JP6286953B2 - Light source device and projection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a light source device and a projection device.

In Patent Document 1, a color image is generated by sequentially irradiating a display element with a plurality of colors of light (red, green, blue, white) and combining the lights of a plurality of colors modulated by the display element with time. A field sequential type (time division type) projection apparatus is disclosed.
In Patent Document 2, light emitted from a high-pressure mercury lamp is irradiated on a wavelength conversion optical element to make the light red or green, and light whose color has been corrected is irradiated on a light valve. A projection device for projecting light that has passed through a light valve is disclosed.

JP 2011-175000 A JP 2002-90883 A

  By the way, the blue light of the blue light source may not become an ideal blue color. That is, the blue light from the blue light source may include short-wavelength light, and the blue light may become purple-blue. When such a blue light source is used for the blue light source described in Patent Document 1, the color balance is lost.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to make the blue light close to ideal blue even when the blue light emitted by the blue light source is purplish.

In order to solve the above problems, a light source device according to the present invention intersects a blue light source that emits blue light and an optical axis of the blue light emitted by the blue light source, along a circumferential direction that passes through the intersection. An optical plate provided with a fluorescent region and a light transmission region, a rotary driver for rotating the optical plate in the circumferential direction, and provided on an optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and transmitted through the light transmission region A wavelength band additional filter that adds light of a wavelength band having a wavelength longer than that of the blue light to the blue light, the wavelength band additional filter including a transparent plate, and the blue color irradiated to the transparent plate provided only in a part of the irradiation region of light, that have a, a phosphor that emits green light by being excited by blue light and diffused transmitted through the light transmission region is emitted by the blue light source.

  According to the present invention, even if the blue light emitted by the blue light source is purple-blue, the wavelength band light having a wavelength longer than that of the blue light is combined with the blue light. Light that has passed through approaches the ideal blue color.

It is a top view of the projector concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the spectrum of the light emitted by a blue light source. It is a top view of an optical plate. It is the figure which showed the relationship between the wavelength of the light reflected by a dichroic mirror, and a reflectance. It is a top view of a wavelength band addition filter. It is the figure which showed the spectrum of the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent substance of a wavelength band addition filter.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using drawing. However, the embodiments described below are given various technically preferable limitations for carrying out the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments and illustrated examples.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the projection apparatus 100.
The projection apparatus 100 includes a light source device (time-division light generation device, sequential color generation device) 1, a light source side optical system 2, a display element 3, a projection optical system 4, and the like (see FIG. 1).

  The light source device 1 divides the emitted light into light of a plurality of different colors by time and sequentially emits the light of the plurality of colors. Specifically, the light source device 1 repeatedly emits red light, green light, and blue light in a predetermined order. The light source device 1 emits red light, green light, and blue light at least once per cycle. One period is a period in which a color image of one frame is generated by the display element 3.

  The light source side optical system 2 projects red light, green light, and blue light emitted from the light source device 1 onto the display element 3. The light source side optical system 2 includes an integrator optical element 2a, a lens 2b, an optical axis conversion mirror 2c, a lens group 2d, an irradiation mirror 2e, and a field lens 2f (see FIG. 1). Of these, the field lens 2 f is used as both the light source side optical system 2 and the projection optical system 4.

  The integrator optical element 2a is a light tunnel or a light rod. The integrator optical element 2a reflects or totally reflects red light, green light, and blue light emitted from the light source device 1 on the side surface a plurality of times so that the intensity distribution of red light, green light, and blue light (perpendicular to the optical axis). In-plane intensity distribution). The lens 2b projects and collects red light, green light, and blue light whose intensities are uniformly distributed by the integrator optical element 2a toward the optical axis conversion mirror 2c. The optical axis conversion mirror 2c reflects red light, green light, and blue light projected by the lens 2b toward the lens group 2d. The lens group 2d projects and collects red light, green light, and blue light reflected by the optical axis conversion mirror 2c toward the irradiation mirror 2e. The irradiation mirror 2e reflects the light projected by the lens group 2d toward the display element 3. The field lens 2 f projects the light reflected by the irradiation mirror 2 e onto the display element 3.

