaller than a current value when the second electrode operates as an anode during one cycle. | 09-03-2009 |
20090231553 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROJECTOR - A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a power control circuit outputting DC current; an AC conversion circuit being supplied with the DC current and generating and outputting discharge-lamp driving AC current by inverting the polarity of the DC current at a predetermined time; and a control unit performing a duty ratio control process of controlling a duty ratio on the basis of a polarity inversion time of the discharge-lamp driving AC current on the AC conversion circuit and performing an interval current control process of controlling a current value of the DC current every polarity inversion time interval on the power control circuit. Here, the control unit performs the interval current control process so as to control a difference between an average value and a maximum value of the DC current of each polarity inversion time interval on the basis of a difference between the duty ratio and a predetermined reference duty ratio. | 09-17-2009 |
20090236998 | DRIVING METHOD AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving method for a discharge lamp that lights by performing discharge between two electrodes while alternately switching a polarity of a voltage applied between the two electrodes includes: modulating an anode duty ratio, which is a ratio of an anode time for which one of the electrodes operates as an anode in one period of the polarity switching, by setting first and second periods with different anode duty ratios; and setting a first polarity switching period in the first period to be shorter than a second polarity switching period in the second period. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237009 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROJECTOR - A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a power control circuit outputting DC current; an AC conversion circuit generating and outputting discharge lamp driving AC current by inverting the polarity of the DC current at a predetermined timing; a control circuit performing an AC conversion control process of controlling a polarity inversion timing of the discharge lamp driving AC current on the AC conversion circuit and performing an interval current control process of controlling a current value of the DC current every polarity inversion timing interval on the power control circuit; a detection unit detecting a discharge lamp driving voltage at the time of normal lighting; a history information storage periodically storing history information of the detected discharge lamp driving voltage, a statistics processing unit statistically processing the stored history information every predetermined period; and a statistical information storage storing information having been subjected to the statistical process as statistical information. Here, the control circuit sets and controls at least one of a frequency, a duty ratio, and a waveform of the discharge lamp driving AC current on the basis of a time-dependent tendency of the statistical information. | 09-24-2009 |
20100007861 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a plurality of light source devices; an image projecting unit, and projects the image light; a power supply device; and an outer housing, wherein the plurality of light source devices include a same shape, a plurality of light source storage units each of which accommodates the corresponding one of the plurality of light source devices are provided inside the outer housing, an opening through which the light source devices are attached and detached in the side direction of the outer housing is formed on the outer housing, and the plurality of light source devices are inserted into the plurality of light source storage units through the opening with the same surfaces of the respective light source devices located on the upper side. | 01-14-2010 |
20100134766 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD - A lighting device that lights a discharge lamp which contains a pair of electrodes and light emission substance including mercury, includes: a first terminal connected with the electrode to which mercury easily adheres, and a second terminal connected with the electrode to which mercury is difficult to adhere; a setting unit which sets AC current supplied to the first and second terminals in a starting period from insulation break down of the discharge lamp until start of discharge between the tips of the pair of the electrodes; and a supplying unit which supplies AC current set by the setting unit to the first and second terminals, wherein the setting unit sets AC current such that the half-cycle electric quantity supplied to the first terminal becomes larger than the half-cycle electric quantity supplied to the second terminal in the initial term of the starting period under the condition in which the first terminal initially operates as cathode, and that the half-cycle electricity quantities supplied to the first and second terminals become substantially equal in the final term of the starting period. | 06-03-2010 |
20100148682 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GENERATING TIME-DIVISION COLOR-SEPARATED LIGHT - A light source device includes: a discharge lamp provided with two electrodes; a discharge lamp lighting section adapted to light the discharge lamp by supplying the discharge lamp with electrical power while alternately switching a polarity of one of the electrodes of the discharge lamp with respect to the other of the electrodes; and a time-division color separation section adapted to receive light emitted from the discharge lamp in a lighted state and sequentially emit light beams with colors different from each other, wherein the discharge lamp lighting section switches the polarity in sync with a change in the color of the light beam emitted from the time-division color separation section, and provides, as retentive periods in which a duty ratio, which is a ratio of a positive polarity period with the polarity kept positive to a period of the polarity switching, is retained at a constant value over a predetermined period of time, a first retentive period and a second retentive period different in the duty ratio from the first retentive period, thereby modulating the duty ratio. | 06-17-2010 |
20100165305 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE - A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a discharge lamp driving unit that supplies an AC driving current to a discharge lamp to drive the discharge lamp; a current detecting unit that detects the AC driving current supplied to the discharge lamp; and a control unit that controls the discharge lamp driving unit, wherein the control unit controls the discharge lamp driving unit after a predetermined time from the start of lighting driving operation of the discharge lamp on the basis of the behavior of the AC driving current detected by the current detecting unit at the predetermined time from the start of lighting driving operation of the discharge lamp. | 07-01-2010 |
