IP Library Granted Patent US 9,274,336
Granted Patent B2
US 9,274,336 · App. 14/357,467 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Display with a virtual representation in a plurality of planes

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Patent No.
US 9,274,336
App. No.
14/357,467
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device can have at least one imaging unit and at least one combiner. The location of the imaging unit and/or of the combiner can be provided to be locationally variable. The display device can be used such that information can be represented on a plurality of planes.

Claims (13)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

at least two imaging units including a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit; and

at least two combiners,

wherein each of the at least two imaging units is assigned a dedicated combiner;

wherein the at least two combiners differ and are arranged at a distance from one another;

wherein the location of at least one of the imaging units relative to at least one of the combiners is translationally variable and/or rotatably variable; and

wherein each of the combiners is translationally variable and/or rotatably variable in terms of the locations of the combiners with respect to one another and/or with respect to at least one imaging unit.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the location of the first and of the second imaging unit relative to one another is variable.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two combiners have different shapes.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two combiners have different light-transmittance and/or light reflectance.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is a head-up display or a head-down display.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is an instrument display.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , having an additional image plane.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2014
From: DEUBZER, ANDREAS; HENRY, PIERRE
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
Reel/Frame 034631/0192 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2014
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 033216/0143 →