Patent ID: 8434876

Claim:
A projection type display apparatus comprising: a first light source unit emitting a first light flux; a second light source unit emitting a second light flux, the first light source unit and the second light source unit being arranged so that an optical axis of the first light flux when the first light flux is emitted from the first light unit is offset from an optical axis of the second light flux when the second light flux is emitted from the second light unit, a position of the first light source unit, from the first light flux is emitted, approximately confronting a position of the second light source unit, from the second light flux is emitted; a light intensity equalizing unit including an incidence end and an exit end and converting a light flux incident to the incidence end into a light flux with an equalized intensity distribution, which is emitted from the exit end; a first bending unit directing the first light flux emitted from the first light source unit toward the incidence end; a second bending unit directing the second light flux emitted from the second light source unit toward the incidence end; an image display element modulating the light flux emitted from the exit end of the light intensity equalizing unit to convert the light flux into image light; and a projection optical system projecting the image light on a screen; wherein the first light source unit, the second light source unit, the first bending unit and the second bending unit are arranged so that a first optical axis of the first light source unit is offset in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the light intensity equalizing unit from a second optical axis of the second light source unit, and a first distance between the first bending unit and the incidence end is shorter in the direction parallel to the optical axis of the light intensity equalizing unit than a second distance between the second bending unit and the incidence end, wherein a first end of the first bending unit on a side of the second light source unit is positioned on a side of the first light source from the optical axis of the light intensity equalizing unit, and a second end of the second bending unit on a side of the first light source unit is positioned on a side of the first light sources across the optical axis of the light intensity equalizing unit.