  The display element 3 is a spatial light modulator, and an image is generated by modulating red light, green light, and blue light irradiated by the light source side optical system 2 with each pixel. The display element 3 generates one frame of color video per cycle, and the one frame of color video is divided into red video, green video, and blue video by time. That is, the display element 3 generates a red video, a green video, and a blue video at least once per cycle, and a frame obtained by combining the red video, the green video, and the blue video formed in one cycle with time. Corresponds to a color image.

The period of the display element 3 and the period of the light source device 1 are equal. The cycle of the display element 3 corresponds to a cycle in which one frame of color video is generated. That is, the period of the display element 3 corresponds to a period in which the display element 3 generates the red video, the green video, and the blue video at least once.
The display element 3 generates a red image in synchronization with a period in which red light is emitted by the light source device 1. The display element 3 generates a green image in synchronization with a period in which green light is emitted by the light source device 1. The display element 3 generates a blue image in synchronization with a period in which blue light is emitted by the light source device 1.

  The display element 3 is a digital micromirror device (DMD) having a plurality of movable micromirrors arranged in a two-dimensional array. The display element 3 is driven by a driver. That is, when the red light is irradiated on the display element 3, the time during which the red light is reflected toward the projection optical system 4 by controlling (for example, PWM control) each movable micromirror of the display element 3. The ratio (duty ratio) is controlled for each movable micromirror. Thereby, a red image is generated by the display element 3. The same applies when the display element 3 is irradiated with green light or blue light.

  The display element 3 may be a transmissive spatial light modulator (for example, a liquid crystal shutter array panel: a so-called liquid crystal display) instead of a reflective spatial light modulator. When the display element 3 is a transmissive spatial light modulator, the optical design of the light source side optical system 2 is changed, and the optical axes of red light, green light, and blue light irradiated by the light source side optical system 2 are described later. The display element 3 is disposed between the projection optical system 4 and the light source side optical system 2 so as to overlap the optical axis of the projection optical system 4.

  The projection optical system 4 is a lens array composed of a plurality of lenses. The projection optical system 4 is provided so as to face the display element 3, and the optical axis of the projection optical system 4 extends back and forth and intersects the display element 3. The projection optical system 4 projects the image generated by the display element 3 onto the screen by projecting the light reflected by the display element 3 forward. The projection optical system 4 includes a movable lens group 4a and a fixed lens group 4b. The projection optical system 4 is capable of changing the focal length and focusing by moving the movable lens group 4a.

  Hereinafter, the light source device 1 will be specifically described. The light source device 1 includes a blue light generator 10, a reduction optical system 20, a red light source 31, a spindle motor 33, an optical plate 34, an optical path synthesis optical system 40, a condensing optical system 50, a wavelength band additional filter 70, and the like (FIG. 1). reference).

Blue light generator 10 The blue light generator 10 emits blue light (excitation beam) that is parallel light. The blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10 is a bundle of a plurality of blue light rays that travel parallel to each other. The blue light generator 10 includes a plurality of blue light sources 11, a plurality of collimator lenses 12, and a plurality of reflection mirrors 13. Blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10 excites a phosphor layer 34e described later.

  The blue light source 11 is a semiconductor light emitting element that emits blue light, more specifically, a blue laser diode. The color of the light emitted by the blue light source 11 is purple-blue. The spectrum of the light emitted by the blue light source 11 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the peak wavelength of the light emitted by the blue light source 11 is 450 nm.

  These blue light sources 11 are arranged in a two-dimensional array (lattice) along a plane perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. A plurality of collimator lenses 12 are arranged in a two-dimensional array (lattice) along a plane perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. The collimator lens 12 faces the blue light source 11 respectively. The optical axis of the blue light beam collimated by the collimator lens 12 is opposed to the blue light source 11 and the collimator lens 12 so that the reflection mirror 13 is inclined with respect to the optical axis of the blue light beam emitted by the blue light source 11. 90 ° conversion is performed by the reflection mirror 13. These reflecting mirrors 13 are arranged in a staircase pattern. The distance between the optical axes of the blue light rays collimated by the collimator lens 12 is narrowed by these reflection mirrors 13, and the diameter of the entire bundle of blue light rays reflected by these reflection mirrors 13 is before being reflected by the reflection mirror 13. It becomes thinner than the diameter of the entire bundle of laser beams. The blue light rays reflected by these reflecting mirrors 13 travel substantially in parallel, and the bundle of blue light rays is parallel light.

