Patent ID: 7891826

Claim:
A projector, comprising: an image creation unit that projects image information upon a screen, comprising a plurality of picture elements that create an image pattern corresponding to the image information; and an illumination unit in which light emitting members are disposed upon a vertical plane in different locations with respect to an optical axis which passes through a center of the image creation unit, at equal distances from the optical axis; a portable telephone functional portion for performing communication that is external to the projector; a chassis unit that houses the image creation unit, the illumination unit and the portable telephone functional portion, and that is formed with two chassis components connected together by a hinge construction about which the two chassis components are able to swing; an angle detector, disposed in the chassis unit, that detects an angle subtended between the two chassis components; and a controller, disposed in the chassis unit, that controls the image creation unit and the illumination unit so as to project image information indicating receipt of a communication when the portable telephone functional portion has received the communication, while the angle detected by the angle detector is less than a predetermined angle and the projector is set in a projector mode for performing a projection operation.