Patent ID: 6897882

Claim:
A visual output device including a display screen for visually outputting images input from at least one external image source, said visual output device being enclosed in a housing, at least a portion of which defines a peripheral frame of said display screen, said at least a portion of said housing and said display screen being rotatable together to selectively place said visual output device in one of at least a first viewing orientation and a second viewing orientation, said visual output device comprising: at least one input interface disposed in said housing, said at least one input interface being configured to be accessible to said at least one external image source, and to receive therefrom an image suitable for displaying in said first viewing orientation; a pivot process circuitry disposed within said housing, said pivot process circuitry being in operable communication with said at least one input interface, and being configured to selectively convert said image into a rotated image suitable for displaying in said second viewing orientation, to thereby cause said image received from said at least one external image source to be displayed on said display screen in a proper viewing orientation.