IP Library Granted Patent US 11,709,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,709,401 · App. 17/748,143 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Display, display system, image projection system, and movable object

Inventors: Takato Hada (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Akiyoshi (Fukui, JP); Hiroki Hara (Osaka, JP); Keiji Sugiyama (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G02F1/1347G02B27/0101G02F1/133382G03B21/16B60K2370/334B60K2370/785
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Patent No.
US 11,709,401
App. No.
17/748,143
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a head-up display including a liquid-crystal panel including a display screen, a Fresnel lens which is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen, a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the Fresnel lens, a backlight that emits light toward the Fresnel lens, a light-transmissive member between the backlight and the Fresnel lens, and a mirror that forms a virtual image corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen of the liquid-crystal panel, in a target space, where a length of the liquid-crystal panel in a longitudinal direction of the head-up display is longer than a length of the light-transmissive member in the longitudinal direction.

Claims (36)

1. A head-up display comprising:

a liquid-crystal panel including a display screen;

a Fresnel lens which is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen;

a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the Fresnel lens;

a backlight that emits light toward the Fresnel lens;

a light-transmissive member between the backlight and the Fresnel lens; and

a mirror that forms a virtual image corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen of the liquid-crystal panel, in a target space,

wherein a length of the liquid-crystal panel in a longitudinal direction of the head-up display is longer than a length of the light-transmissive member in the longitudinal direction.

2. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

a length of the liquid-crystal panel in the longitudinal direction is longer than a length of the Fresnel lens in the longitudinal direction.

3. The head-up display according to claim 1 , further comprising

a body part accommodating the light-diffusion structure, the backlight and the Fresnel lens.

4. The head-up display according to claim 3 , wherein

the body part has a plurality of plate-shaped fins protruding from an outer surface of the heat sink in a direction intersecting a direction in which the light-diffusion structure and the Fresnel lens are arranged.

5. The head-up display according to claim 3 , wherein

the body part is made of aluminum.

6. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

light emitted from the backlight diverges in a direction toward the Fresnel lens.

7. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

light emitted from the backlight converges in a direction toward the Fresnel lens.

8. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-diffusion structure is provided to a surface of a light-diffusion member facing the liquid-crystal panel.

9. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-diffusion structure is provided to a surface of a light-diffusion member facing the Fresnel lens.

10. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-diffusion structure is provided to each of a surface of a light-diffusion member facing the liquid-crystal panel and a surface of the light-diffusion member facing the Fresnel lens.

11. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-diffusion structure is included in a light-diffusion member; and

the light-diffusion member is made of glass or resin.

12. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-diffusion structure is included in a light-diffusion member; and

the light-diffusion member is made of resin in which fine particles are dispersed.

13. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

the backlight includes light emitting diodes or laser diodes.

14. The head-up display according to claim 1 , wherein

an uneven surface of the Fresnel lens is on the backlight side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-125448 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17666184 · Feb 7, 2022
Continuation 17094239 · Nov 10, 2020
Continuation 16454218 · Jun 27, 2019
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