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US 9,766,455 · App. 15/034,119 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Head-up display device

Inventor: Heng Liu (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,766,455
App. No.
15/034,119
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-up display device that is to be equipped to a moving body and displays an image projected on a projection surface of the moving body to be visually recognized as a virtual image from an inside of the moving body includes a light source, an image displaying panel and a common mirror. The image displaying panel luminously displays an image using a light of the light source passing through a first optical path and projecting the image on the projection surface via a second optical path. The common mirror reflects and leads the light of the light source toward the image displaying panel in the first optical path, and a light of the image toward the projection surface in the second optical path.

Claims (18)

1. A head-up display device to be equipped to a moving body and displaying an image projected on a projection surface of the moving body to be visually recognized as a virtual image from an inside of the moving body, the head-up display comprising:

a light source emitting a light;

an image displaying panel luminously displaying an image using the light of the light source passing through a first optical path and projecting the image on the projection surface via a second optical path; and

a common mirror reflecting and leading the light of the light source toward the image displaying panel in the first optical path, and reflecting and leading a light of the image toward the projection surface in the second optical path.

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

the image displaying panel is a transmissive liquid crystal panel, and

the image displaying panel is illuminated in a direction normal to the image displaying panel.

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

a range setting member disposed between the light source and the common mirror in the first optical path and setting an illumination range to illuminate the image displaying panel; and

an angle setting member disposed between the common mirror and the image displaying panel in the first optical path and setting an emitting angle of a light to be emitted to the image displaying panel.

4. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a range setting member disposed between the light source and the common mirror in the first optical path and setting an illumination range to illuminate the image displaying panel; and

an adjusting mechanism adjusting a position of the range setting member.

5. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the common mirror is a plane mirror.

6. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a range setting member disposed between the light source and the common mirror in the first optical path and setting an illumination range to illuminate the image displaying panel;

an adjusting mechanism adjusting a position of the range setting member; and

an angle setting member disposed between the common mirror and the image displaying panel in the first optical path and setting an emitting angle of a light to be emitted to the image displaying panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2016
From: LIU, HENG
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038447/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-230563 · Nov 6, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160266383A1 · Sep 15, 2016