Patent ID: 7443404

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: an image pickup device; a display device having an aspect ratio corresponding to a wide-display; a first display control unit configured to display an image on the display device in full-screen when the image is in an aspect ratio corresponding to the wide-display, or in a manner according to an aspect ratio based on a capture size of the image pickup device; a first speaker disposed in a vicinity of the display device; a second speaker disposed at a side opposite to the first speaker with respect to the display device; a determining unit which determines whether the display device is used with a longer side at a top or with a shorter side at the top; a first sounding control unit which operates the first speaker and the second speaker when it is determined by the determining unit that the display device is used with the longer side at the top, and which operates one of the first speaker and the second speaker when it is determined by the determining unit that the display device is used with the shorter side at the top; a first body which houses the display device and the first speaker; a second body; a first hinge which has a first rotation shaft rotating in a direction in which the second body overlaps the first body, and which connects the first body and the second body so as to be freely rotatable by the first rotation shaft, and at which the second speaker is disposed; and a second hinge which has a second rotation shaft rotating in a direction perpendicular to the first rotation shaft, and which connects the first body and the first hinge so as to be freely rotatable by the second rotation shaft, wherein the determining unit determines whether the display device is used with the longer side at the top when the first body overlaps the second body such that the display device is outwardly set; wherein the first body comprises a magnetic detector which detects a magnetism of the first speaker, and the determining unit determines whether the first body overlaps the second body such that the display device is outwardly set based on a result of detection by the magnetic detector.