Head-up display system for a vehicle

1. A head-up display system for displaying graphical elements on a windshield ( 2 ) of a motor vehicle, the head-up display system comprising:

a projection unit ( 7 ) which is mounted in an area of a front vehicle dashboard ( 5 ) of the motor vehicle and configured to emit p-polarized rays of light ( 28 ) in a direction of a sub-region of the windshield ( 2 ) which provides a projection surface ( 8 ),

wherein the windshield ( 2 ) is configured to reflect the light rays ( 28 ) emitted by the projection unit ( 7 ),

wherein the windshield ( 2 ) is assembled from an outer glass plate ( 17 ) facing towards a vehicle exterior, an inner glass plate ( 16 ) facing a vehicle interior, and a plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ) arranged between the outer glass plate ( 17 ) and inner glass plate, wherein the inner glass plate ( 16 ) is in contact with a surface of the plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ), and the outer glass plate ( 17 ) is in contact with an opposing surface of the plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ),

wherein a nanostructure ( 30 ) formed of structural elements ( 32 ) is provided on a surface ( 20 ) facing the vehicle interior of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) or a surface ( 24 ) facing toward the vehicle exterior of the outer glass plate ( 17 ), at least in the sub-region of the windshield ( 2 ) which provides the projections surface ( 8 ), and

wherein two or more of the structural elements ( 32 ) are inclined in relation to a surface normal (N) of the windshield ( 2 ) by an angle of inclination (γ).

2. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the structural elements ( 32 ) are formed by nanoparticles integrated into the outer glass plate ( 16 ) or the inner glass plate ( 17 ).

3. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the structural elements ( 32 ) are formed directly on the outer glass plate ( 16 ) or the inner glass plate ( 17 ) by a laser structuring or an etching process.

4. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the structural elements ( 32 ) are formed from metal nanoparticles embedded in a film ( 27 ), wherein the film is arranged on the surface ( 20 ) of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) or the surface ( 24 ) of the outer glass plate ( 17 ) and the structural elements ( 32 ) are inclined in relation to a surface normal (N) of the film.

5. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the film ( 27 ) is arranged on a surface ( 21 ) of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) that faces the plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ).

6. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the film ( 27 ) is laminated, glued, or welded onto the inner glass plate or the outer glass plate ( 16 , 17 ).

7. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the metal nanoparticles are embedded in a dielectric matrix material of the film ( 27 ).

8. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the metal nanoparticles are silver nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles have a disk shape.

9. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light rays ( 28 ) that are incident on the projection surface ( 8 ) of the windshield ( 2 ) under a first angle of incidence (θ i1 ) are reflected by the surface ( 20 ) of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) facing the interior of the vehicle under a first angle of reflection (θ r1 ), and wherein at least some of the light rays pass through the inner glass plate ( 16 ) and after striking the nanostructure ( 30 ) under a second angle of incidence (θ i2 ) are reflected by the nanostructure ( 30 ) under a second adjustable angle of reflection (θ r2mod ).

10. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nano structure ( 30 ) extends over and entirety of the windshield ( 2 ) or is arranged in an area of the windshield ( 2 ) that provides the projection surface ( 8 ).

11. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projection unit ( 7 ) is configured to emit exclusively p-polarized light rays ( 28 ) and the nanostructure ( 30 ) is configured to reflect exclusively p-polarized light rays ( 28 ).

12. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the p-polarized light rays ( 28 ) are reflected more weakly at the surface ( 20 ) of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) facing the interior of the vehicle than at the nano structure ( 30 ).

13. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein to an observer of the graphical elements only the p-polarized light rays ( 28 ) reflected at the nano structure ( 30 ) are perceptible.

14. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second reflection angle (θ r2mod ) is configure to be adjusted by the angle of inclination (γ) of the structural elements ( 32 ) relative to the surface normal (N) of the film ( 27 ) by a micro-reflection.

15. The head-up display system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second reflection angle (θ r2mod ) of the light rays ( 28 ) incident on the nano structure ( 30 ) is adjustable by the micro-reflection occurring at the structural elements ( 32 ) as a function of the angle of inclination (γ) of the structural elements ( 32 ) by 0-10°.

16. A vehicle comprising:

a windshield as a component of a head-up display system for displaying of graphical elements on the windshield ( 2 ); and

a projection unit ( 7 ) arranged in an area about a front vehicle dashboard ( 5 ) of the vehicle,

wherein the windshield ( 2 ) is configured to reflect p-polarized light rays ( 28 ) emitted by the projection unit ( 7 ),

wherein the windshield ( 2 ) is assembled from an outer glass plate ( 17 ) facing towards a vehicle exterior, an inner glass plate ( 16 ) facing a vehicle interior, and a plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ) arranged between the outer glass plate ( 17 ) and the inner glass plate, wherein the inner glass plate ( 16 ) is in contact with a surface of the plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ), and the outer glass plate ( 17 ) is in contact with an opposing surface of the plastic intermediate layer ( 19 ),

wherein at least in a sub-region of the windshield ( 2 ) which provides a projection surface ( 8 ), a nanostructure ( 30 ) formed of structural elements ( 32 ) is provided on a surface ( 20 ) facing the vehicle interior of the inner glass plate ( 16 ) or a surface ( 24 ) facing toward the vehicle exterior of the outer glass plate ( 17 ), and

wherein two or more of the structural elements ( 32 ) are inclined in relation to a surface normal (N) of the windshield ( 2 ) by an angle of inclination (γ).