JP2012048847A - Light-emitting unit, and projector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light-emitting unit with extraction efficiency of fluorescent light improved, and to provide a projector capable of projecting bright images.SOLUTION: The light-emitting unit 64 is provided with a fluorescent wheel 71 equipped with a fluorescent light-emitting part in a base material, and a light source 72 for irradiating excitation light on the fluorescent light-emitting part of the fluorescent wheel 71. A fluorescent layer 131 for emitting the light of a given wavelength band to a surface side is formed at the fluorescent light-emitting part with receipt of the excitation light from the light source 72, a short-pass filter 132 for transmitting the light from the light source 72 and reflecting the fluorescent light is fitted to an excitation light irradiation side in the fluorescent layer 131, and a long-pass filter 133 for transmitting the fluorescent light and reflecting light from the light source 72 is fitted to a fluorescent light irradiation side in the fluorescent layer 131, and furthermore, an incident direction of the light from the light source 72 irradiated on the fluorescent light-emitting part through the short-pass filter 132, and an irradiation direction of the fluorescent light irradiated from the fluorescent light-emitting part through the long-pass filter 133 are to be different from each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a light emitting unit and a projector incorporating the light emitting unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Today, data projectors are widely used as image projection apparatuses that project a screen of a personal computer, a video image, an image based on image data stored in a memory card or the like onto a screen. This projector focuses light emitted from the light emitting unit on a micromirror display element called a DMD (digital micromirror device) or a liquid crystal plate, and displays a color image on a screen.

  Conventionally, projectors that use high-intensity discharge lamps have been the mainstream of such projectors. However, in recent years, projectors that use light-emitting diodes or light-emitting units having organic EL, or phosphors that are emitted are excited. Projectors that use fluorescent light as light source light have been developed.

  For example, in JP 2010-86815 A (Patent Document 1), an excitation light source and a fluorescent wheel in which a layer of a phosphor that receives light from the excitation light source and emits light of a predetermined wavelength band is disposed on a base material; Have been proposed. In this document, a fluorescent wheel is formed of a transparent substrate such as glass or resin, a phosphor layer is provided on the substrate, and a dichroic layer that transmits excitation light and reflects fluorescence light is provided on the excitation light incident side. There is disclosed a light emitting unit provided with an excitation light reflection layer that reflects excitation light and transmits fluorescence light on the emission side of the fluorescence light.

  According to the present invention, the excitation light emitted from the phosphor layer to the emission side by being scattered and reflected without being absorbed by the phosphor can be reflected and introduced again into the phosphor layer. Use efficiency can be increased. In addition, according to the present invention, since the fluorescent light emitted from the phosphor layer to the incident side (light source side) is reflected by the dichroic layer, the utilization efficiency of the fluorescent light can be improved. That is, according to the present invention, the utilization efficiency of excitation light and the utilization efficiency of fluorescent light can be enhanced, and the fluorescent wheel can emit light brightly.

JP 2010-86815 A

  In order to increase the amount of fluorescent light from the phosphor in the light emitting unit, it is necessary to increase the concentration of the phosphor in the phosphor layer. However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, the incident direction of the excitation light and the emission direction of the fluorescent light are the same direction. Therefore, there is a concern that the fluorescent light extraction efficiency may be reduced when the phosphor concentration is high. There was a problem of being.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and includes a light emitting unit with improved fluorescence light extraction efficiency and a projector capable of projecting a bright image by including the light emitting unit. And is intended to provide.

  The light emitting unit of the present invention includes a fluorescent plate having a fluorescent light emitting portion on a base material, and a light source that irradiates excitation light to the fluorescent light emitting portion of the fluorescent plate, and the fluorescent light emitting portion receives excitation light from the light source. Thus, a phosphor layer that emits light of a predetermined wavelength band to the surface side that has received excitation light is formed, the excitation light incident side in the phosphor layer transmits light emitted from the light source, and A short-pass filter that reflects the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit is provided, and the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit is transmitted to the fluorescent light emitting side of the phosphor layer and emitted from the light source. A long-pass filter that reflects light is provided.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, the short pass filter, the long pass filter, and the fluorescent light emitting unit can be arranged to have a substantially triangular shape.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, it is preferable that a reflective surface is formed on the surface of the base material in the fluorescent light emitting unit, and a phosphor layer is formed on the reflective surface.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, it is more preferable that the short pass filter and the long pass filter are arranged substantially perpendicular to each other.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, the base material is a disc or an annular shape, the fluorescent light emitting unit is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base material, and a driving device for rotating the base material in the circumferential direction is provided. It is preferable.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, a plurality of fluorescent light emitting portions may be formed in the circumferential direction on the base material.

  In the light emitting unit of the present invention, the outer peripheral surface of the base material is a tapered surface that is inclined with respect to the front and back surfaces of the fluorescent plate, and the fluorescent light emitting unit and a reflective part that reflects light on the tapered surface Are formed in the circumferential direction, and a diffusion transmission part for diffusing and transmitting the light may be provided on the optical path of the light reflected by the reflection part.

  Furthermore, in the light emitting unit of the present invention, an antireflection film may be formed on the incident side of the short pass filter.

  The projector according to the present invention includes the light emitting unit, a light guide optical system that guides light emitted from the light emitting unit to a predetermined surface, a display element, and a light guide to the predetermined surface by the light guide optical system. A light source side optical system for condensing the emitted light on the display element, a projection side optical system for projecting an image emitted from the display element onto a screen, and a projector control means for controlling the display element. It is characterized by.

  According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a projector comprising: the above light emitting unit; a red light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a red wavelength band; a blue light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a blue wavelength band; A light guide optical system for guiding light emitted from the red light source device and the blue light source device to a predetermined surface, a display element, and light guided to the predetermined surface by the light guide optical system A light source side optical system for condensing on the element; a projection side optical system for projecting an image emitted from the display element onto a screen; and a projector control means for controlling the display element. The phosphor plate is provided with an annular fluorescent light emitting portion having a green phosphor layer that emits fluorescent light in the green wavelength band upon receiving excitation light from the light source. Sometimes it is.

  The projector of the present invention guides light emitted from the light emitting unit, a red light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a red wavelength band, and light emitted from the light emitting unit and the red light source device to a predetermined surface. A light guide optical system, a display element, a light source side optical system for condensing the light guided to a predetermined surface by the light guide optical system on the display element, and an image emitted from the display element And a projector control means for controlling the display element, wherein the light source is a laser emitter that emits light in a blue wavelength band, and the fluorescent plate is excited by the light source. A fluorescent light emitting unit having a green phosphor layer that receives light and emits fluorescent light in the green wavelength band and a reflective unit that reflects light from the light source may be provided side by side.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the light emission unit which improved the extraction efficiency of fluorescence light, and the projector which can project a bright image by providing this light emission unit can be provided.

