Electronic apparatus and imaging apparatus having multi-position movable display

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided and includes a body and a displayer provided with a display screen. The displayer is supported by the body to be movable relative to the body and the display screen is rectangular in shape. The displayer is configured to tilt about different tilting directions including a long-side direction and a short-side direction of the rectangular display screen.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
 a body; and   a displayer provided with a display screen, said displayer being supported by said body to be movable relative to said body,   wherein said display screen of said displayer is rectangular in shape, and   wherein said displayer is configured to tilt about different tilting directions including a long-side direction and a short-side direction of said rectangular display screen.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said displayer is configured to tilt in at least three tilting directions. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said displayer is configured to tilt about said different tilting directions at mutually different angles. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said body comprises an image sensor,
 wherein said display screen of said displayer is configured to display an image obtained by said image sensor, and   wherein said displayer is configured to tilt about said different tilting directions relative to said body while intersecting a line extended from an optical axis of a light bundle incident on said image sensor.   
     
     
         5 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said displayer is configured to perform a first way of tilting about said different tilting directions when a portion of said displayer is in contact with said body and serves as a fulcrum. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said displayer comprises four sides which correspond to said rectangular shape of said display screen of said displayer,
 wherein said body comprises an abutment portion against which each of said four sides of said rectangular displayer is configured to abut, and   wherein said displayer is configured to selectively tilt about four tilting directions along one of said four sides of said rectangular displayer, which abuts against said abutment portion such that each one of said four sides serves as a fulcrum.   
     
     
         7 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said displayer comprises:
 a first support stage configured to tilt relative to said body; and   a second support stage configured to increase a tilting angle of said displayer relative to said first support stage in at least one tilting direction.   
     
     
         8 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said displayer is supported to be movable toward and away from said body,   wherein said displayer is configured to perform, when said displayer is positioned close to said body, a first way of tilting in which said displayer is configured to tilt about said different tilting directions, and   wherein said displayer is configured to perform, when said displayer is at a position spaced apart from said body, a second way of tilting in which said displayer is tilted relative to said body in an arbitrary tilting direction other than said different tilting directions.   
     
     
         9 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein said body comprises an image sensor,   wherein said display screen of said displayer is configured to display an image obtained by said image sensor, and   wherein a direction in which said displayer is movable toward and away from said body are parallel with a direction along a line extended from an optical axis of a light bundle incident on said image sensor.   
     
     
         10 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said displayer is configured to tilt about said different tilting directions to perform said first way of tilting via a reference angle of said displayer at which said display screen thereof lies substantially orthogonal to said optical axis of said light bundle incident on said image sensor, and
 wherein said displayer is configured to be directly tilted in said arbitrary tilting direction rather than via said reference angle to perform said second way of tilting.   
     
     
         11 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein, when performing each of said first way of tilting and said second way of tilting, said displayer substantially remains within a range not protruding from an outer shape of said body as viewed along said optical axis. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein when said displayer is at a position spaced apart from said body, said displayer is configured to rotate about an axis extending along a direction in which said displayer is movable toward and away from said body.