IP Library Granted Patent US 11,009,700
Granted Patent B2
US 11,009,700 · App. 15/777,709 · Granted May 18, 2021

Head-up display apparatus

Inventors: Kazuo Arai (Saitama, JP); Hiromasa Miura (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
G02B27/0101B60K35/00G02B27/01B60K2370/1529B60K2370/188B60K2370/334B60K2370/736G02B2027/0112G02B2027/0129
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Patent No.
US 11,009,700
App. No.
15/777,709
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display apparatus reduces the trouble caused by horizontal separation of a display image. The head-up display apparatus ( 1 ) includes a display source ( 2 ) inside an instrument panel ( 6 ), an opening ( 7 ) on the instrument panel ( 6 ), display light from the display source ( 2 ) being emitted through the opening ( 7 ), and an opening cover ( 5 ) provided around the opening ( 7 ). At horizontal ends ( 51, 53 ) of the opening cover ( 5 ), a change in color or reflectance is provided from the opening sides ( 52 a, 54 a ) towards the outer sides ( 52 b, 54 b ).

Claims (13)

1. A head-up display apparatus comprising:

a display source inside an instrument panel;

an opening on the instrument panel, display light from the display source being emitted through the opening; and

an opening cover provided around the opening;

wherein the opening cover has a change in reflectance increasing from the opening side towards an outer side in a horizontal direction.

2. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening cover has a change in color or reflectance from the opening side towards an outer side in a vertical direction.

3. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening cover has a gradation changing from black to a color of the instrument panel from the opening side towards the outer side.

4. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display source has a change in transmittance of the display light from an inner side towards an outer side of an exit surface in a horizontal direction.

5. The head-up display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the display source has a gradation in which transmittance of the display light reduces from the inner side towards the outer side of the exit surface in horizontal direction.

6. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening cover has a gradation of reflectance increasing from the opening side towards the outer side.

7. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the opening cover has at least two stages of the change in reflectance.

8. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the change in reflectance is provided by a pattern of vertical stripes.

9. The head-up display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the change in reflectance is provided by a pattern of saw-tooth.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2018
From: ARAI, KAZUO; MIURA, HIROMASA
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045857/0933 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-240299 · Dec 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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