Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source to emit first color light; a second light source to emit second color light; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least a portion of the first color light into a third color light; a light incident element to which the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light enter; a first filter to reflect the first color light toward the wavelength conversion unit; and a second filter to reflect the second color light toward the light incident element. The first filter and the second filter are separately disposed on an optical path of the third color light between the wavelength conversion unit and the light incident element.

Abstract: A light guide optical device includes an optical path combiner including: a first deflector to deflect first light incident from a first direction to an emission direction; a second deflector to deflect second light incident from a second direction different from the first direction, to the emission direction; and a transmission portion between the first deflector and the second deflector, the transmission portion to transmit third light incident from a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction, to the emission direction. The optical path combining unit combines the first light, the second light, and the third light, and emits the combined light to the mission direction.

Abstract: A light source device includes a light source, a plurality of wavelength conversion units, and a plurality of optical systems. The plurality of wavelength conversion units each includes a wavelength conversion region configured to receive light emitted from the light source and emit light with a wavelength different from a wavelength of the received light. The plurality of optical systems are configured to form images of wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units. The light source is configured to irradiate the wavelength conversion units with light at a same timing. The plurality of optical systems are configured to cause the images of the wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units to be adjacent to or superimposed on each other.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a light source; an image display element including multiple micromirrors arranged in two dimensions, the multiple micromirrors forming an image display plane, each micromirror having a reflecting surface; and a projection optical system. Conditional expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied: ?1?14(deg)??(1) 1.2<BF/L<2.2??(2) where ?1 is a maximum tilt angle of the reflecting surface of each micromirror with respect to the image display plane, L is a diagonal length of the image display plane, and BF is a distance between a vertex of a lens within the projection optical system and closest to the image display plane and the image display plane along an optical axis of the projection optical system.

Abstract: A substrate having a first pattern formed on a surface or in an inside of the substrate, or on the surface and in the inside of the substrate, wherein the first pattern is constituted by an aggregate of second patterns.

Abstract: A light source device includes: multiple light source units each including a light source to emit a first color light beam, each of the multiple light source units configured to: convert at least part of the first color light beam into a second color light beam emitted from an emitting region; and emit the second color light beam to form a conjugate image; and a light combiner to combine the conjugate images formed by the multiple light source units to form a combined image, in which the conjugate images partially overlap each other, on a plane of an entrance surface of a light uniformizing element along a central axis of the light uniformizing element. A conditional expression below is satisfied: 1.3>SC/SI>0.7 where SC is an area of the combined image, and SI is an area of the entrance surface of the light uniformizing element.

Abstract: A light guide optical device includes an optical path combiner including: a first deflector to deflect first light incident from a first direction to an emission direction; a second deflector to deflect second light incident from a second direction different from the first direction, to the emission direction; and a transmission portion between the first deflector and the second deflector, the transmission portion to transmit third light incident from a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction, to the emission direction. The optical path combining unit combines the first light, the second light, and the third light, and emits the combined light to the mission direction.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source to emit first color light; a second light source to emit second color light; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least a portion of the first color light into a third color light; a light incident element to which the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light enter; a first filter to reflect the first color light toward the wavelength conversion unit; and a second filter to reflect the second color tight toward the light incident element. The first filter and the second filter are separately disposed on an optical path of the third color light between the wavelength conversion unit and the light incident element.

Abstract: A light source device includes a light source, a plurality of wavelength conversion units, and a plurality of optical systems. The plurality of wavelength conversion units each includes a wavelength conversion region configured to receive light emitted from the light source and emit light with a wavelength different from a wavelength of the received light. The plurality of optical systems are configured to form images of wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units. The light source is configured to irradiate the wavelength conversion units with light at a same timing. The plurality of optical systems are configured to cause the images of the wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units to be adjacent to or superimposed on each other.

Abstract: A light source device includes: multiple light source units each including a light source to emit a first color light beam, each of the multiple light source units configured to: convert at least part of the first color light beam into a second color light beam emitted from an emitting region; and emit the second color light beam to form a conjugate image; and a light combiner to combine the conjugate images formed by the multiple light source units to form a combined image, in which the conjugate images partially overlap each other, on a plane of an entrance surface of a light uniformizing element along a central axis of the light uniformizing element. A conditional expression below is satisfied: 1.3>SC/SI>0.7 where SC is an area of the combined image, and SI is an area of the entrance surface of the light uniformizing element.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a light source; an image display element including multiple micromirrors arranged in two dimensions, the multiple micromirrors forming an image display plane, each micromirror having a reflecting surface; and a projection optical system. Conditional expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied: ?1?14 (deg)??(1) 1.2<BF/L<2.2??(2) where ?1 is a maximum tilt angle of the reflecting surface of each micromirror with respect to the image display plane, L is a diagonal length of the image display plane, and BF is a distance between a vertex of a lens within the projection optical system and closest to the image display plane and the image display plane along an optical axis of the projection optical system.

