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Projector and control method thereof

US7896505B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 2010
Grant dateMar 1, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/206
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.

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