  The blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 blink. The blinking of the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 is so fast that it cannot be identified with the naked eye. Here, the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 are turned on in synchronization with a period in which the display element 3 generates a green image and a blue image, and in synchronization with a period in which the display element 3 generates a red image. The blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 are turned off.

-About the reduction optical system 20 The reduction optical system 20 is a lens group including lenses 21 and 22. The reduction optical system 20 is disposed on the side where the blue light emitted by the reflection mirror 13 is reflected. Further, the reduction optical system 20 is arranged so that the optical axis of the reduction optical system 20 coincides with the optical axis of the bundle of blue rays reflected by the reflection mirror 13. The reduction optical system 20 reduces the diameter of the blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10. That is, the reduction optical system 20 condenses the bundle of blue rays reflected by the plurality of reflection mirrors 13 and narrows the interval between the blue rays.

・ About the spindle motor 33 and the optical plate 34

  The optical plate 34 is provided in a disc shape, and the center of the optical plate 34 is connected to the drive shaft of the spindle motor 33. The optical plate 34 is orthogonal to the optical axis of the blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10 at a position shifted from the drive axis of the spindle motor 33.

  FIG. 3 is a plan view of the optical plate 34. The direction of viewing FIG. 3 and the direction of viewing FIG. 1 are perpendicular. As shown in FIG. 3, the optical plate 34 is divided into two segments along the circumferential direction, a first segment 34a and a second segment 34b. The first segment 34a is a fluorescent region, and the second segment 34b is It is a light diffusion transmission region. The first segment 34a and the second segment 34b are provided on the same circumference.

  The optical plate 34 includes a wheel plate 34d, a phosphor layer 34e, a diffuse transmission plate 34f, and the like. The skeletal shape of the wheel plate 34d when grasping the shape of the wheel plate 34d roughly is a disc. The drive shaft of the spindle motor 33 is directly connected to the center of the wheel plate 34d. The drive axis of the spindle motor 33 is parallel to the optical axis of the reduction optical system 20, and the wheel plate 34 d is orthogonal to the optical axis of the reduction optical system 20.

  An opening 34g is formed in the wheel plate 34d, and the opening 34g extends in the circumferential direction. The circumferential direction refers to the circumferential direction around the drive shaft of the spindle motor 33, and the axial direction refers to the direction in which the drive shaft of the spindle motor 33 extends.

  The phosphor layer 34e is excited by blue light emitted from the blue light source 11, and emits fluorescence (green light). The phosphor layer 34e is formed on the front surface of the wheel plate 34d. The joining interface between the phosphor layer 34e and the wheel plate 34d is mirror-finished, and the utilization efficiency of the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor layer 34e is improved. The front surface of the mirror-finished wheel plate 34 d faces the reduction optical system 20.

  When viewed in the axial direction, the phosphor layer 34e is formed in a circular arc shape so as to extend in the circumferential direction. The phosphor layer 34e and the opening 34g are juxtaposed in the circumferential direction, and the phosphor layer 34e and the opening 34g are on the same rotation trajectory. That is, when viewed in the axial direction, the phosphor layer 34 e and the opening 34 g are disposed on the same circumference with the drive shaft of the spindle motor 33 as the center. The portion where the phosphor layer 34e is formed corresponds to the first segment 34a.

  The phosphor layer 34e is not formed in the shape of a circular arc band, but the phosphor layer 34e may be formed on the entire front surface of the wheel plate 34d, or the phosphor layer 34e may drive the spindle motor 33. You may form in the fan shape centering on an axis | shaft.

  A disc-shaped diffuse transmission plate 34f is attached to the rear surface of the wheel plate 34d, and the opening 34g is closed by the diffusion transmission plate 34f. The part which obstruct | occluded the opening 34g among the diffuse transmission board 34f is equivalent to the 2nd segment 34b.

