Patent ID: 7540618

Claim:
A projector comprising: a housing having a front side, a rear side, and lateral sides, wherein each of the front side and the rear side has an area larger than an area of each of the lateral sides; an illumination unit arranged in an interior of the housing, the illumination unit generating light and emitting the generated light; a micro device arranged in the interior of the housing, the micro device receiving the light from the illumination unit and producing an image using the received light; a projection lens unit to project the image on a screen, the projection lens unit reflecting and emitting the image through the front side having an area larger than the area of each of the lateral sides; and a fixing member adapted to fix the housing in an upright state in which the front side is vertically oriented, wherein the projection lens unit projects the image along an optical axis that is at least substantially perpendicular to the front side and wherein a top or bottom side of the housing has an area smaller than an area of the front or rear side of the housing.