1 is an external perspective view showing a projector according to an embodiment of the invention. It is a functional block diagram of the projector which concerns on the Example of this invention. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an internal structure of a projector according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing a layout of a light source unit of the projector according to the embodiment of the invention. It is the front schematic diagram of the fluorescent wheel which concerns on the Example of this invention, and the plane schematic diagram which shows a partial cross section. It is the front schematic diagram of the fluorescent wheel which concerns on the Example of this invention, and the plane schematic diagram which shows a partial cross section. It is a schematic diagram which shows intensity distribution of the light emitted from the light source which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the property of the short pass filter provided in the fluorescent wheel which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the light which injects into the fluorescence light emission part of the fluorescence wheel which concerns on the Example of this invention, and the light inject | emitted from a fluorescence light emission part. It is the front schematic diagram of an annular | circular shaped fluorescent wheel, and the plane schematic diagram which shows a partial cross section. FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing a layout of a light source unit of a projector according to a modified example of the invention. It is the front schematic diagram of the fluorescence wheel which provided three types of fluorescence light emission parts, and the plane schematic diagram which shows a partial cross section. It is the front schematic diagram of the fluorescent wheel which provided the diffuse transmission part, and the plane schematic diagram which shows a partial cross section. It is a plane schematic diagram which shows the layout of the light source unit of the projector which concerns on another form of this invention.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described. The projector 10 includes a light source unit 63, a display element 51, a light source side optical system 62, a projection side optical system 70, and projector control means.

  The light source unit 63 includes a red light emitting unit 64R that emits red wavelength band light, a green light emitting unit 64G that emits green wavelength band light, a blue light emitting unit 64B that emits blue wavelength band light, and a light guide optical system 61. .

  The light guide optical system 61 guides the light emitted from each light emitting unit 64 to the entrance of the light tunnel 75 that is a predetermined surface. The light source side optical system 62 condenses the light guided to one predetermined surface by the light guide optical system 61 (that is, light emitted from the light source unit 63) on the display element 51. The projection-side optical system 70 projects the image emitted from the display element 51 onto the screen. The projector control means controls the light source unit 63 and the display element 51.

  Each light emitting unit 64 includes a light source 72 and a fluorescent light emitting device 100. The light source 72 is a laser emitter that emits light in the ultraviolet region (ultraviolet light).

  The fluorescent light emitting device 100 includes a disk-shaped fluorescent wheel 71 and a wheel motor 73. The fluorescent wheel 71 functions as a fluorescent plate that emits fluorescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by receiving excitation light from the light source 72 in the fluorescent light emitting unit, and the wheel motor 73 causes the fluorescent wheel 71 to move in the circumferential direction. It is a drive device to rotate.

  The fluorescent wheel 71 is made of a disk-shaped metal base material, and a tapered surface having an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the back surface of the wheel is formed as a fluorescent light emitting portion on the outer peripheral surface of the base material. A reflective surface is formed on the surface of the base material in the fluorescent light emitting section, and a phosphor layer 131 is formed on the reflective surface. The phosphor layer 131 is formed by a phosphor and a binder that receive light (ultraviolet light) from the light source 72 as excitation light and emit light of a predetermined wavelength band to the surface side that has received the excitation light. .

  The light source 72 is arranged in the side surface direction (peripheral direction) of the fluorescent wheel 71 so that the light from the light source 72 is incident on the side surface of the fluorescent wheel 71 so as to be parallel to the front and back surfaces of the fluorescent wheel 71. It has become. Therefore, the light from the light source 72 is applied to the surface of the phosphor layer 131 of the fluorescent light emitting unit at an incident angle of about 45 degrees.

  The fluorescent wheel 71 of the red light emitting unit 64R is provided with a phosphor layer 131 that emits red wavelength band light, and the fluorescent wheel 71 of the green light emitting unit 64G is fluorescent that emits green wavelength band light. The phosphor layer 131 that emits blue wavelength band light is provided on the fluorescent wheel 71 of the blue light emitting unit 64B.

  Further, a short pass filter 132 is provided on the excitation light incident side of the phosphor layer 131. The short pass filter 132 is a filter that transmits light in the short wavelength band and reflects light in the long wavelength band, transmits light emitted from the light source 72, and reflects fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit. A long pass filter 133 is provided on the fluorescent light emitting side of the phosphor layer 131. The long-pass filter 133 is a filter that reflects the short wavelength band light and transmits the long wavelength band light, transmits the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit, and reflects the light emitted from the light source 72.

  The short pass filter 132 and the long pass filter 133 are disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. That is, the short-pass filter 132, the long-pass filter 133, and the tapered surface (fluorescent light emitting part) are arranged so as to have a substantially triangular shape, and the light source 72 irradiated to the fluorescent light-emitting part through the short-pass filter 132 The incident direction of the light and the emission direction of the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit via the long pass filter 133 are different directions.

  The short-pass filter 132 has a property that the spectral characteristic shifts to the short wavelength side as the incident angle increases, and therefore reflects the excitation light incident at an incident angle greater than a predetermined angle. . For example, the short pass filter 132 transmits most of the excitation light incident at less than 15 degrees, and the transmittance of the incident excitation light decreases as the incident angle increases from 15 degrees, with an incident angle of 30 degrees or more. Those having the property of reflecting most excitation light can be employed.

  The light source 72 that irradiates the fluorescent light emitting part of the fluorescent wheel 71 with excitation light is such that the light from the light source 72 is perpendicular to the surface of the short pass filter 132 (that is, θ = 0 degrees with respect to the normal on the filter surface). Are arranged so as to be incident on the phosphor layer 131 and to pass through the short-pass filter 132 and to irradiate the phosphor layer 131 of the fluorescence emission section.

  By configuring the projector 10 in this way, the light in the red, green, and blue wavelength bands emitted from each light emitting unit 64 in the light source unit 63 is condensed at the entrance of the light tunnel 75 by the light guide optical system 61. Each condensed color light is further guided to the display element 51 by the light source side optical system 62. Therefore, the projector control means executes control to operate the wheel motor 73 that rotates the fluorescent wheel 71 in the circumferential direction, and individually controls the light emission of the light source 72 included in each light emitting unit 64, thereby the light source unit. From 63, red, green, and blue wavelength band light can be emitted. The DMD that is the display element 51 of the projector 10 displays the light of each color in a time-sharing manner according to the data, so that a color image can be projected onto the screen via the projection-side optical system 70.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the projector 10. In this embodiment, left and right in the projector 10 indicate the left and right direction with respect to the projection direction, and front and rear indicate the screen side direction of the projector 10 and the front and rear direction with respect to the traveling direction of the light beam.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the projector 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a lens cover 19 that covers the projection port on the side of the front panel 12 that is a front side plate of the projector housing. The panel 12 is provided with a plurality of exhaust holes 17. Further, although not shown, an Ir receiver for receiving a control signal from the remote controller is provided.

