A light source device includes: a plurality of laser light sources that emit laser light; and a light source driving section that drives at least one of the laser light sources by a first driving value that is a value less than a threshold level of at least one of the laser light sources, or by a second driving value that is a value greater than a threshold level of at least one of the laser light sources, and that varies at least one of the number of laser light sources that are driven by the first driving value and the number of laser light sources that are driven by the second driving value in the laser light sources, thereby controlling the total output of laser light emitted from the laser light sources.

 
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