Head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobile

Details Head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobile Head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobile

1991-09-18

1994-07-12

Swarthout, Brent

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...

340980, 345 7, 359630, B60Q 100

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053292723

ABSTRACT:
A head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobiles, comprising a unit for the generation of the visual information to be displayed; located within the first part of the optical axis of the device, placed substantially parallel to the longest side of the windshield of an automobile; first optical refracting means situated on said optical axis; reflecting means with zero optical power placed substantially at 45.degree. to said first part of the optical axis to deviate by approximately 90.degree. said optical axis on which a second refracting means is located; the second part of said optical axis originated by said reflecting means being directed towards the surface of the windshield at such an angle as to be substantially within the driver's field of view; the arrangement being such that, in a known manner, the surface of the windshield acts as a combiner element of the panorama seen by the driver and the virtual image coming from said unit for the generation of visual information to be displayed.

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