IP Library Granted Patent US 11,543,727
Granted Patent B2
US 11,543,727 · App. 16/823,985 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Vehicular display and vehicle including the same

Inventor: Ai Nishida (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02F1/16755G02F1/167B60Q1/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,543,727
App. No.
16/823,985
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular display that ensures no cooped-up feeling is felt by an occupant providing limited visibility arranged on a transparent outer panel of a vehicle is an electronic paper that displays a video on a vehicle exterior. The electronic paper is provided with a plurality of hole portions to have a light transmission region through which a light is transmitted in the electronic paper. In a state where the electronic paper is viewed in a thickness direction, a hole occupancy as a ratio of an area of the plurality of hole portions to a whole area of the light transmission region falls within a range of 40% or more and 80% or less, and a maximum length that connects two points on a peripheral edge of each of the hole portions falls within a range of 0.5 mm or more and 8.0 mm or less.

Claims (13)

1. A transparent vehicular display arranged on a transparent outer panel of a vehicle, the vehicular display comprising

an electronic paper that displays a video on a vehicle exterior,

wherein the electronic paper is provided with a plurality of hole portions to have at least a light transmission region through which a light is transmitted completely through the transparent vehicular display to inside the vehicle such that a passenger in the vehicle is able to see outside the vehicle through the transparent vehicular display,

a transparent member disposed in the hole portion with an empty clearance formed between a wall surface that forms the hole portion and the transparent member, the clearance being dimensioned to accommodate different thermal expansion properties between the hole portion and the transparent member,

wherein, in a state where the electronic paper is viewed in a thickness direction, a hole occupancy as a ratio of an area of the plurality of hole portions to a whole area of the light transmission region falls within a range of 40% or more and 80% or less, and a maximum length that connects two points on a peripheral edge of each of the hole portions falls within a range of 0.5 mm or more and 8.0 mm or less.

2. The transparent vehicular display according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic paper has an adjacent region adjacent to the light transmission region, the hole portion is further formed in the adjacent region, and, as distancing away from the light transmission region, an occupancy of the hole portion in the adjacent region decreases.

3. The transparent vehicular display according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when a distance from a floor in a vehicle interior of the vehicle to a ceiling in the vehicle interior of the vehicle is H, the light transmission region at least includes a range at least from a height of ⅓×H to a height of ⅔×H with respect to the floor.

4. The transparent vehicular display according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light transmission region has a display region that corresponds to a shape of a character or a graphic, and a hole occupancy of the display region differs from a hole occupancy of the light transmission region other than the display region.

5. A transparent vehicle comprising:

the display according to claim 1 on the outer panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: NISHIDA, AI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052169/0014 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-067199 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200310215A1 · Oct 1, 2020