IP Library Granted Patent US 11,385,461
Granted Patent B2
US 11,385,461 · App. 16/705,936 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Head-up display

Inventors: Nico Plagens (Aschaffenburg, DE); Dirk Brömme-Jártimová (Stegen, DE); Bertram Eschenbach (Röllbach, DE); Daniel Krüger (Michelstadt, DE)
G02B27/0101G02B5/08G02B2027/0118G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,385,461
App. No.
16/705,936
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display that comprises a light source, a display element, at least one mirror, a photodiode and a mirror element. The at least one mirror has a mirror surface that has a hole in at least one location, and the photodiode is arranged in the beam path of the light that passes through the hole.

Claims (19)

1. A head-up display comprising:

a light source;

a display element;

at least one mirror having a mirror surface which defines a hole in at least one location;

a mirror element;

an illumination homogenization element arranged between the light source and the mirror; and

a photodiode arranged in the beam path of light coming from the light source and passing through the hole; and

wherein the hole is a bore in a substrate that carries the mirror surface and the bore has a cross-section that changes in the direction of the bore.

2. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bore is mirror-coated in at least its region that is proximate to the mirror surface.

3. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hole is formed in a location in the mirror surface that is not mirror-coated.

4. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mirror is arranged in the beam path of the light coming from the light source following an illumination homogenization element.

5. A head-up display comprising:

a light source;

a display element;

at least one mirror having a mirror surface which defines a hole in at least one location;

a mirror element;

an illumination homogenization element arranged between the light source and the mirror; and

a photodiode arranged in the beam path of light coming from the light source and passing through the hole, wherein the hole is formed by a reflection element lying outside the mirror surface.

6. The head-up display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the mirror is arranged in the beam path of the light coming from the light source following an illumination homogenization element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: PLAGENS, NICO; BRÖMME-JÁRTIMOVÁ, DIRK; ESCHENBACH, BERTRAM; KRÜGER, DANIEL
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 051913/0388 →