IP Library Granted Patent US 9,454,039
Granted Patent B2
US 9,454,039 · App. 14/199,109 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Display device for vehicle

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,454,039
App. No.
14/199,109
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a display which emits an emission display light having a polarization plane in a specific direction, an illumination light source which illuminates the display, and a phase difference plate which is disposed facing the display in a state where a fast axis is shifted by a predetermined angle with respect to the polarization plane of the emission display light emitted by the display.

Claims (18)

1. A display device for a vehicle comprising:

a display which emits an emission display light having a polarization plane only in a horizontal direction;

an illumination light source which illuminates the display;

a phase difference plate, a λ/4 plate, which is disposed facing the display in a state where a fast axis is shifted by 45 degrees with respect to the polarization plane of the emission display light emitted by the display;

an adjusting mechanism which variably adjusts an incident angle of a final display light incident on a windshield of the vehicle such that the final display light is incident on the windshield at Brewster's angle as the incident angle, wherein the final display light indicates a display light transmitted through the phase difference plate; and

a rotating mechanism which rotates the phase difference plate at an arbitrary angle.

2. The display device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the display includes a liquid crystal display of a light transmission type in which the emission display light has only a horizontal polarization plane, and

the illumination light source is placed on a side of a back surface of the liquid crystal display.

3. A display device for a vehicle comprising:

a display which emits an emission display light having a polarization plane only in a horizontal direction;

an illumination light source which illuminates the display;

a phase difference plate, being a λ/2 plate, which is disposed facing the display in a state where a fast axis is shifted by 22.5 degrees with respect to the polarization plane of the emission display light emitted by the display;

an adjusting mechanism which variably adjusts an incident angle of a final display light incident on a windshield of the vehicle such that the final display light is incident on the windshield at Brewster's angle as the incident angle, wherein the final display light indicates a display light transmitted through the phase difference plate; and

a rotating mechanism which rotates the phase difference plate at an arbitrary angle.

4. The display device for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

the display includes a liquid crystal display of a light transmission type in which the emission display light has only a horizontal polarization plane, and

the illumination light source is placed on a side of a back surface of the liquid crystal display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2014
From: MATSUSHITA, JUNICHI; AOKI, KUNIMITSU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032366/0621 →