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US 7,018,053 B2Granted
Projector
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDan Dwyer, Susan Nakashima, Corrina Alison Beanor Hall
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Abstract
A projector includes circuitry configured to generate an image; a lens for projecting the image; a housing for the circuitry; and a mechanism for moving the lens with respect to the housing or with respect to a viewing surface to direct a projected image in a desired direction.
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A projector, comprising:
- a hemispherical housing for housing circuitry configured to generate an image, said housing including a flat bottom surface;
- a lens configured to focus and project said image;
- and
- a swivel base rotatably coupled to said flat bottom surface of said housing;
- wherein said lens is aimed in a horizontal plane by swiveling said housing on said swivel base;
- and
- wherein said hemispherical housing swivels on said swivel base about an axis that is normal to said bottom surface of said flat hemispherical housing and passes through a center of hemispherical housing.
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A method of making a projector, said method comprising:
- providing a hemispherical housing for housing circuitry configured to generate an image that is then projected through a lens, said housing including a flat bottom surface;
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- rotatably coupling a swivel base to said flat bottom surface of said housing,
- wherein said lens is aimed in a horizontal plane by swiveling said housing on said swivel base;
- and
- wherein said hemispherical housing swivels on said swivel base about an axis that is normal to said bottom surface of said hemispheric housing and passes through a center of said hemispherical housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.