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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Naoya Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Ohkubo, Chiba, JP;
Yusuke Kanzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector having flat outside surfaces when not in use and a control panel disposed at an upper portion of a main body of the projector during use. A front cover is provided with a control panel on its back side and is rotatably supported on the main body by double hinge mechanisms such that the projector is box-shaped when the front cover is stored in a storage position for covering the front side of a projection lens, and a surface of the front cover is inclined and directed to the rear upper side of the projector main body when the front cover is rotated from the storage position to an open position. Loudspeakers are incorporated in the cover so that the loudspeakers are projected at an upper portion of the main body when the front cover is rotated from the storage position to the open position.