A projector, an image projection method, and a recording medium storing a program. The projector includes a color wheel configured to divide light by time into light rays of a plurality of colors including at least a first color and a second color, the light forming an image to be projected, an image generator configured to generate the image including a plurality of pixels from the light rays divided by time by the color wheel, a shifting member configured to shift the plurality of pixels of the image formed by the first color and the second color, with varying shifting speeds, a color-wheel controller configured to control the color wheel, a shifting controller configured to control the shifting member, and a timing controller configured to generate a first timing signal for controlling timings of the color wheel and a second timing signal for controlling timings of the shifting member.

The present disclosure provides a projection system and a control method thereof, comprising: a light source system, configured to sequentially generate primary light of three colors; a light modulation system comprising at least one light modulator configured to module the primary light; and a control system, configured to: divide time duration of each primary light in each source image frame into a plurality of modulation periods according to the number of gray scales, sequentially arrange the modulation periods, wherein at least two modulation periods of at least one primary light are arranged with an interval, and control the light source system to generate the primary light of the corresponding color in each modulation period according to a sequence of the modulation periods, and control the at least one light modulator to modulate the primary light of the corresponding color.

The present disclosure provides a projection system and a control method thereof, comprising: a light source system, configured to sequentially generate primary light of three colors; a light modulation system comprising at least one light modulator configured to module the primary light; and a control system, configured to: divide time duration of each primary light in each source image frame into a plurality of modulation periods according to the number of gray scales, sequentially arrange the modulation periods, wherein at least two modulation periods of at least one primary light are arranged with an interval, and control the light source system to generate the primary light of the corresponding color in each modulation period according to a sequence of the modulation periods, and control the at least one light modulator to modulate the primary light of the corresponding color.

A light source system, comprising a first light source, a first wavelength conversion device, a second wavelength conversion device, a light path conversion element, and a light combining unit. The light path conversion element is configured to make an excitation light emitted by the first light source irradiate the first wavelength conversion device and the second wavelength conversion device in turn, so as to correspondingly excite and generate a first excited light and a second excited light. The light combining unit is configured to combine the first excited light and the second excited light. A projector system, comprising the light source system.

A projection display apparatus of the present disclosure includes a solid state light source that emits blue light in a first wavelength range; a wheel having a light-emitting body that emits emission light in a second wavelength range closer to the longer wavelengths than the first wavelength range is and adjacent to the first wavelength range, in response to irradiation with the blue light; a light uniformizing element that uniformizes the blue light and the emission light; a light modulation element that modulates light uniformized by the light uniformizing element; and a projection unit that projects the light modulated by the light modulation element. An end of the light-emitting body that the blue light enters has a dichroic coating that partly reflects the blue light and transmits emission light.

A light-source device includes an excitation light source, an optical member, and a wavelength converter. The excitation light source is configured to emit first color light. The optical member has a reflecting surface configured to reflect the first color light emitted from the excitation light source. The wavelength converter includes a wavelength conversion member on which the first color light reflected by the optical member is incident. The wavelength conversion member is configured to convert at least part of the first color light into second color light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first color light and emit the second color light. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface of the optical member does not intersect with a light flux of the first color light emitted from the wavelength converter.

An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes multiple laser light source units, a light splitting element, a wavelength conversion module, and a filter module. The laser light source units include first and second laser light source units, respectively configured to provide first and second beams. The light splitting element is located on transmission paths of the first and second beams. When the wavelength conversion module rotates synchronously with the filter module, in a first period of time, the first beam is transmitted to the filter module via the light splitting element and then reflected to a wavelength conversion region via a first color filter region of the filter module, and the second beam is transmitted to the wavelength conversion region via the light splitting element. The first and second beams are converted to a converted beam, which is transmitted to the filter module.

A laser light source is provided. The laser light source includes: a laser device; a first color wheel and a second color wheel, on both of which there are corresponding color regions, wherein the laser device emits laser which illuminates the first color wheel and the second color wheel sequentially, and exits from the color regions on the second color wheel; a first marker and a second marker arranged respectively on the first and the second color wheels; a first sensor configured to detect the first marker, and to generate a first sense signal; a second sensor configured to detect the second marker, and to generate a second sense signal; and a control unit configured to synchronize the first color wheel and the second color wheel.

A laser light source is provided. The laser light source includes: a laser device; a first color wheel and a second color wheel, on both of which there are corresponding color regions, wherein the laser device emits laser which illuminates the first color wheel and the second color wheel sequentially, and exits from the color regions on the second color wheel; a first marker and a second marker arranged respectively on the first and the second color wheels; a first sensor configured to detect the first marker, and to generate a first sense signal; a second sensor configured to detect the second marker, and to generate a second sense signal; and a control unit configured to synchronize the first color wheel and the second color wheel.

Methods and apparatus for driving an emitter array are described. A method includes determining a thermal environment profile for a plurality of emitters of the emitter array, computing a current pulse profile for at least one of the plurality of emitters based on the thermal environment profile, and applying a current pulse with the computed current pulse profile to the at least one of plurality of emitters.