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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1991
Toshiyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Ihashi, Chiba, JP;
Yoshisuke Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable disc player has a casing. In the casing, there are enclosed: disc rotation driving means for rotating an optical disc; an optical head which is arranged so as to be movable in the radial direction of the optical disc; a signal processing section for executing a predetermined signal process to a signal which has been read out by the optical head; and control means for controlling the operations of the rotation driving means, the optical head, and the signal processing section on the basis of an input from an X-Y device and trigger buttons. A display unit comprising an outer cover on which an LCD display is arranged is rotatably attached to the casing.