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Illuminating device and projector utilizing the same

US5692819A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/74
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A projector comprising a light source having first and second high-luminance light emitting areas, an illuminating optical system for directing the light, from said light source, toward an object to be illuminated, wherein said first and second high-luminance light-emitting areas are positioned on the optical axis of said illuminating optical system, and a projection optical system for projecting the light emerging from said illuminated object, wherein said illuminating optical system is constructed in such a manner that a central area of said illuminated object is illuminated by most of the light beam from said first high-luminance light-emitting area, and a peripheral area of said illuminated object is illuminated by the remainder of the light beam from said first high-luminance light emitting area and most of the light from said second high-luminance light-emitting area.

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