  If the phosphor layer 34e passes through the optical axis of blue light when the blue light generator 10 is on, fluorescence (green light) is emitted from the phosphor layer 34e. When the diffuse transmission plate 34f in the opening 34g passes through the optical axis of the blue light when the blue light generator 10 is turned on, the blue light is transmitted through the diffusion transmission plate 34f, and the blue light is diffused during the transmission. Is done.

  When the rotation period of the optical plate 34 is equal to the blinking period of the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11, the phosphor layer 34e and the opening 34g have the optical axis of the blue light when the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 are turned on. Pass through.

・ About red light source 31

The color of the light emitted by the red light source 31 is different from the color of green light generated by the phosphor layer 34e of the optical plate 34 and the color of blue light that has passed through the opening 34g of the optical plate 34. Specifically, the red light source 31 emits red light.
The red light source 31 is a semiconductor light emitting element, more specifically, a red light emitting diode.
The optical axis of the red light emitted by the red light source 31 is parallel to the optical axis of the blue light emitted by the blue light source 11. The optical axis of red light emitted by the red light source 31 is orthogonal to the optical axis of blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10.

  The red light source 31 blinks. The blinking of the red light source 31 is so fast that it cannot be identified with the naked eye. Here, the blinking cycle of the red light source 31 is equal to the blinking cycle of the blue light generation device 10 and the blue light source 11, and the red light source 31 blinks in reverse phase to the blinking of the blue light generation device 10 and the blue light source 11. That is, the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 are turned off in synchronization with the period during which the red light source 31 blinks, and the blue light generator 10 and the blue light source 11 are turned on in synchronization with the period during which the red light source 31 is turned off. To do. The red light source 31 is turned on in synchronization with the period in which the red image is generated by the display element 3, and the red light source 31 is turned off in synchronization with the period in which the blue image and the green image are generated by the display element 3.

Optical path synthesis optical system 40 and wavelength band additional filter 70

The optical path combining optical system 40 combines the red light emitted from the red light source 31, the green light generated by the phosphor layer 34e of the optical plate 34, and the blue light passing through the opening 34g of the optical plate 34 into the same optical path.
The wavelength band addition filter 70 is provided on the optical path formed by the optical path synthesis optical system 40, particularly the blue light optical path.

  The optical path synthesis optical system 40 includes a first optical path synthesis member 41, a second optical path synthesis member 42, a first dichroic mirror 43, and a second dichroic mirror 44.

  The first optical path combining member 41 is provided in a plate shape. The first optical path synthesis member 41 synthesizes the red light emitted by the red light source 31 and the fluorescence generated by the phosphor layer 34e of the optical plate 34 into the same optical path. The first optical path combining member 41 is disposed at the intersection of the optical axis of red light emitted by the red light source 31 and the optical axis of blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10. The first optical path combining member 41 obliquely intersects with the optical axis of the red light emitted by the red light source 31 at 45 ° and is 45 ° with respect to the optical axis of the blue light emitted by the blue light generation device 10. Oblique at.

  The first optical path combining member 41 is a dichroic mirror. The first optical path combining member 41 reflects light in a predetermined band (green light) and transmits light outside the predetermined band (red light, blue light). Specifically, the first optical path combining member 41 transmits the blue light emitted by the blue light generation device 10 toward the optical plate 34. The first optical path combining member 41 transmits the red light emitted by the red light source 31 toward the second optical path combining member 42. The first optical path synthesis member 41 reflects the fluorescence (green light) generated by the phosphor layer 34 e of the optical plate 34 toward the second optical path synthesis member 42. Thereby, the optical path of the fluorescence generated by the phosphor layer 34 e of the optical plate 34 is combined with the optical path of the red light emitted by the red light source 31.