  In addition, a key / indicator unit 37 is provided on the top panel 11 of the housing. The key / indicator unit 37 switches a power switch key, a power indicator for notifying power on / off, and switching on / off of projection. Keys and indicators such as an overheat indicator for notifying when a projection switch key, a light source unit, a display element, a control circuit, etc. are overheated are arranged.

  In addition, on the back of the housing, there are provided various terminals 20 such as an input / output connector section and a power adapter plug for providing a USB terminal, a D-SUB terminal for inputting image signals, an S terminal, an RCA terminal, etc. on a rear panel (not shown). It has been. A plurality of intake holes 18 are formed in the vicinity of the lower portion of the rear panel, the right panel (not shown), and the left panel 15 shown in FIG.

  Next, projector control means of the projector 10 will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. The projector control means includes a control unit 38, an image conversion unit 23, a display encoder 24, a display drive unit 26, and the like. The control unit 38 controls the operation of each circuit in the projector 10, and is composed of a ROM in which operation programs such as a CPU and various settings are fixedly stored, a RAM used as a work memory, and the like. Yes.

  Then, the image signal of various standards input from the input / output connector unit 21 by the projector control means is in a predetermined format suitable for display by the image conversion unit 23 via the input / output interface 22 and the system bus (SB). After being converted so as to be unified into an image signal, it is output to the display encoder 24.

  The display encoder 24 develops and stores the input image signal in the video RAM 25, generates a video signal from the stored contents of the video RAM 25, and outputs the video signal to the display drive unit 26.

  The display driving unit 26 drives the display element 51, which is a spatial light modulation element (SOM), at an appropriate frame rate corresponding to the image signal output from the display encoder 24, and is emitted from the light source unit 63. By irradiating the display element 51 through the light source side optical system with the light bundle, that is, the light bundle guided to a predetermined surface by the light guide optical system of the light source unit 63, an optical image is reflected by the reflected light of the display element 51. Then, an image is projected and displayed on a screen (not shown) via the projection side optical system. The movable lens group 97 of the projection side optical system is driven by the lens motor 45 for zoom adjustment and focus adjustment.

  The image compression / decompression unit 31 performs a recording process in which the luminance signal and the color difference signal of the image signal are data-compressed by a process such as ADCT and Huffman coding, and sequentially written in a memory card 32 that is a detachable recording medium. Further, the image compression / decompression unit 31 reads the image data recorded on the memory card 32 in the reproduction mode, decompresses individual image data constituting a series of moving images in units of one frame, and converts the image data into the image conversion unit 23. Is output to the display encoder 24 and the processing for enabling the display of a moving image or the like based on the image data stored in the memory card 32 is performed.

  Then, an operation signal of a key / indicator unit 37 composed of a main key and an indicator provided on the top panel 11 of the housing is directly sent to the control unit 38, and a key operation signal from the remote controller is received by Ir. The code signal received by the unit 35 and demodulated by the Ir processing unit 36 is output to the control unit 38.

  Note that an audio processing unit 47 is connected to the control unit 38 via a system bus (SB). The sound processing unit 47 includes a sound source circuit such as a PCM sound source, converts the sound data into analog in the projection mode and the playback mode, and drives the speaker 48 to emit loud sounds.

  In addition, the control unit 38, through the light source unit drive circuit 41, emits light source light of a predetermined wavelength band required at the time of image generation from the light source unit 63. The light emission of the light source is individually controlled. The control unit 38 controls the wheel motor to rotate the fluorescent wheel of the fluorescent light emitting device.

  Further, the control unit 38 performs temperature detection by a plurality of temperature sensors provided in the light source unit 63 and the like via the cooling fan drive control circuit 43, and individually controls the rotation speed of the cooling fan from the result of the temperature detection. . Further, the control unit 38 causes the cooling fan drive control circuit 43 to keep the cooling fan rotating even after the projector body is turned off by a timer or the like, or to turn off the projector body depending on the result of temperature detection by the temperature sensor. Control is also performed.

  Next, the internal structure of the projector 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing the internal structure of the projector 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the projector 10 includes a control circuit board 102 in the vicinity of the right panel 14. The control circuit board 102 includes a power circuit block, a light source control block, and the like. In addition, the projector 10 has an airtight space chamber 121 on the rear panel 13 side and an exhaust side space chamber 122 on the front panel 12 side formed in an airtight manner by a partition wall 120 inside the housing, and a sirocco fan is located near the center of the projector 10. A type blower 110 is arranged as a cooling fan, and a suction port 111 of the blower 110 is positioned in the intake side space chamber 121 and a discharge port 113 of the blower 110 is positioned in the exhaust side space chamber 122.

  Further, in the projector 10, a light source unit 63 is disposed in the exhaust side space chamber 122, and an optical system unit 77 including an illumination side block 78, an image generation block 79, and a projection side block 80 is disposed along the left panel 15. The illumination-side block 78 of the optical system unit 77 is communicated with the exhaust-side space chamber 122 so that a part of the illumination unit provided in the illumination-side block 78 is located in the exhaust-side space chamber 122. An exhaust temperature reducing device 114 is arranged along the front panel 12 of the space chamber 122.

  The blower 110 as a cooling fan for cooling the light source unit 63 and the like has a suction port 111 at the center, and the discharge port 113 has a substantially square cross section, and is connected to the partition partition 120. The exhaust air from the blower 110 is discharged into the exhaust-side space chamber 122 partitioned by.

  The light source unit 63 includes three light emitting units 64 that receive excitation light from the light source 72 and emit light having different wavelength bands, and a light guide optical system 61 that guides light emitted from each light emitting unit 64. It is equipped with. Here, the three light emitting units 64 are a red light emitting unit 64R that emits red wavelength band light, a green light emitting unit 64G that emits green wavelength band light, and a blue light emitting unit that emits blue wavelength band light. With 64B.

  The red light emitting unit 64R is disposed in the vicinity of the blower outlet 113 so that the optical axis of the red light emitted from the red light emitting unit 64R is orthogonal to the optical axis of the light tunnel 75. The green light emitting unit 64G is disposed closer to the front panel 12 than the red light emitting unit 64R so that the optical axis of the green light emitted from the green light emitting unit 64G is parallel to the optical axis of the red light emitting unit 64R. . The blue light emitting unit 64B is arranged in the vicinity of the front panel 12 so that the optical axis of the blue light emitted from the blue light emitting unit 64B coincides with the optical axis of the light tunnel 75. A specific configuration of each light emitting unit 64 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the light guide optical system 61 reflects or transmits light in a predetermined wavelength band and converts the optical axis of each color visible light emitted from each light emitting unit 64 to be the same optical axis. A dichroic mirror 141, and condensing lenses 163 and 164 for condensing a light beam emitted from each light emitting unit 64 and incident on the entrance of the light tunnel 75, which is a predetermined surface, are provided.

