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Projection display apparatus

US8162488B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 2009
Grant dateApr 24, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/281
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A projection display apparatus includes a light valve, a light source for producing light directed to the light valve, an integrator lens disposed in an optical path extending from the light source to the light valve and including a first lens array and a second lens array, and a light amount adjustment mechanism disposed in the optical path between the first lens array and the second lens array. The light amount adjusting mechanism includes a pair of light shielding elements pivoting in the form of a pair of double doors. The pair of light shielding elements have an opening formed in a region of tip portions thereof which corresponds to lens cells in contact with the optical axis of the second lens array. A region of the opening corresponding to one lens cell in contact with the optical axis of the second lens array is of a triangular configuration.

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