Patent ID: 9664376
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F21V,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A projection-type image display apparatus comprising: a light source unit; an image generating unit that generates image light according to an input video signal; a light-guide optical system that guides the light from the light source unit to the image generating unit; a projection optical system that projects the image light generated by the image generating unit; and a controller that controls the image generating unit, the light-guide optical system, and the projection optical system, wherein the controller has a display mode in which the image light is projected and an illumination mode in which the light from the light source unit is emitted as illumination light, the controller controls the projection optical system in the illumination mode, the controller controls the projection optical system to focus illumination light from the projection optical system at a position farther than the projection surface when viewed from the projection optical system.