  The first dichroic mirror 43 is disposed on the opposite side of the first optical path combining member 41 with respect to the optical plate 34. The first dichroic mirror 43 is a long wavelength cut filter and reflects light having a wavelength shorter than the cutoff wavelength. Specifically, the first dichroic mirror 43 reflects blue light and transmits green light and red light having a wavelength longer than that of the blue light. The first dichroic mirror 43 is provided perpendicular to the first optical path combining member 41. The first dichroic mirror 43 is oblique to the optical axis of the blue light emitted by the blue light generator 10. Further, the first dichroic mirror 43 crosses at 45 ° with respect to the optical axis of the blue light transmitted through the diffusion transmission plate 34 f of the optical plate 34.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the wavelength of light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43 and the reflectance. As shown in FIG. 4, the first dichroic mirror 43 has a cutoff wavelength (a wavelength when the transmittance is 50%) of 500 nm. The cutoff wavelength of the first dichroic mirror 43 is longer than the peak wavelength of the light emitted by the blue light source 11. Furthermore, the cut-off wavelength of the first dichroic mirror 43 is longer than the longest wavelength of the wavelength band of light emitted by the blue light source 11 (wavelength band taking a half value or more of the maximum intensity).

  The first dichroic mirror 43 reflects the blue light transmitted through the diffuse transmission plate 34 f of the optical plate 34 toward the wavelength band additional filter 70 and the second dichroic mirror 44. The optical axis of the blue light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43 is parallel to the optical axes of the fluorescent light and the red light whose optical paths are combined by the first optical path combining member 41. The traveling direction of the blue light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43 is the same as the traveling direction of the fluorescent light and the red light whose optical paths are combined by the first optical path combining member 41.

  The wavelength band addition filter 70 is disposed between the first dichroic mirror 43 and a second dichroic mirror 44 described later. The wavelength band additional filter 70 intersects (particularly, orthogonally) the optical axis of the blue light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43.

  The wavelength band additional filter 70 allows the blue light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43 to pass through and uses the energy of the blue light to have a wavelength band longer than the blue light (specifically, the green light). Wavelength band).

  FIG. 5 is a plan view of the wavelength band additional filter 70. As shown in FIG. 5, the wavelength band addition filter 70 includes a transparent plate 71 that allows light to pass through, and a plurality of phosphors 72 that are scattered or dispersed in the transparent plate 71. Here, the plurality of phosphors 72 are attached to one surface, the other surface, or both surfaces of the transparent plate 71 and arranged in a lattice pattern along these surfaces. The phosphor 72 may be dispersed inside one surface of the transparent plate 71 and the other surface.

  The phosphor 72 is excited by blue light emitted by the blue light source 11 and emits fluorescence (green light) in a wavelength band having a wavelength longer than that of the blue light. A spectrum of fluorescence emitted by the phosphor 72 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the peak wavelength of the fluorescence emitted by the phosphor 72 is 530 to 535 nm. The shortest wavelength of the wavelength band of the fluorescence emitted by the phosphor 72 (wavelength band taking half or more of the maximum intensity) is longer than the cutoff wavelength of the first dichroic mirror 43.

  Since such a phosphor 72 is provided on the transparent plate 71, the spectrum of the light emitted from the wavelength band additional filter 70 is a fluorescence having a longer wavelength in the wavelength band of the blue light that has passed through the transparent plate 71. A wavelength band of (fluorescence emitted by the phosphor 72) is added. Therefore, the blue light emitted from the wavelength band additional filter 70 is greener than the blue light before incidence.

  Since fluorescence is emitted from the phosphor 72, the fluorescence progresses from the wavelength band additional filter 70 toward the first dichroic mirror 43. Such fluorescence is blocked by the first dichroic mirror 43. Therefore, such fluorescence does not re-synthesize to blue light in the second optical path synthesis member 42 described later.

  The second dichroic mirror 44 is provided in parallel to the first optical path combining member 41. The second dichroic mirror 44 is also a long wavelength cut filter, like the first dichroic mirror 43, and reflects light having a wavelength shorter than the cutoff wavelength. Specifically, it reflects blue light and transmits green light and red light having a wavelength larger than that of blue light. The second dichroic mirror 44 is provided perpendicular to the first dichroic mirror 43. The second dichroic mirror 44 crosses at 45 ° with respect to the optical axis of the light emitted from the wavelength band additional filter 70 (light in which the wavelength band of blue light and the wavelength band of green light are mixed).

