Patent · US Expired

VCR integrated with projector

US6268891A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1995
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3141
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A VCR-projector assembly that permits projection of a video signals of a TV or video tape in a desired direction. The VCR-projector assembly includes a key application part including various keys, a tuner for tuning broadcasting signals received through an antenna, a VCR for recording the broadcast signals from the tuner and reproducing the recorded broadcast signals or other recorded signals, e.g., already recorded on video tape, a projector for processing and projecting signals received from the tuner or the VCR, a switching device interconnecting the tuner, the VCR, and the projector for selecting a projection function, a zoom processing device for responding to application of a projection zoom key of the key application part, a projection controller for controlling processing of the projector in response to a user's selection of projection direction, and a mirror assembly for reflecting images processed under the control of the projection controller onto a screen in the projection direction selected by the user.

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