Abstract: An object detector includes a light-emitting system and a light-receiving system. The light-emitting system includes a light source including a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in one-axis direction. The light-emitting system emits light. The light-receiving system receives the light emitted from the light-emitting system and reflected by an object. The plurality of light-emitting elements emits a plurality of light beams to a plurality of areas differing in the one-axis direction. The amount of light to illuminate some of the plurality of areas is different from the amount of light to illuminate other area other than the some of the plurality of areas.

Abstract: A light beam scanning device scans a luminous flux irradiated from a light source and deflected by a deflector to a scanned surface through an optical system having a set of mirrors. A apparatus, such as the light beam scanning device, further includes a scanning line curve adjusting device to bend a first mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a curve in a scanning line on the scanned surface, and a scanning line tilt adjusting device to change orientation of a second mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a tilt in the scanning line on the scanned surface. The light beam scanning device may be provided in an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser driving apparatus for driving a semiconductor laser serving as a light source for optical scanning, the semiconductor laser driving apparatus includes: first and second switching elements that are each capable of switching energization of the semiconductor laser ON/OFF; a first pulse generation unit that intermittently outputs first driving pulses to the first switching element in a first time slot; and a second pulse generation unit that outputs a second driving pulse to the second switching element in a second time slot different from the first time slot.

Abstract: An object detecting device includes: a light source which includes a plurality of light emitting units arranged in a sub-scanning direction; a deflector which deflects light from the light source; and an optical detector which includes a plurality of light receiving units arranged in the sub-scanning direction so as to correspond to the plurality of light emitting units, and receives light deflected by the deflector and reflected by an object.

Abstract: An object detection device includes: a light deflector that scans a scanning area with light emitted from a light source; and a light-receiving unit that, when an object is present in the scanning area, receives reflected light from the object through an imaging forming optical system. The light emitted from the light source irradiates an area having a shape longer in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction than in the first direction. Wpds/Wpdm<Wes/Wem is satisfied, where Wpdm is a length of the light-receiving region in the first direction, Wpds is a length of the light-receiving region in the second direction, Wem is a length of the area irradiated with the light emitted to the object, in the first direction, and Wes is a length of the area irradiated with the light emitted to the object, in the second direction.

Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror rotatable around a rotating shaft of the optical deflector, the mirror including a base made of metal and a reflective surface, the reflective surface being parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft of the mirror. The mirror has a length that is twice a length from a center of the rotating shaft to the reflective surface, which is shorter than a length of the reflective surface in the direction of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An object detector includes a light-emitting system and a light-receiving system. The light-emitting system includes a light source including a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in one-axis direction. The light-emitting system emits light. The light-receiving system receives the light emitted from the light-emitting system and reflected by an object. The plurality of light-emitting elements emits a plurality of light beams to a plurality of areas differing in the one-axis direction. The amount of light to illuminate some of the plurality of areas is different from the amount of light to illuminate other area other than the some of the plurality of areas.

Abstract: An optical scanner is provided including a light source configured to emit light, a light source driving device configured to drive the light source, a light deflector having at least one rotating reflection plane and configured to deflect the light emitted from the light source to a scanning area, and a light detector configured to output a signal to control a timing at which scanning of the scanning area by the light deflected by the light deflector starts, where the light detector and the scanning area are sequentially scanned in a single scanning by one reflection plane of the light deflector, and the light source driving device drives the light source using a first driving method when the light scans the light detector, and drives the light source using a second driving method that is different from the first driving method when the light scans the scanning area.

Abstract: An object detector and a sensing apparatus are provided. The object detector includes a light source, a light deflector configured to deflect light emitted from the light source, and a photodetector configured to detect the light that is deflected by the light deflector and then is reflected at an object, where the light deflector includes a plurality of reflection planes that rotate on a rotation axis, the reflection planes are oblique to the rotation axis and are rotationally symmetrical about the rotation axis, and the light that is emitted from the light source enters the light deflector in a direction parallel to the rotation axis. The sensing apparatus includes the object detector, and a monitoring controller configured to determine whether an object is present, and obtain movement information of the object including at least one of moving direction and moving speed of the object.