  Specifically, the light guide optical system 61 includes a first dichroic mirror 141a, a second dichroic mirror 141b, and a condenser lens group 148. The first dichroic mirror 141a is arranged such that an angle formed by the optical axis of the red light emitting unit 64R is 45 degrees at a position where the optical axis of the red light emitting unit 64R intersects with the central axis of the light tunnel 75. The first dichroic mirror 141a reflects the optical axis of the red wavelength band light emitted from the red light emitting unit 64R so as to coincide with the central axis of the light tunnel 75, and the green light emitting unit 64G and the blue light emitting unit 64B. The green and blue wavelength band lights emitted from the light are transmitted.

  The second dichroic mirror 141b is arranged so that an angle formed by the optical axis of the green light emitting unit 64G is 45 degrees at a position where the optical axis of the green light emitting unit 64G and the central axis of the light tunnel 75 intersect. The green wavelength band light emitted from the green light emitting unit 64G is reflected so as to coincide with the center axis of the light tunnel 75, and the blue wavelength band light emitted from the blue light emitting unit 64B is transmitted. The condensing lens group 148 disposed in the vicinity of the fluorescent wheel 71 in each light emitting unit 64 condenses the light emitted from the fluorescent wheel 71.

  Then, the light guide optical system 61 is disposed between the red light emitting unit 64R and the first dichroic mirror 141a as a condenser lens 163 that condenses the light incident on the first dichroic mirror 141a via the condenser lens group 148. A first condenser lens 163a disposed, and a second condenser lens 163b disposed between the first dichroic mirror 141a and the second dichroic mirror 141b, and further disposed in the vicinity of the light tunnel 75. And a condensing lens 164 that condenses light incident on the light tunnel 75 via the first dichroic mirror 141a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the optical system unit 77 includes an illumination side block 78 positioned in the vicinity of the light source unit 63 and an image generation block positioned in the vicinity of the position where the rear panel 13 and the left panel 15 intersect. 79 and a projection-side block 80 positioned between the light guide optical system 61 and the left panel 15 are configured in a substantially U-shape.

  The illumination side block 78 includes a part of the light source side optical system 62 that condenses the light source light emitted from the light source unit 63 onto the display element 51 provided in the image generation block 79. As the light source side optical system 62 included in the illumination side block 78, the light tunnel 75 that uses the light flux emitted from the light source unit 63 as a light flux having a uniform intensity distribution, and the light emitted from the light tunnel 75 are condensed. There are a condensing lens, an optical axis conversion mirror 74 that converts the optical axis of the light beam emitted from the light tunnel 75 in the direction of the image generation block 79, and the like.

  As the light source side optical system 62, the image generation block 79 condenses the light source light reflected by the optical axis conversion mirror 74 on the display element 51, and the light beam transmitted through the condensing lens 81 is displayed on the display element. And an irradiation mirror 84 for irradiating 51 at a predetermined angle. Further, the image generation block 79 includes a DMD serving as a display element 51, and a heat sink 53 for cooling the display element 51 is disposed between the display element 51 and the rear panel 13. Element 51 is cooled.

  The projection-side block 80 has a lens group of the projection-side optical system 70 that emits ON light reflected by the display element 51 to the screen. The projection-side optical system 70 is a variable focus type lens having a zoom function with a fixed lens group 93 built in a fixed barrel and a movable lens group 97 built in a movable barrel, and is movable by a lens motor. Zoom adjustment and focus adjustment are enabled by moving the lens group 97.

  By configuring the projector 10 in this manner, when light is emitted from each light emitting unit 64 at different timings, red, green, and blue wavelength band lights are sequentially incident on the light tunnel 75 via the light guide optical system 61, Further, the light is incident on the display element 51 through the light source side optical system 62. The DMD that is the display element 51 of the projector 10 displays the light of each color in a time-sharing manner according to the data, so that a color image can be projected onto the screen via the projection-side optical system 70.

  Next, a specific configuration of the light emitting unit 64 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A is a schematic front view of the fluorescent wheel 71, and FIG. 5B is a schematic plan view showing a partial cross section of the fluorescent wheel 71. The light emitting unit 64 includes a light source 72 and a fluorescent light emitting device 100, and the fluorescent light emitting device 100 includes a fluorescent wheel 71 and a wheel motor 73. The fluorescent wheel 71 is a metal base made of copper or aluminum having a disk shape with a thickness of about 1 to 4 mm, and the outer peripheral surface of the base is provided as a fluorescent light emitting part.

  The fluorescent wheel 71 of the red light emitting unit 64R is provided with a phosphor layer 131 that emits red wavelength band light, and the fluorescent wheel 71 of the green light emitting unit 64G is fluorescent that emits green wavelength band light. The phosphor layer 131 that emits blue wavelength band light is provided on the fluorescent wheel 71 of the blue light emitting unit 64B.

  The light source 72 in each light emitting unit 64 is a laser light emitter that irradiates the fluorescent light emitting part of the fluorescent wheel 71 with excitation light of laser light in the ultraviolet wavelength band in order to excite the phosphor provided in the fluorescent wheel 71. The ultraviolet light source 72U is arranged in the side surface direction (outer circumferential direction) of the fluorescent wheel 71, and the light from the light source 72 is emitted so as to be parallel to the front and back surfaces of the fluorescent wheel 71. It is incident on the (outer peripheral surface).

  Note that the type of the light source 72 may be changed for each light emitting unit 64.For example, instead of the ultraviolet light source 72U that the red light emitting unit 64R and the green light emitting unit 64G have, a blue light source 72B that emits laser light in a blue wavelength band is used. It may be arranged. The red light emitting unit 64R may be provided with a green light source that emits a laser beam in the green wavelength band as a light source. That is, as the excitation light source in the light emitting unit 64, various optimum light sources can be selected for efficiently exciting the phosphors in the fluorescent wheels 71 of the various light emitting units 64. Further, the light source 72 may employ a light emitting diode instead of the laser light emitter.

  The fluorescent light emitting portion is a tapered surface having an oblique angle of 45 degrees with respect to the back surface of the fluorescent wheel 71, and a phosphor layer 131 is laid in a concave portion formed on the tapered surface. The phosphor layer 131 is formed by uniformly applying a phosphor that receives light from the light source 72 as excitation light and emits fluorescent light in a predetermined wavelength band to a heat-resistant and highly translucent binder such as silicon resin. It is formed by mixing. A reflective surface is formed by mirror processing such as silver vapor deposition on the surface of the substrate in the fluorescent light emitting portion (a concave portion of the tapered surface), and a phosphor layer 131 is laid on the reflective surface. Therefore, the light from the light source 72 is applied to the surface of the phosphor layer 131 of the fluorescent light emitting unit at an incident angle of about 45 degrees, and fluorescent light is emitted from the phosphor layer that has received this excitation light. Accordingly, the fluorescent wheel 71 functions as a fluorescent plate that emits fluorescent light of a predetermined wavelength band to the surface side that has received the excitation light by receiving the excitation light at the fluorescent light emitting unit.

