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Projector and method for controlling a projector discharge lamp

US9152027B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2012
Grant dateOct 6, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control section relatively decreases an absolute value of a current supplied to a discharge lamp in a first period and relatively increases the absolute value in a second period, and in the second period, performs any one of a first control for supplying an alternating current to the discharge lamp, a second control for supplying, to the discharge lamp, a current in which a maximum duration of a first polarity is longer than that in the first control, and a third control for supplying, to the discharge lamp, a current in which a maximum duration of a second polarity is longer than that in the first control, and as the state of deterioration proceeds, decreases at least one of the maximum duration of the first polarity in the second control and the maximum duration of the second polarity in the third control.

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