ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,140, issued on May 5, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Light source apparatus and projector" was invented by Wataru Yasumatsu (Azumino, Japan), Yuichiro Matsumoto (Azumino, Japan) and Naoya Shindo (Azumino, 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 first light source section that outputs first light containing a first polarized component and a second polarized component, a second light source section that outputs second light, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into third light, a light combiner that combines the first light, th...