  The wheel motor 73 is a drive device that rotates the fluorescent wheel 71 in the circumferential direction. In other words, when the fluorescent light emitting device 100 irradiates the rotating fluorescent wheel 71 with the light from the light source 72, the irradiated region moves in the annular fluorescent light emitting portion, so that the phosphor is avoided to avoid heat concentration. The temperature rise can be effectively suppressed.

  In each light emitting unit 64 according to the present embodiment, a rectangular flat plate short-pass filter (long wavelength cut filter) is provided on the excitation light incident side (side surface direction that is the outer peripheral direction of the fluorescent wheel 71) in the phosphor layer 131. ) 132 is provided. The short pass filter 132 is a filter that reflects long wavelength band light (fluorescent light) emitted from the phosphor and transmits short wavelength band light emitted from the light source 72, and is disposed in the housing of the projector 10. Is.

  Further, a long pass filter (short wavelength cut filter) 133 having a flat plate formed in a ring shape is provided on the fluorescent light emitting side (front direction of the fluorescent wheel 71) in the phosphor layer 131. This long pass filter 133 reflects the short wavelength band light (excitation light) that is emitted from the light source 72 and scattered and reflected by the fluorescent light emitting unit, and is incident on the long pass filter 133, and is emitted from the phosphor. It is a filter that transmits light (fluorescent light), and is fixed to the front side of the fluorescent wheel 71 by adhesion or the like.

  The short pass filter 132 and the long pass filter 133 are disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. That is, the short-pass filter 132, the long-pass filter 133, and the tapered surface (fluorescent light emitting unit) have a substantially triangular shape in a cross section including the optical axis of the excitation light from the incident light source 72 and the rotation axis of the wheel motor 73. The incident direction of the light from the light source 72 irradiated to the fluorescent light emitting unit through the short pass filter 132, the emission direction of the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting unit through the long pass filter 133, There are different directions.

  The long pass filter 133 is not limited to the case where the long pass filter 133 is fixed to the fluorescent wheel 71, and may be disposed close to the fluorescent wheel 71 on the housing side of the projector 10, as shown in FIG. Further, the short pass filter 132 is not limited to the case where the short pass filter 132 is provided on the housing side of the projector 10, and the short cylindrical filter 132 is attached to the fluorescent wheel 71 and integrally rotated together with the fluorescent wheel 71. (Not shown). Further, when the short pass filter 132 and the long pass filter 133 are disposed in the housing, a prism having an optical surface having the same characteristics as the short pass filter 132 and an optical surface having the same characteristics as the long pass filter 133 is disposed. It is good.

  The short pass filter 132 has a property that the spectral characteristic shifts to the short wavelength side as the incident angle of incident light increases, and reflects excitation light incident at an incident angle of a predetermined angle or more. As an example, a short pass filter 132 provided on the fluorescent wheel 71 of the green light emitting unit 64G will be described.

  For example, the ultraviolet light source 72U included in the green light emitting unit 64G is a laser emitter that emits, as excitation light, laser light in the ultraviolet wavelength band having a peak in the wavelength band of 380 to 390 nm as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the short pass filter 132 provided on the fluorescent wheel 71 of the green light emitting unit 64G transmits most of the incident excitation light with an incident angle θ of less than 15 degrees, and the incident angle from 15 degrees. As the ratio increases, the transmittance of the incident excitation light decreases, and the light having the property of reflecting most of the excitation light at an incident angle of 30 degrees or more is employed.

  The light source 72 that irradiates the fluorescent light emitting portion of the fluorescent wheel 71 with the excitation light is such that the light from the light source 72 is perpendicular to the surface of the short pass filter 132 (that is, the incident angle with respect to the normal line on the filter surface). It is arranged in the direction of the side surface of the fluorescent wheel 71 so as to be incident (at an angle of θ = 0 °). Therefore, the light from the light source 72 that has passed through the short pass filter 132 is irradiated obliquely onto the phosphor layer 131 of the fluorescent light emitting portion (tapered surface).

  Further, an antireflection film is formed on the incident side of the short pass filter 132. This antireflection film is formed by attaching a moth-eye film or vacuum depositing magnesium fluoride or the like. Therefore, the excitation light incident on the short pass filter 132 is transmitted through the phosphor layer 131 with almost no reflection on the light source 72 side. That is, the utilization efficiency of excitation light can be improved.

  Then, by arranging the short pass filter 132 on the excitation light incident side of the phosphor layer 131 and the long pass filter 133 on the fluorescent light emitting side in this way, the incident angle θ = 0 degrees as shown in FIG. The excitation light E incident on the short pass filter 132 passes through the short pass filter 132 and is irradiated obliquely onto the surface of the phosphor layer 131. Most of the excitation light E is absorbed by the phosphor, but there is also reflected excitation light RE that is scattered and reflected without being absorbed by the phosphor. The reflected excitation light RE is applied to the short pass filter 132 and the long pass filter 133 at various incident angles.

  Here, the reflected excitation light RE incident at an angle of less than 15 degrees with respect to the normal line on the surface of the short pass filter 132 passes through the short pass filter 132 and is emitted to the light source 72 side. The reflected excitation light RE incident at an angle of 30 degrees or more with respect to the normal line on the surface of the short pass filter 132 is mostly reflected by the short pass filter 132 to the phosphor layer 131 side. In addition, the reflection excitation light RE incident at an angle of 15 degrees or more and less than 30 degrees has a lower transmittance as the incident angle becomes larger than 15 degrees. Will be reflected to the side.

  In addition, since the excitation light irradiated on the reflecting surface of the substrate surface without being absorbed by the phosphor is also reflected on the phosphor layer 131 side by the reflecting surface, it is used again for exciting the phosphor. . Further, the reflected excitation light RE irradiated on the long pass filter 133 by being scattered and reflected by the phosphor layer 131 is reflected by the long pass filter 133 and is incident on the phosphor layer 131 again, and is used again for exciting the phosphor. Will be.

  The light excited in the phosphor and fluoresced in all directions from the phosphor is directly reflected on the long pass filter 133 side or on the long pass filter 133 side after being reflected by the reflective surface of the substrate surface or the short pass filter 132. Is emitted to the condenser lens group 148 through the long pass filter 133 (see FIG. 5).

  In this way, the short pass filter 132 is arranged on the excitation light incident side in the phosphor layer 131, the long pass filter 133 is arranged on the fluorescence light emitting side in the phosphor layer 131, and the surface side receiving the excitation light from the fluorescent light emitting unit A light emitting unit 64 that can emit fluorescent light brightly, thereby increasing the utilization efficiency of incident excitation light and improving the extraction efficiency of the fluorescent light, and the light emitting unit 64 And a projector 10 that can project a bright image.

