Patent ID: 9380279
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An illumination device comprising: a light source device which has a plurality of light emission regions including a first light emission region and a second light emission region, and is able to adjust the amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light emission regions; a light source control device which controls the light source device such that, in a first period, the amount of light emitted from the first light emission region is different from the amount of light emitted from other light emission regions among the plurality of light emission regions, and in a second period, the amount of light emitted from the second light emission region is different from the amount of light emitted from the second light emission region in the first period; and an illumination optical system which superimposes light from the plurality of light emission regions in an illumination region.