IP Library Granted Patent US 12,189,246
Granted Patent B2
US 12,189,246 · App. 18/243,162 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

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 AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
G02F1/1347G02B27/0101G02F1/133382G03B21/16B60K35/60B60K2360/334B60K2360/785
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Patent No.
US 12,189,246
App. No.
18/243,162
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a head-up display including a backlight configured to emit light, a light-diffusion member through which the light emitted by the backlight is transmitted, a Fresnel lens through which the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member is transmitted, a display screen through which the light transmitted through the Fresnel lens is transmitted, and a mirror that reflects the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member toward a target space.

Claims (47)

1. A head-up display comprising:

a backlight configured to emit light;

a light-diffusion member through which the light emitted by the backlight is transmitted;

a heat sink disposed along at least one side of the light-diffusion member and one side of the backlight;

a Fresnel lens through which the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member is transmitted;

a display screen through which the light transmitted through the Fresnel lens is transmitted; and

a mirror that reflects the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member toward a target space.

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

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

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

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

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

the heat sink 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 member and the backlight are arranged.

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

the heat sink is made of aluminum.

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

the heat sink includes a body part having a hollow rectangular prism shape.

7. A head-up display comprising:

a backlight configured to emit light;

a first light-transmissive member through which the light emitted by the backlight is transmitted;

a second light-transmissive member through which the light transmitted through the first light-transmissive member is transmitted;

a light-diffusion member through which the light transmitted through the second light-transmissive member is transmitted; and

a mirror that reflects the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member toward a target space,

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

8. The head-up display according claim 7 further comprising:

a display screen in which the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member enters and emits the light toward the mirror.

9. The head-up display according to claim 7 further comprising:

a heat sink disposed along at least one side of the light-diffusion member and one side of the backlight.

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

the heat sink 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 member and the backlight are arranged.

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

the heat sink is made of aluminum.

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

the heat sink includes a body part having a hollow rectangular prism shape.

13. A method for projecting an image for a head-up display comprising:

emitting a light by a backlight;

passing the light emitted by the backlight through an uneven surface of a Fresnel lens;

passing the light transmitted through the Fresnel lens through a light-diffusion member;

passing the light transmitted through the light-diffusion member through a display screen;

displaying an image on the display screen; and

forming a virtual image corresponding to the image displayed on the display screen by reflecting the light transmitted through the display screen, in a target space.

14. The method for projecting the image for head-up display according to claim 13 , wherein

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

15. The method for projecting the image for head-up display according to claim 13 , wherein

the light is incident on the uneven surface of the Fresnel lens.

16. The method for projecting the image for head-up display according to claim 13 , further comprising:

dissipating heat radiating from the display screen through a heat sink disposed along at least one side of the light-diffusion member and one side of the backlight.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0727 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-125448 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17748497 · May 19, 2022
Continuation 17666184 · Feb 7, 2022
Continuation 17094239 · Nov 10, 2020
Continuation 16454218 · Jun 27, 2019
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