ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,633, issued on March 17, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Light source apparatus and projector" was invented by Hidefumi Sakata (Azumino, Japan) and Mizuha Hiroki (Nagano-Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light emitter that outputs first light, a wavelength conversion member that converts the first light into second light, an output section that outputs the second light, and a light collection member. The output section includes a first end section that faces the wavelength conversion member, a second end section that is located a...