Claims
- 1. A projector, comprising:an illumination optical system that emits illuminating light; a light valve that modulates the illuminating light emitted from said illumination optical system to emit a modulated light, the light valve having an incident surface, a projection optical system that projects the modulated light emitted from the light valve, a lens provided on a side of the incident surface of the light valve, the lens having a first side, a second side, a peripheral edge, one of said first and second sides being a flat surface, and a single straight line provided on the flat surface of the lens, and a polarization element provided on the flat surface, the polarization element is a different size than the lens.
- 2. The projector according to claim 1, further including a dichroic film provided on the flat surface.
- 3. A projector, comprising:an illumination optical system that emits illuminating light; a color light separation section that separates the illuminating light emitted from said illumination optical system into three color light; three light valves that modulate the three color light to emit a modulated light, each of the light valves having an incident surface; three lenses placed on a side of the incident surface of the light valves, respectively, at least one of the three lenses having a first side, a second side, a peripheral edge, one of said first and second sides being a flat surface, and a single straight line provided on the flat surface of the lens; a polarization element provided on the flat surface, the polarization element is a different size than the lens; a color light synthesizing section that synthesizes the modulated light emitted from said three light valves to emit a synthesized light; and a projection optical system that projects the synthesized light emitted from the color light synthesizing section.
- 4. The projector according to claim 3, further including a dichroic film provided on the flat surface.
- 5. A projector, comprising:an illumination optical system that emits illuminating light; a light valve that modulates the illuminating light emitted from said illumination optical system on the basis of a given image to emit a modulated light, the light valve having an incident surface, an effective area, and a polarization element; a projection optical system that projects the modulated light emitted from said light valve; and a lens provided on a side of the incident surface of said light valve in order to illuminate the effective area of said light valve by the illuminating light emitted from said illumination optical system, the lens having a flat surface, the polarization element of the light valve being fixed on the flat surface of said lens, the lens being provided with at least one of a single reference line provided on the flat surface and a reference surface which is usable as a reference to position a transmission axis of the polarization element, the lens and the polarization element defining different shapes.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of Application Ser. No. 09/246,689 filed Feb. 9, 1999, which in turn is a ______. The entire disclosure of the prior application(s) is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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