IP Library Granted Patent US 9,983,347
Granted Patent B2
US 9,983,347 · App. 15/163,283 · Granted May 29, 2018

Display device

Inventor: Sunao Fujita (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
G02B6/006B60Q1/26G02B6/0036
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Patent No.
US 9,983,347
App. No.
15/163,283
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first display surface that emits light and displays vehicle information, and a second display surface that is placed on the first display surface in an overlapping manner, transmits the light emitted from the first display surface, and on which grooves that form a drawing pattern are created, wherein the grooves with a groove pitch are created so as to prevent diffracted light having visible light range components that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves from forming an image in an eye range determined in advance according to a vehicle.

Claims (27)

1. A display device comprising:

a first display surface that emits light and displays vehicle information; and

a second display surface that is placed on the first display surface in an overlapping manner, transmits the light emitted from the first display surface, and on which grooves that form a drawing pattern are created, wherein

the grooves with a groove pitch are created so as to prevent diffracted light having a visible light range component that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves from forming an image in an eye range determined in advance according to a vehicle.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove pitch is at a maximum within a range of a predetermined area in which the diffracted light having a visible light range component that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves does not form an image.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display surface displays the vehicle information by light polarized in a single direction, and

the grooves extend in a direction intersecting with a polarization direction of the light being polarized.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first display surface displays the vehicle information by light polarized in a single direction, and

the grooves extend in a direction intersecting with a polarization direction of the light being polarized.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a light source that selectively emits light to be incident on an end surface that extends away from the second display surface, at least a part of the light incident on the end surface is then reflected by the grooves to illuminate the drawing pattern formed by the grooves such that the drawing pattern is selectively superimposed on the vehicle information displayed by the first display surface.

6. A display device comprising:

a first display surface that emits light and displays an image related to vehicle information; and

a second display surface that is placed on the first display surface in an overlapping manner, transmits the light emitted from the first display surface, and on which grooves that form a drawing pattern is created, wherein

an incident surface of light to the first display surface and the second display surface, and an exit surface of light from the second display surface are parallel to each other, and

the grooves extend in a horizontal direction and prevent diffracted light having a visible light range component that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves from forming an image within an angle range of 20 degrees with respect to a normal line of the first display surface in a vertical direction, based on an intersection between the first display surface and the normal line of the first display surface, by making a groove pitch equal to or more than zero and equal to or less than 0.5 μm.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the groove pitch is at a maximum within a range of a predetermined area in which the diffracted light having a visible light range component that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves does not form an image.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first display surface displays the vehicle information by light polarized in a single direction, and

the grooves extend in a direction intersecting with a polarization direction of the light being polarized.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first display surface displays the vehicle information by light polarized in a single direction, and

the grooves extend in a direction intersecting with a polarization direction of the light being polarized.

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 May 24, 2016
From: FUJITA, SUNAO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038705/0930 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-111245 · Jun 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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