  In addition, the short-pass filter 132, the long-pass filter 133, and the fluorescent light emitting part formed as a tapered surface are arranged so as to have a substantially triangular shape, so that the excitation light transmitted through the short pass filter 132 is obliquely emitted from the fluorescent light emitting part. The fluorescent light can be extracted without waste from a direction different from the incident direction.

  Further, by arranging the short-pass filter 132 and the long-pass filter 133 substantially perpendicular to each other, the angle formed by the incident direction of the excitation light and the emission direction of the fluorescent light is made close to 90 degrees. Can be made simple.

  When a reflective surface is formed on the surface of the base material in the fluorescent light emitting part, the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent material to the base material side can be reflected to the light source 72 side and used as light source light, The excitation light irradiated on the reflective surface of the base material without being absorbed by the body can be reflected and used for excitation of the phosphor, so that the fluorescent wheel 71 emits light compared to when the reflective surface is not formed. be able to.

  Further, the short pass filter 132 reflects excitation light incident at an incident angle greater than a predetermined angle. Thereby, the reflected excitation light RE incident on the short pass filter 132 at a predetermined angle or more with respect to the normal line on the surface of the short pass filter 132 can be reflected to the phosphor layer 131 side. That is, the short-pass filter 132 has ultraviolet light that is incident substantially in parallel by a collimator lens disposed on the front surface of the light source 72, or ultraviolet light that is condensed and incident by a condensing lens disposed on the front surface of the light source 72 (short). (Including ultraviolet light incident from a direction slightly inclined with respect to the normal line on the surface of the pass filter 132), but the ultraviolet light reflected from the fluorescent light emitting portion and incident at a predetermined angle or more is transmitted to the fluorescent light emitting portion side. Therefore, the ultraviolet light can be reused for excitation of the phosphor, so that the use efficiency of the excitation light can be further improved and the phosphor can emit light brightly.

  Further, the light emitting unit 64 in the present embodiment is configured such that the base material is formed as a disc-shaped fluorescent wheel 71 and the fluorescent wheel 71 is rotated. Therefore, it is possible to provide a simple light emitting unit 64 that can expand the irradiation area and avoid the concentration of heat.

  The shape of the fluorescent wheel 71 is not limited to the disc shape as described above, and may be an annular shape. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the annular thin metal base material may be supported from the inner peripheral surface, and the phosphor layer 131 may be disposed on the outer peripheral surface (tapered surface) of the annular base material. Thus, weight reduction can be achieved by forming the fluorescent wheel 71 in a ring shape.

  In the above, the embodiment in which the light source unit 63 including three light emitting units 64 capable of emitting each color is mounted on the projector 10 has been described. However, any one of the plurality of light emitting units 64 constituting the light source unit 63 emits light. It can also be replaced with a light source device such as a diode. That is, instead of the blue light emitting unit 64B described above, a blue light source device including a light emitting source such as a light emitting diode or a laser light emitting element that emits light in a blue wavelength band may be provided. Furthermore, instead of the above-described red light emitting unit 64R, a red light source device including a light emitting source such as a light emitting diode or a laser light emitting element that emits red wavelength band light may be provided. In place of the above-described green light emitting unit 64G, a green light source device including a light emitting source such as a light emitting diode or a laser light emitting element that emits green wavelength band light may be provided. Further, the layout of each optical component is not limited to the above-described configuration (see FIGS. 3 and 4), and various layouts can be adopted.

  For example, the projector 10 may be equipped with a light source unit 63 including a green light emitting unit 64G that generates green light, a red light source device that generates red light, and a blue light source device that generates blue light. Hereinafter, the configuration of the projector 10 will be described. FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view showing the layout of the light source unit 63 of the projector 10 according to the modification of the present invention. As shown, the light source unit 63 includes a blue light source device 170 having a plurality of blue light sources 72B, a red light source device 180 having a light emitting diode that emits red light, a fluorescent light emitting device 100, and a light guide optical system. 61.

  The blue light source device 170 has a light source group including a plurality of blue light sources 72B. On the optical axis of each blue light source 72B, a collimator lens that converts the light emitted from each blue light source 72B into parallel light is arranged so as to enhance the directivity of the emitted light. In addition, a plurality of reflecting mirrors 171 for converting the optical axis of the emitted light from each blue light source 72B by 90 degrees in the direction of the fluorescent wheel 71, and the emitted light from each blue light source 72B reflected by the plurality of reflecting mirrors 171 A condensing lens 178 for condensing light is disposed. In this way, the plurality of reflecting mirrors 171 are arranged in a staircase pattern, and by reducing the distance between the light source light beams emitted from each blue light source 72B, the cross-sectional area of the light beam emitted from the light source group is reduced in the horizontal direction. And can be reflected toward the condenser lens 178.

  The fluorescent light emitting device 100 includes a fluorescent wheel 71 and a wheel motor 73, and the light from the blue light source 72B reflected by the reflecting mirror 171 and collected by the condenser lens irradiates the tapered surface of the fluorescent wheel 71. Are arranged to be. The tapered surface is provided with an annular fluorescent light emitting section having a green phosphor layer 131 that receives blue excitation light from the blue light source 72B and emits fluorescent light in the green wavelength band.

  The red light source device 180 is a monochromatic light source device including a red light emitting element arranged so that the optical axis is parallel to the blue light source 72B, and a condensing lens group that collects light emitted from the red light emitting element. . The red light emitting element is a light emitting diode that emits light in a red wavelength band.

  The projector 10 is provided with a second blue light source device 200 including a blue light emitting element such as a light emitting diode, in addition to the blue light source device 170 as the excitation light irradiation device. This second blue light source device 200 is provided on the optical axis of the light tunnel 75.

  The light guide optical system 61 includes a condensing lens that condenses the light bundles in the red, green, and blue wavelength bands, and a reflection mirror that converts the optical axes of the light bundles in the respective color wavelength bands into the same optical axis, It consists of a dichroic mirror. Specifically, at the position where the optical axis of the green wavelength band light emitted from the fluorescent wheel 71 and the optical axis of the blue wavelength band light emitted from the second blue light source device 200 intersect, the blue wavelength band A dichroic mirror 201 that transmits light and converts the optical axis of green light emitted from the fluorescent wheel 71 in the direction of the light tunnel 75 by 90 degrees is disposed. Further, at the position where the optical axis of the green wavelength band light reflected by the dichroic mirror 201 and the optical axis of the red wavelength band light emitted from the red light source device 180 intersect, blue and green light are transmitted and red A dichroic mirror 192 that converts the optical axis of light by 90 degrees in the direction of the light tunnel 75 is disposed.

  A condensing lens is arranged in the vicinity of each light source device. Further, in the vicinity of the light tunnel 75, a condenser lens for condensing the light source light at the entrance of the light tunnel 75 is disposed.

  In this way, by configuring an optical layout in which each light source device, lens, and mirror are arranged, blue excitation light from the blue light source device 170 is irradiated to the fluorescent light emitting unit of the fluorescent wheel 71, and green light is light tunneled. 75 can be guided. Furthermore, the red light from the red light source device 180 and the blue light from the second blue light source device 200 can be guided to the light tunnel 75.

