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Title:
ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012230360
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an illumination device capable of reducing visibility of speckle.

An illumination device 40 includes: an optical element 50 that can diffuse coherent light; and a plurality of coherent light sources 61a, 61b, 61c emitting coherent beams at the same wavelength. The optical element includes a plurality of incident regions 55a, 55b, 55c. The coherent beam from each coherent light source is incident to the corresponding incident region of the optical element. The coherent beams incident to the respective incident regions of the optical element and then diffused illuminate regions that at least partially overlapping each other.


Inventors:
KURASHIGE MAKIO
Application Number:
JP2012077033A
Publication Date:
November 22, 2012
Filing Date:
March 29, 2012
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Assignee:
DAINIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
International Classes:
G03B21/14; G02B27/18; G02B27/48; G03B21/00; H04N9/31
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hirohito Katsunuma
Hiroyuki Nagai
Katsuomi Isogai
Yukihiro Hotta
Katsumi Ozawa