IP Library Granted Patent US 11,112,604
Granted Patent B2
US 11,112,604 · App. 16/828,737 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Head-up display

Inventors: Martin Stamm (Bad König, DE); Ulrich Kabatek (Babenhausen, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
G02B27/0101G02B2027/0112G02B2027/0138G02B2027/0183
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Patent No.
US 11,112,604
App. No.
16/828,737
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display for a vehicle provides image warping. The head-up display comprises at least one sensor, an image generator, a display unit and a mirror unit. A correction unit is furthermore arranged following the image generator.

Claims (48)

1. A head-up display comprising:

an image generator which generates an image,

at least one sensor capable of detecting a fast change in position in at least one of the image, a pre-warped image signal, and a display signal,

a display unit, and

a correction unit for a mirror unit, wherein the correction unit is arranged following the image generator, and wherein the correction unit applies an offset to the at least one of the image, the pre-warped image signal, and the display signal that corresponds to the fast change in position, and wherein the offset is reduced according to a time constant.

2. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one sensor with a low latency time which is connected to an input of the correction unit.

3. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor is one of: a gyro-sensor, a steering angle sensor and a braking force sensor that is connected to an input of the correction unit.

4. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the image generator comprises multiple elements with different latency times, and the correction unit follows the element with the highest latency time.

5. The head-up display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a high-pass filter is present for the signal of the at least one sensor.

6. A method for the operation of a head-up display, comprising:

generating image content to be displayed on the head-up display;

pre-warping the image content according to optical boundary conditions of the head-up display;

generating a display signal from the pre-warped image signal;

detecting a fast change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with a surface of a mirror unit of the head-up display;

applying of an offset corresponding to the fast change in position that has been detected in at least one of the image content, the pre-warped image signal, and the display signal;

reducing the offset according to a lime constant; and

displaying the display signal to which the offset has been one of directly and indirectly applied.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

detecting a change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with a surface of a mirror unit of the head-up display;

generating the image content to be displayed on the head-up display;

pre-warping of the image content corresponding to optical boundary conditions of the head-up display and to a low-frequency component of the change in position;

generating a display signal from the pre-warped image signal;

detecting a fast change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with the mirror unit of the head-up display;

applying an offset corresponding to the fast change in position that has been detected to one of the image content, the pre-warped image signal, and the display signal; and

displaying the display signal to which the offset has been one of directly and indirectly applied.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising detecting the fast change in position with a gyro-sensor.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising detecting the fast change in position with a signal of an eye movement sensor.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising filtering the fast change in position with the signal of the eye movement sensor.

11. A computer comprising software code sections with instructions for:

generating image content to be displayed on a head-up display;

pre-warping the image content according to optical boundary conditions of the head-up display;

generating a display signal from the pre-warped image signal;

detecting a fast change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with a surface of a mirror unit of the head-up display;

applying of an offset corresponding to the fast change in position that has been detected to at least one of the image content, the pre-warped image signal, and the display signal;

reducing the offset according to a time constant; and

displaying the display signal to which the offset has been one of directly and indirectly applied.

12. The computer as claimed in claim 11 , further instructions comprising:

detecting a change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with a surface of a mirror unit of the head-up display;

generating the image content to be displayed on the head-up display;

pre-warping of the image content corresponding to optical boundary conditions of the head-up display and to a low-frequency component of the change in position;

generating a display signal from the pre-warped image signal;

detecting a fast change in position of the intersection point of the direction of view of a user with the mirror unit of the head-up display;

applying an offset corresponding to the fast change in position that has been detected to one of the image content, the pre-warped image signal, and the display signal; and

displaying the display signal to which the offset has been one of directly and indirectly applied.

13. The computer as claimed in claim 11 , further instructions comprising detecting the fast change in position with a gyro-sensor.

14. The computer as claimed in claim 11 , further instructions comprising detecting the fast change in position with a signal of an eye movement sensor.

15. The computer as claimed in claim 14 , further instructions comprising filtering the fast change in position with the signal of the eye movement sensor.

16. The computer claimed in claim 11 , further instructions comprising a non-volatile storage medium comprising the software code sections.

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 Mar 25, 2020
From: STAMM, MARTIN; KABATEK, ULRICH, DR.
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 052221/0636 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2018073879 · Sep 5, 2018
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