IP Library Granted Patent US 11,733,570
Granted Patent B2
US 11,733,570 · App. 17/748,151 · Granted Aug 22, 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 11,733,570
App. No.
17/748,151
Granted
Aug 22, 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, a body part accommodating the light-transmissive member, 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 surface of the Fresnel lens facing the backlight is uneven.

Claims (34)

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;

an optical member between the backlight and the Fresnel lens;

a body part accommodating the optical member; 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 surface of the Fresnel lens facing the backlight is uneven.

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

the optical member is thinner than the Fresnel lens.

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

the light-diffusion structure has a thickness equal to or smaller than 300 μm.

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

the light-diffusion structure has a transmittance equal to or larger than 70%.

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

the light-diffusion structure includes a plurality of fine particles, and

an average particle size of the plurality of fine particles is equal to smaller than 20 μm.

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

the light-diffusion structure is in contact with the liquid-crystal panel.

7. The head-up display according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-diffusion member, wherein

the light-diffusion structure is provided on at least one surface of the light-diffusion member.

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

the light-diffusion member is thinner than the Fresnel lens.

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

the body part has a plurality of parts protruding from an outer surface of the body part.

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

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

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

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

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

the backlight includes light emitting diodes or laser diodes.

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

the Fresnel lens is made of glass or resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
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