Light source device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11674680-B2
Application number	US-202017618422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2020
Priority date	Jun 13, 2019
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a light source device in which the housing is not full of heat, and the risk of inhaling dust in the housing or the risk of reduction of life of the fan device becomes reduced. In an aspect, a light source device according to the present disclosure includes a light source; a light source control unit for controlling turning on/off and a quantity of light of the light source; a cooling fan for cooling the light source; and a fan control unit for controlling a number of revolutions of the cooling fan, wherein the fan control unit is configured to: control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a first number of revolutions depending on the quantity of light of the light source when the light source is turned on, and control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a second number of revolutions lower than the first number of revolutions by waiting for a predetermined waiting time when the light source is turned off.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light source device comprising:
a light source;
a light source control unit for controlling turning on/off and a quantity of light of the light source;
a cooling fan for cooling the light source; and
a fan control unit for controlling a number of revolutions of the cooling fan,
wherein the fan control unit is configured to:
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a first number of revolutions depending on the quantity of light of the light source when the light source is turned on, and
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a second number of revolutions lower than the first number of revolutions by waiting for a predetermined waiting time when the light source is turned off.

2. A light source device comprising:
a light source;
a light source control unit for controlling turning on/off of the light source;
a cooling fan for cooling the light source; and
a fan control unit for controlling a number of revolutions of the cooling fan based on turning on/off of the light source,
wherein the fan control unit is configured to:
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a first number of revolutions when the light source is turned on, and
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a second number of revolutions lower than the first number of revolutions by waiting for a predetermined waiting time when the light source is turned off.

3. A light source device comprising:
a light source;
a light source control unit for controlling turning on/off of the light source;
a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the light source;
a cooling fan for cooling the light source; and
a fan control unit for controlling a number of revolutions of the cooling fan based on turning on/off of the light source and a detection result of the temperature sensor,
wherein the fan control unit is configured to:
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a first number of revolutions when the light source is turned on, and
control the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to become a second number of revolutions lower than the first number of revolutions by waiting until the detection result of the temperature sensor becomes a predetermined value or smaller when the light source is turned off.

4. The light source device of claim 1 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 1 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 , the second number of revolutions is R 2 , and a transition time from the first number of revolutions to the second number of revolutions is T,
( R 2− R 1)/ T=k ( k is an arbitrary constant)  [Conditional equation 1]

5. The light source device of claim 4 , wherein, when the light source is turned on within the transition time, the fan control unit does not wait for the transition time to be lapsed and controls the cooling fan such that the number of revolutions of the cooling fan becomes the first number of revolutions.

6. The light source device of claim 1 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 2 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 and the quantity of light of the light source is P,
R 1= a·P+b ( a and b are arbitrary constants)  [Conditional equation 2]

7. The light source device of claim 1 , wherein the second number of revolutions is set to about 40% of a maximum number of revolutions of the cooling fan.

8. The light source device of claim 2 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 1 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 , the second number of revolutions is R 2 , and a transition time from the first number of revolutions to the second number of revolutions is T,
( R 2− R 1)/ T=k ( k is an arbitrary constant)  [Conditional equation 1]

9. The light source device of claim 3 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 1 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 , the second number of revolutions is R 2 , and a transition time from the first number of revolutions to the second number of revolutions is T,
( R 2− R 1)/ T=k ( k is an arbitrary constant)  [Conditional equation 1]

10. The light source device of claim 8 , wherein, when the light source is turned on within the transition time, the fan control unit does not wait for the transition time to be lapsed and controls the cooling fan such that the number of revolutions of the cooling fan becomes the first number of revolutions.

11. The light source device of claim 9 , wherein, when the light source is turned on within the transition time, the fan control unit does not wait for the transition time to be lapsed and controls the cooling fan such that the number of revolutions of the cooling fan becomes the first number of revolutions.

12. The light source device of claim 2 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 2 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 and the quantity of light of the light source is P,
R 1= a·P+b ( a and b are arbitrary constants)  [Conditional equation 2]

13. The light source device of claim 3 , wherein the fan control unit controls the number of revolutions of the cooling fan to satisfy Conditional equation 2 below when the first number of revolutions is R 1 and the quantity of light of the light source is P,
R 1= a·P+b ( a and b are arbitrary constants)  [Conditional equation 2]

14. The light source device of claim 2 , wherein the second number of revolutions is set to about 40% of a maximum number of revolutions of the cooling fan.

15. The light source device of claim 3 , wherein the second number of revolutions is set to about 40% of a maximum number of revolutions of the cooling fan.

Assignees

• Hoya Corp

Inventors

• Wu Lisong

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