The relationship between the wavelength of light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44 and the transmittance is the same as the relationship between the wavelength of light reflected by the first dichroic mirror 43 and the transmittance (see FIG. 4). Accordingly, of the light emitted from the wavelength band addition filter 70, the blue light in the wavelength band that has passed through the transparent plate 71 is reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44 toward the second optical path combining member 42. Of the light emitted from the wavelength band additional filter 70, part of the light in the wavelength band that has passed through the transparent plate 71 emitted by the phosphor 72 is reflected toward the second optical path combining member 42 by the second dichroic mirror 44. The remaining part is blocked by the second dichroic mirror 44. Therefore, the blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44 is more purple than the blue light emitted from the wavelength band additional filter 70, but more green than the blue light emitted by the blue light source 11.
The optical axis of blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44 is orthogonal to the optical axes of green light and red light whose optical paths are combined by the first optical path combining member 41.

  The second optical path combining member 42 is provided in a plate shape. The second optical path combining member 42 is disposed on the opposite side of the red light source 31 with respect to the first optical path combining member 41. The second optical path combining member 42 and the first optical path combining member 41 are provided in parallel to each other. The second optical path combining member 42 is arranged at the intersection of the optical axis of the fluorescent light and red light combined by the first optical path combining member 41 and the optical axis of blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44. Yes. The second optical path combining member 42 crosses at 45 ° with respect to the optical axes of the fluorescent light and red light whose optical paths are combined by the first optical path combining member 41. The second optical path combining member 42 crosses at 45 ° with respect to the optical axis of the blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44.

  The second optical path combining member 42 is a dichroic mirror. The second optical path combining member 42 transmits light in a predetermined band (blue light) and reflects light (red light, green light) outside the predetermined band. Specifically, the second optical path combining member 42 reflects the green light reflected by the first optical path combining member 41 toward the integrator optical element 2a. The second optical path combining member 42 reflects the red light that has passed through the first optical path combining member 41 toward the integrator optical element 2a. The second optical path combining member 42 transmits the blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44 toward the integrator optical element 2a. Thereby, the optical path of the red light and the green light whose optical paths are combined by the first optical path combining member 41 is combined with the optical path of the blue light reflected by the second dichroic mirror 44.

-Condensing optical system 50

The condensing optical system 50 includes a plurality of lenses 51 to 59.
The lenses 51 and 52 are disposed between the red light source 31 and the first optical path combining member 41. The lens 53 is disposed between the first optical path combining member 41 and the second optical path combining member 42. The lenses 51 to 53 are arranged so that these optical axes overlap.

  Lenses 55 and 56 are disposed between the optical plate 34 and the first optical path combining member 41. A lens 57 is disposed between the optical plate 34 and the first dichroic mirror 43. The lenses 55, 56, 57 and the reduction optical system 20 are arranged so that their optical axes overlap.

  A lens 58 is disposed between the first dichroic mirror 43 and the wavelength band additional filter 70. The optical axis of the lens 58 and the optical axis of the lens 57 are orthogonal to each other in the first dichroic mirror 43. A lens 59 is disposed between the second dichroic mirror 44 and the second optical path combining member 42. The optical axis of the lens 59 and the optical axis of the lens 58 are orthogonal to each other in the second dichroic mirror 44. A lens 54 is disposed between the second optical path combining member 42 and the integrator optical element 2a. The lenses 54 and 59 are arranged so that these optical axes overlap. The optical axes of the lenses 54 and 59 are orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens 53 in the second optical path combining member 42.