  Therefore, similarly to the above, the projector 10 includes the red light and the blue light from the red light source device 180 and the second blue light source device 200, and the green fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent wheel 71 constituting the green light emitting unit 64G. A brighter image can be projected on the screen.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the type of the phosphor layer 131 provided on the fluorescent wheel 71 of the light emitting unit 64 is not limited to one type. That is, instead of the three types of light emitting units 64 of the red light emitting unit 64R, the green light emitting unit 64G, and the blue light emitting unit 64B, as shown in FIG. A light emitting unit 64 in which three types of phosphor layers 131 emitting fluorescent light in the green and blue wavelength bands are arranged in the circumferential direction may be provided. In this case, the light emitting unit 64 is provided with an ultraviolet light source 72U that irradiates each fluorescent light emitting unit with ultraviolet light as excitation light. The light emitting unit 64 is configured to emit red, green, and blue light source light sequentially from the light emitting unit 64 by controlling the number of rotations of the fluorescent wheel 71 by the projector control means, so that the display element 51 (DMD ) Displays each color light in a time-sharing manner according to the data, thereby generating a color image on the screen.

  In this way, by providing a plurality of types of fluorescent light emitting units on one fluorescent wheel 71, it is possible to sequentially emit light of a plurality of colors in a wavelength band from one fluorescent wheel 71, and this light emitting unit 64 is provided. Thus, the projector 10 can be downsized.

  Further, a part of the fluorescent wheel 71 may be formed as a diffusion part. For example, if a red fluorescent light emitting part, a green fluorescent light emitting part, and a diffusing part are formed side by side in the circumferential direction on the fluorescent wheel 71 and a blue laser light emitter is used as an excitation light source for irradiating the fluorescent wheel 71, The red and green fluorescent light emitting parts are irradiated with light from the blue light source as excitation light to generate red fluorescent light and green fluorescent light, and the blue diffused light diffused by the diffusing part is emitted from the light source unit 63 by the light guide optical system. It can also be emitted as the light source light. In this case, the short-pass filter 132 and the long-pass filter 133 are not arranged on the incident surface and the emission surface side in the blue diffused portion, and on the excitation light incident side and the fluorescence light emission side in the red and green phosphor layers 131 of the fluorescent wheel 71. Only the short pass filter 132 and the long pass filter 133 are fixed.

  In other words, the type of phosphor provided in the fluorescent wheel 71 may be one type or plural types, and not only the phosphor layer 131 but also a diffusion part is provided to excite the phosphor. Therefore, the light from the light source 72 that emits the light can be diffused and used as light source light. The light source device that generates the three primary colors of light can be incorporated into the projector 10 in various combinations.

  Hereinafter, the projector 10 including the light emitting unit 64 capable of diffusing and emitting the light from the light source 72 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. FIG. 13 is a schematic front view of the fluorescent wheel 71 provided with the diffuse transmission part 134 and a schematic plan view showing a partial cross section. FIG. 14 is a schematic plan view showing the layout of the light source unit 63 of the projector 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the light emitting unit 64 includes a fluorescent wheel 71 having a green fluorescent light emitting portion, and a blue light source 72B. The fluorescent wheel 71 is formed with an arcuate fluorescent light emitting portion, and a green phosphor layer 131 is provided on the fluorescent light emitting portion. A long pass filter 133 is attached to the fluorescent light emitting side of the green phosphor layer 131.

  In addition, on the tapered surface of the fluorescent wheel 71 on which the green phosphor layer 131 is not formed, a reflecting portion 135 that reflects light from the irradiated blue light source 72B is formed. The fluorescent wheel 71 is provided with an arc-shaped diffuse transmission plate 134 connected to the long pass filter 133. That is, the diffuse transmission plate 134 is positioned on the optical path of the blue laser light reflected by the reflecting portion. The diffuse transmission plate 134 is an optical component that imparts a diffusion effect without converting the wavelength band of incident light. The diffusion transmission plate 134 is formed by forming a portion for diffusing light with fine irregularities by, for example, performing a blasting process on one surface of a glass material.

  The diffuse transmission plate 134 is not limited to the case where fine irregularities are formed on one surface, and fine irregularities may be formed on both surfaces. Also, a light diffusing member is formed by adding a light diffusing filler to a transparent base material such as glass, plastic, resin, etc., and the light diffusing member is sandwiched between the transparent base materials. It can also be installed. Further, instead of attaching the diffuse transmission plate 134, fine irregularities may be provided on the tapered surface, or a light diffusing member may be provided.

  In this way, by configuring the fluorescent wheel 71, if the blue light source 72B irradiates the fluorescent light emitting unit with the blue light, the generated green fluorescent light passes through the long pass filter 133 and is emitted to the front side of the fluorescent wheel 71. If the blue light is emitted from the blue light source 72B to the reflecting portion 135, the reflected blue light is diffused by the diffusing and transmitting plate 134 and emitted to the front side of the fluorescent wheel 71. Accordingly, there is provided a light emitting unit 64 that not only uses the light from the light source 72 for excitation of the phosphor, but also diffuses the light from the light source 72 without converting its wavelength band and can be used as it is as the light source light. be able to.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the optical layout incorporating the fluorescent wheel 71 can be substantially the same as the layout in the above-described modified example (see FIG. 12). When the fluorescent wheel 71 is incorporated, the optical layout includes a normal reflecting mirror 193 that reflects blue light and green light by 90 degrees in the direction of the light tunnel 75 instead of the dichroic mirror 201 (see FIG. 12). Are arranged (see FIG. 14).

  Therefore, the projector 10 can guide the red light from the red light source device 180 to the light tunnel 75. Further, the green light can be guided to the light tunnel 75 by irradiating the fluorescent light emitting portion of the fluorescent wheel 71 with the blue light from the blue light source device 170. Furthermore, by irradiating the reflection portion of the fluorescent wheel 71 with the blue light from the blue light source device 170, the blue light diffused and transmitted through the diffusion transmission plate 134 can be guided to the light tunnel 75. That is, the projector 10 can project a bright image on the screen as described above.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be freely changed and improved without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the excitation light is incident from the side surface of the fluorescent wheel 71 has been described. However, the configuration is such that the excitation light is incident from the front surface or the back surface of the fluorescent wheel 71 and the fluorescent light is emitted in the side surface direction. You can also. The fluorescent light emitting portion (tapered surface) of the fluorescent wheel 71 is not limited to the case where the fluorescent light emitting portion (tapered surface) is formed to be 45 degrees with respect to the wheel surface. Further, as described above, the short-pass filter 132 and the long-pass filter 133 are not arranged so as to be perpendicular to each other, and the angle between the filters may be less than 90 degrees, or 90 degrees. You may arrange | position with the angle which exceeds.

