IP Library Granted Patent US 12,055,714
Granted Patent B2
US 12,055,714 · App. 18/315,917 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Projection optical system and head-up display device

Inventors: Masahiko Yatsu (Otokuni-gun, JP); Koji Hirata (Otokuni-gun, JP); Shigeki Hoshino (Otokuni-gun, JP)
Assignees: MAXELL, LTD.; HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
G02B27/0101G02F1/133526G02B2027/0123G02B2027/0138G02B2027/014
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Patent No.
US 12,055,714
App. No.
18/315,917
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a compact head-up display device. The head-up display device of the present invention includes an image forming unit that emits image light containing image information, and an eyepiece optical system that displays a virtual image by reflecting the image light, in which the eyepiece optical system includes a concave lens, a free curved surface lens, and a free curved surface concave mirror disposed in order from the image forming unit side along the emission direction of the image light.

Claims (38)

1. A head-up display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a light source that irradiates light to the display panel;

a first optical system that forms, onto a screen plate, a first optical image of a video displayed on the display panel; and

a second optical system that converts the first optical image formed on the screen plate into a second optical image that is a virtual image, wherein

the first optical system and the second optical system are configured such that an optical axis of the first optical system at an incident surface side of the screen plate is parallel to an optical axis of the second optical system at an emission surface side of the screen plate,

the first optical image formed on the screen plate is an optical image obtained by enlarging the video displayed on the display panel by the first optical system, and

the second optical image that is the virtual image is an optical image obtained by enlarging the first optical image formed on the screen plate by the second optical system.

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

in the second optical system, light is made to be reflected by a windshield or a combiner.

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

the display panel is a liquid crystal panel.

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

the screen plate includes a micro lens array where micro lenses are disposed two-dimensionally.

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

the screen plate incorporates diffusion particles.

6. A head-up display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a light source that irradiates light to the display panel;

a first optical system that forms, onto a screen plate, a first optical image of a video displayed on the display panel; and

a second optical system that converts the first optical image formed on the screen plate into a second optical image that is a virtual image, wherein

the first optical system and the second optical system are configured such that an optical axis of the first optical system at an incident surface side of the screen plate is parallel to an optical axis of the second optical system at an emission surface side of the screen plate, and

the screen plate includes a micro lens array where micro lenses are disposed two-dimensionally.

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

in the second optical system, light is made to be reflected by a windshield or a combiner.

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

the display panel is a liquid crystal panel.

9. A head-up display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a light source that irradiates light to the display panel;

a first optical system that forms, onto a screen plate, a first optical image of a video displayed on the display panel; and

a second optical system that converts the first optical image formed on the screen plate into a second optical image that is a virtual image, wherein

the first optical system and the second optical system are configured such that an optical axis of the first optical system at an incident surface side of the screen plate is parallel to an optical axis of the second optical system at an emission surface side of the screen plate, and

the screen plate incorporates diffusion particles.

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

in the second optical system, light is made to be reflected by a windshield or a combiner.

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

the display panel is a liquid crystal panel.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 12, 2023
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063626/0385 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2023
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063629/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2023
From: YATSU, MASAHIKO; HIRATA, KOJI; HOSHINO, SHIGEKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.; HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063617/0153 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17506039 · Oct 20, 2021
Continuation 16338253
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