The wavelength band addition filter 70 in the present embodiment is composed of two regions of a transparent plate 71 that transmits blue light and a phosphor 72 that generates a wavelength band of green light. The band addition filter 70 may be formed of only one region, and may pass through the wavelength band addition filter 70 to be converted to an actual wavelength close to blue (peak is 460 to 464 nm).
Embodiments of the present invention have been described. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.
The invention described in the scope of claims attached to the application of this application will be added below. The item numbers of the claims described in the appendix are as set forth in the claims attached to the application of this application.
[Appendix]
<Claim 1>
A blue light source emitting blue light;
An optical plate that intersects the optical axis of blue light emitted by the blue light source, and is provided with a fluorescent region and a light transmission region along a circumferential direction passing through the intersection;
A rotation driver for rotating the optical plate in the circumferential direction;
A wavelength band additional filter provided on an optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and transmitted through the light transmission region, and adding light of a wavelength band having a wavelength longer than that of the blue light to the blue light; A light source device comprising:
<Claim 2>
The light source device according to claim 1, wherein light is diffused in the light transmission region of the optical plate when light is transmitted.
<Claim 3>
An optical path combining optical system that combines a light path of fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent region by blue light emitted from the blue light source and a light path of blue light emitted from the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region; Prepared,
The wavelength band additional filter,
A transparent plate,
2. The plurality of phosphors that are provided on the transparent plate and emit green light when excited by blue light emitted from the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. Or the light source device of 2.
<Claim 4>
The optical path synthesis optical system is
The peak wavelength of green light emitted by the phosphor is provided on the optical plate side of the wavelength band additional filter in the optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. The first dichroic mirror to cut,
A peak wavelength of green light emitted by the phosphor, provided on the opposite side of the optical plate with respect to the wavelength band additional filter in the optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. The light source device according to claim 3, further comprising: a second dichroic mirror that cuts the light.
<Claim 5>
A light source that emits light of a color different from the blue light emitted by the blue light and the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent region;
The optical path synthesis optical system is
An optical path of fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent region by blue light emitted by the blue light source, an optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region, and light emitted by the light source. The light source device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the light path is combined.
<Claim 6>
A light source device according to claim 5;
A display element that generates an image by irradiating the light whose optical path is synthesized by the optical path synthesis optical system of the light source device;
A projection optical system for projecting an image generated by the display element;
Comprising
A projection apparatus characterized by that.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light source device 3 Display element 4 Projection optical system 10 Blue light generator 11 Blue light source 31 Light source 33 Spindle motor (rotation drive)
34 Optical plate 34a First segment (fluorescence region)
34b Second segment (light transmission region)
34e phosphor layer 34f light diffusion transmission plate 40 optical path synthesis optical system 43 first dichroic mirror 44 second dichroic mirror 70 wavelength band additional filter 71 transparent plate 72 phosphor

Claims (6)

A blue light source emitting blue light;
An optical plate that intersects the optical axis of blue light emitted by the blue light source, and is provided with a fluorescent region and a light transmission region along a circumferential direction passing through the intersection;
A rotation driver for rotating the optical plate in the circumferential direction;
A wavelength band additional filter that is provided on an optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and transmitted through the light transmission region, and that adds light of a wavelength band having a wavelength longer than the blue light to the blue light;
Equipped with a,
The wavelength band additional filter is provided only in a transparent plate and a part of the irradiation region of the blue light irradiated on the transparent plate, and is emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. light source device according to claim Rukoto to have a, a phosphor that emits green light by being excited by.   The light source device according to claim 1, wherein light is diffused in the light transmission region of the optical plate when light is transmitted. An optical path combining optical system that combines a light path of fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent region by blue light emitted from the blue light source and a light path of blue light emitted from the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region; Prepared,
Before KiToru provided bright plate phosphor light source device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by multiple der Rukoto. The optical path synthesis optical system is
The peak wavelength of green light emitted by the phosphor is provided on the optical plate side of the wavelength band additional filter in the optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. The first dichroic mirror to cut,
A peak wavelength of green light emitted by the phosphor, provided on the opposite side of the optical plate with respect to the wavelength band additional filter in the optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region. The light source device according to claim 3, further comprising: a second dichroic mirror that cuts the light. Further comprising a light source that emits fluorescence with a different color of light emitted from the blue light and the fluorescent region emitted by the blue light source,
The optical path synthesis optical system is
An optical path of fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent region by blue light emitted by the blue light source, an optical path of blue light emitted by the blue light source and diffused and transmitted through the light transmission region, and light emitted by the light source. The light source device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the light path is combined. A light source device according to claim 5;
A display element that generates an image by irradiating the light whose optical path is synthesized by the optical path synthesis optical system of the light source device;
A projection optical system for projecting an image generated by the display element;
Comprising
A projection apparatus characterized by that.

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