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US 8,878,843 · App. 13/583,565 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Image position adjustment device

Inventor: Ko Koga (Setagaya-ku, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
G02B27/01G02B2027/0138B60K2350/2052G02B2027/0181G02B2027/0187B60K35/00B60K2350/941G02B2027/0154
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,878,843
App. No.
13/583,565
Filed
Sep 7, 2012
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2616
USPC
345/419
Abstract

In order to achieve reduction in size, an image position adjustment device ( 1 ) includes a light source unit ( 3 ) which emits visible light and infrared light, a movable cold mirror ( 12 ) which reflects visible light and transmits infrared light, a second scanner mirror ( 13 ) which reflects infrared light transmitted through the movable cold mirror ( 12 ), a windshield glass (F) which displays an image with visible light reflected by the movable cold mirror ( 12 ), and a first image processing unit ( 5 ) which images the driver (D) using reflected light of infrared light reflected by the second scanner mirror ( 13 ) on the driver (D) to detect a line-of-sight position of the driver (D). The position of an image is adjusted in accordance with the line-of-sight position detected by the first image processing unit ( 5 ).

Claims (16)

1. An image position adjustment device comprising:

a light source unit which emits visible light and infrared light;

a first movable reflecting unit for reflecting visible light and transmitting infrared light;

a second movable reflecting unit for reflecting infrared light transmitted through the first movable reflecting unit;

a display unit for displaying an image using visible light reflected by the first movable reflecting unit; and

a line-of-sight detection unit for imaging a user using reflected light of infrared light reflected by the second movable reflecting unit on the user to detect a line-of-sight position of the user,

wherein the line-of-sight position detection unit has an imaging element which acquires two-dimensional image information of the user, calculates image information in the depth direction of the user from the difference between the light-emission timing of infrared light and the light-reception timing of reflected light, acquires three-dimensional image information of the user on the basis of the image information in the depth direction of the user and the two-dimensional image information of the user acquired by the imaging element, and detects the line-of-sight position of the user on the basis of the three-dimensional image information of the user, and

the position of the image is adjusted in accordance with the line-of-sight position detected by the line-of-sight detection unit, by changing a reflection angle of the first movable reflecting unit.

2. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein infrared light is laser light.

3. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third movable reflecting unit for reflecting the visible light and infrared light toward the first movable reflecting unit.

4. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the second movable reflecting unit and the second movable reflecting unit are configured to rotate on a first and a second rotational axes which are orthogonal to each other.

5. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source comprises a red light source, a blue light source and an infrared light source.

6. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a non-linear optical crystal configured to split infrared light into infrared light and green light.

7. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first optical modulator configured to modulate the infrared light.

8. The image position adjustment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a red light mirror, a blue light mirror, a hot mirror and a second cold minor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: KOGA, KO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130044138A1 · Feb 21, 2013