Patent ID: 8465159
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A projector apparatus that includes light emitting elements of red, blue, and green, and projects a color image in a field sequential color system, the projector apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store complementary color light emission pattern information and usual color light emission pattern information for a period of light emission by the light emitting elements, the complementary color light emission pattern information including one of a first duration in which only the light emitting elements of red and green simultaneously emit light, a second duration in which only the light emitting elements of green and blue simultaneously emit light, and a third duration in which only the light emitting elements of red and blue simultaneously emit light, and the usual color light emission pattern information including a duration other than the first duration, the second duration, and the third duration; an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicative of whether color components of the color image include a complementary color component; a reading unit configured to read the complementary color light emission pattern information when the acquiring unit acquires information indicating that the color components of the color image comprise a complementary color component and to read the usual color light emission pattern information when the acquiring unit acquires information indicating that the color components of the color image do not comprise a complementary color component; and a controller configured to control a light emission pattern for a period of light emission by the light emitting elements based on the color light emission pattern information read by the reading unit.