20100208212 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHTING THEREOF - A projector includes: first and second lamps; a combining member configured to combine the light from the first and second lamps; a light modulation device arranged on the downstream side of an optical path of the combining member configured to provide higher modulation contrast with respect to the light emitted from the first lamp and entering in a state of being inclined in a first direction with respect to a system optical axis than modulation contrast with respect to the light emitted from the second lamp and entering in a state of being inclined in a second direction; and an illumination control device configured to turn ON the first lamp having the higher contrast with respect to the light modulation device on a priority basis for illumination of the light modulation device in a one-lamp mode in which only one of the first and second lamps is turned ON. | 08-19-2010 |
20100231867 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device, includes: an arc tube which has a light emission portion containing a pair of electrodes disposed along an illumination axis, and a pair of sealing portions extending from both sides of the light emission portion; a reflector which has a reflection portion disposed in the vicinity of one of the sealing portions (the one sealing portion) of the arc tube for reflecting light emitted from the arc tube toward an illumination area; and a rectifying portion disposed between the light emission portion and the reflector for regulating a flow direction of cooling air and transmitting the light from the arc tube. | 09-16-2010 |
20100302510 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: a light source which emits light; a first reflector which surrounds a part of the light source and reflects the light emitted from the light source in the direction of an optical axis; and a second reflector which surrounds at least a part of the light source different from the part surrounded by the first reflector and reflects the light emitted from the light source toward the first reflector, wherein the position of a convergence spot of the light reflected by the second reflector is displaced from the position of an emission spot of the light source at least in the direction of a plane perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis. | 12-02-2010 |
20110242505 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes an arc tube having a tube spherical portion containing a light emission portion and a pair of sealing portions, a reflector and a sub mirror having a reflecting portion and a fixing portion. The reflector is so shaped that at least an end on one side is removed in a cross-sectional view cut along a predetermined plane containing a revolution center axis. The fixing portion of the sub mirror is so constructed as to cover at least the sealing portion as one of the pair of the sealing portions of the arc tube through an area larger than the half of the outer circumference of the sealing portion. | 10-06-2011 |
20120008106 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A method for driving a discharge lamp that supplies an AC current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode so as to produce discharge and to cause the discharge lamp to emit light includes, during a steady operation in which the AC current is supplied to the discharge lamp, changing a difference between the absolute values of average current values for two polarities during one cycle of the AC current in accordance with a predetermined pattern. | 01-12-2012 |
20120026468 | PROJECTOR - A projector adapted to switch between a right-eye image and a left-eye image at predetermined timings to output the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately, includes: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp; and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period between the switching timings temporally adjacent to each other starts with a first period and ends with a second period, and the control section performs a second period alternating-current control process for controlling the discharge lamp drive section so that an absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period, and becomes relatively large in the second period, and an alternating current is supplied to the discharge lamp as the drive current in the second period. | 02-02-2012 |
20120086923 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISCHARGE LAMP - To prevent biased consumption of electrodes in a discharge lamp and to prevent biased precipitation of the electrode material, a light source is provided. The light source device has a discharge lamp that emits light by discharge between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a driver that supplies alternating current to the first and the second electrodes so as to maintain the discharge, and changes duty ratio of the alternating current in accordance with predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern includes a plurality of section periods for which the duty ratio maintains mutually different values for a predetermined period. | 04-12-2012 |
20120169247 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a method for driving a discharge lamp includes changing a duty ratio of an AC current to be supplied between a first electrode and a second electrode of the discharge lamp in accordance with a predetermined pattern, and setting a current value when the first electrode operates as an anode during one cycle so as to be smaller than a current value when the second electrode operates as an anode during one cycle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120249011 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISCHARGE LAMP - To prevent biased consumption of electrodes in a discharge lamp and to prevent biased precipitation of the electrode material, a light source is provided. The light source device has a discharge lamp that emits light by discharge between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a driver that supplies alternating current to the first and the second electrodes so as to maintain the discharge, and changes duty ratio of the alternating current in accordance with predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern includes a plurality of section periods for which the duty ratio maintains mutually different values for a predetermined period. | 10-04-2012 |
20140055752 | PROJECTOR - A projector adapted to switch between a right-eye image and a left-eye image at predetermined timings to output the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately, includes: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp; and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period between the switching timings temporally adjacent to each other starts with a first period and ends with a second period, and the control section performs a second period alternating-current control process for controlling the discharge lamp drive section so that an absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period, and becomes relatively large in the second period, and an alternating current is supplied to the discharge lamp as the drive current in the second period. | 02-27-2014 |