  The fluorescent wheel 71 is not limited to the configuration in which the fluorescent wheel 71 is rotated by the drive device as a disc shape as described above, and a fluorescent plate formed in a rectangular shape may be fixed. When the phosphor layers 131 of the respective colors are arranged side by side on the fluorescent plate to be fixed, an adjusting device for changing the irradiation direction of light from the light source 72 is disposed between the light source 72 and the fluorescent plate, or the light source 72 By providing a light source driving device that drives to change the position and / or irradiation direction of the light source and moving the irradiation spot position of the light from the light source 72, fluorescent light of each color can be emitted from the fluorescent plate. Further, in the monochromatic fluorescent plate, heat concentration can be avoided. In addition, as an adjustment apparatus, the optical polarizer using a KTN crystal | crystallization, an acoustooptic element, a MEMS mirror etc. is employable, for example.

  In the above embodiment, the light emitting unit 64 is incorporated in the projector 10. However, the light emitting unit 64 is not limited to being mounted on the projector 10, and can be mounted on various devices such as an exposure apparatus. And, it is not limited to using red, green and blue in combination, but a lighting unit 64 that emits a single color is incorporated into the lighting device, and an illumination lighting device composed of a large number of single-color light emitting units 64 or a single color lighting device. You may use as an illuminating device which can irradiate a spotlight, an illuminating device as a backlight of a liquid crystal panel, etc.

10 Projector 11 Top panel
12 Front panel 13 Back panel
14 Right panel 15 Left panel
17 Exhaust hole 18 Intake hole
19 Lens cover 20 Various terminals
21 I / O connector 22 I / O interface
23 Image converter 24 Display encoder
25 Video RAM 26 Display driver
31 Image compression / decompression unit 32 Memory card
35 Ir receiver 36 Ir processor
37 Key / Indicator section 38 Control section
41 Light source unit drive circuit 43 Cooling fan drive control circuit
45 Lens motor 47 Audio processor
48 Speaker 51 Display element
53 Heat sink 61 Light guide optical system
62 Light source side optical system 63 Light source unit
64 Light emitting unit 64R Red light emitting unit
64G Green light emitting unit 64B Blue light emitting unit
70 Projection-side optical system 71 Fluorescent wheel
72 Light source 72B Blue light source
72U UV light source 73 Wheel motor
74 Optical axis conversion mirror 75 Light tunnel
77 Optical system unit 78 Illumination side block
79 Image generation block 80 Projection side block
81 Condenser lens 84 Irradiation mirror
93 Fixed lens group 97 Movable lens group
100 Fluorescent light emitting device 102 Control circuit board
110 Blower 111 Air inlet
113 Discharge port 114 Exhaust temperature reduction device
120 Partition wall 121 Inlet side space
122 Exhaust side chamber 131 Phosphor layer
132 Short pass filter 133 Long pass filter
134 Diffuse transmission plate 135 Reflector
141 Dichroic Mirror
141a 1st dichroic mirror 141b 2nd dichroic mirror
148 Condensing lens group 163 Condensing lens
163a First condenser lens 163b Second condenser lens
164 Condensing lens
170 Blue light source device 171 Reflection mirror
178 condenser lens
180 Red light source
192 Dichroic mirror 193 Reflective mirror
200 Second blue light source device 201 Dichroic mirror

Claims (11)

A fluorescent plate having a fluorescent light emitting part on the substrate;
A light source for irradiating the fluorescent light emitting part of the fluorescent plate with excitation light,
The fluorescent light emitting unit is formed with a phosphor layer that receives excitation light from the light source and emits light of a predetermined wavelength band to the surface side that has received the excitation light, and the excitation light incident side in the phosphor layer Is provided with a short-pass filter that transmits light emitted from the light source and reflects fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light emitting portion, and the fluorescent light emitting side of the phosphor layer is provided with the fluorescent light emitting portion from the fluorescent light emitting portion. A light emitting unit comprising a long pass filter that transmits emitted fluorescent light and reflects light emitted from the light source.   The light emitting unit according to claim 1, wherein the short pass filter, the long pass filter, and the fluorescent light emitting unit are arranged so as to have a substantially triangular shape.   3. The light emitting unit according to claim 1, wherein a reflective surface is formed on a surface of the base material in the fluorescent light emitting unit, and a phosphor layer is formed on the reflective surface.   4. The light emitting unit according to claim 1, wherein the short pass filter and the long pass filter are arranged substantially perpendicular to each other. 5.   The said base material is a disk or an annular shape, The said fluorescent light emission part is formed in the outer peripheral surface of this base material, It has a drive device which rotates the said base material in the circumferential direction. The light emitting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The light emitting unit according to claim 5, wherein the base material has a plurality of fluorescent light emitting portions formed in a circumferential direction. The outer peripheral surface of the substrate is a tapered surface that is inclined with respect to the front and back surfaces of the fluorescent plate, and the fluorescent light emitting portion and the reflective portion that reflects light are formed in the circumferential direction on the tapered surface. ,
7. The light emitting unit according to claim 5, wherein a diffusion transmission unit that diffuses and transmits light is provided on an optical path of light reflected by the reflection unit. 8.   The light emitting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an antireflection film is formed on an incident side of the short pass filter. The light emitting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
A light guiding optical system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting unit to a predetermined surface;
A display element;
A light source side optical system for condensing the light guided to a predetermined surface by the light guide optical system on the display element;
A projection-side optical system that projects an image emitted from the display element onto a screen;
Projector control means for controlling the display element;
A projector comprising: The light emitting unit according to claim 5;
A red light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a red wavelength band;
A blue light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a blue wavelength band;
A light guide optical system that guides light emitted from the light emitting unit, the red light source device, and the blue light source device to a predetermined surface;
A display element;
A light source side optical system for condensing the light guided to a predetermined surface by the light guide optical system on the display element;
A projection-side optical system that projects an image emitted from the display element onto a screen;
Projector control means for controlling the display element;
With
The light source is a laser emitter that emits light in a blue wavelength band,
The projector according to claim 1, wherein the fluorescent plate is provided with an annular fluorescent light emitting unit having a green phosphor layer that emits fluorescent light in a green wavelength band upon receiving excitation light from the light source. The light emitting unit according to claim 7;
A red light source device having a light emitting element that emits light in a red wavelength band;
A light guide optical system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting unit and the red light source device to a predetermined surface;
A display element;
A light source side optical system for condensing the light guided to a predetermined surface by the light guide optical system on the display element;
A projection-side optical system that projects an image emitted from the display element onto a screen;
Projector control means for controlling the display element;
With
The light source is a laser emitter that emits light in a blue wavelength band,
The fluorescent plate is provided with a fluorescent light emitting unit having a green phosphor layer that emits fluorescent light in the green wavelength band upon receiving excitation light from the light source, and a reflective unit that reflects light from the light source. A projector characterized by that.

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