Electronic instrument and USB device

Abstract

An electronic instrument includes: an apparatus body which processes information received from a USB device connected thereto; and a housing which houses the apparatus body in an interior, wherein a step sinking in toward an interior of the housing is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the step is provided with a USB connecting terminal to which the USB device is connected along the surface of the housing in which the step is formed.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an internal configuration of a projector according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing an external appearance of the projector according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing in enlarged dimension a step of an exterior housing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the step and a USB device according to the embodiment as seen from above.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the step and the USB device according to the embodiment as seen from below.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing the step and the USB device according to the embodiment.

Claims

1. An electronic instrument comprising: an apparatus body which processes information received from a USB device connected thereto; anda housing which houses the apparatus body in an interior, whereina step sinking in toward an interior of the housing is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the housing, andthe step is provided with a USB connecting terminal to which the USB device is connected along the surface of the housing in which the step is formed.

2. The electronic instrument according to claim 1, wherein a sidewall extending along a connection direction of the USB device is formed, adjacent to the step, on the outer peripheral surface of the housing in which the step is formed.

3. The electronic instrument according to claim 1, further comprising: a retainer which stabilizes the USB device connected to the USB connecting terminal.

4. The electronic instrument according to claim 1, wherein the step is formed in a lowest temperature position of the apparatus body.

5. The electronic instrument according to claim 1, wherein the electronic instrument is a projector including:a light source;an optical modulator which forms an optical image by modulating a luminous flux emitted from the light source; anda projection optical system which projects the formed optical image.

6. The electronic instrument according to claim 5, wherein the step is formed in a surface of the housing which is along a direction of projection of the optical image by the projection optical system, and is on a side proximate to the projection optical system.

7. A USB device, being used for an electronic instrument equipped with a housing including a step sinking in toward an interior and a USB connecting terminal provided in the step, is connected to the USB connecting terminal, wherein the USB device, when connected to the USB connecting terminal, has a shape fitting the housing.