IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,428,934
Granted Patent B2
US 11,428,934 · App. 17/010,767 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Vehicle display device

Inventors: Takuma Ogisu (Shizuoka, JP); Kunimitsu Aoki (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
G02B27/0103B60K35/00G02B3/0006G02B27/0179G03H1/2202B60K2370/1529B60K2370/23B60K2370/29G02B2027/0181G03H1/0252G03H2001/2231
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Patent No.
US 11,428,934
App. No.
17/010,767
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display device includes a reflection-type hologram disposed inside a windshield of a vehicle, and a projection device including an image display device outputting a display light and a regulating unit configured to regulate a diffusion angle of the display light, and to project the display light having passed through the regulating unit onto the hologram. The hologram outputs the display light projected from the projection device as diffracted light directed to an eye range of the vehicle, and the regulating unit is configured to regulate the diffusion angle of the display light to an upper limit angle or less such that the display light reflected from the windshield is directed in a direction different from the eye range.

Claims (41)

1. A vehicle display device comprising:

a reflection-type hologram disposed inside a windshield of a vehicle; and

a projection device including an image display device outputting a display light and a regulating unit configured to regulate a diffusion angle of the display light, and to project the display light having passed through the regulating unit onto the hologram, wherein

the hologram outputs the display light projected from the projection device as diffracted light directed to an eye range of the vehicle, and

the regulating unit is configured to regulate the diffusion angle of the display light to an upper limit angle or less such that the display light reflected from the windshield is directed in a direction different from the eye range.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the regulating unit is configured to have the upper limit angle differing according to a position in an image vertical direction or a position in an image horizontal direction in the regulating unit.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the regulating unit is a lens array including a plurality of lenses, and

each of the lenses has a shape diffusing the display light at a diffusion angle equal to or smaller than the upper limit angle.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the lenses include lenses having mutually different values of the upper limit angle.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the projection device is disposed such that the display light is reflected from the windshield to a position upper than the eye range,

the lenses are arranged along the image vertical direction, and

values of the upper limit angle are different according to positions of the lenses in the image vertical direction.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 5 , wherein

a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image upper portion in the lenses is smaller than a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image lower portion in the lenses.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the projection device is disposed such that the display light is reflected from the windshield to a position upper than the eye range,

the lenses are arranged along the image vertical direction, and

values of the upper limit angle are different according to positions of the lenses in the image vertical direction.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 7 , wherein

a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image upper portion in the lenses is smaller than a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image lower portion in the lenses.

9. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the regulating unit is a lens array including a plurality of lenses, and

each of the lenses has a shape diffusing the display light at a diffusion angle equal to or smaller than the upper limit angle.

10. The vehicle display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the lenses include lenses having mutually different values of the upper limit angle.

11. The vehicle display device according to claim 10 , wherein

the projection device is disposed such that the display light is reflected from the windshield to a position upper than the eye range,

the lenses are arranged along the image vertical direction, and

values of the upper limit angle are different according to positions of the lenses in the image vertical direction.

12. The vehicle display device according to claim 11 , wherein

a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image upper portion in the lenses is smaller than a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image lower portion in the lenses.

13. The vehicle display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the projection device is disposed such that the display light is reflected from the windshield to a position upper than the eye range,

the lenses are arranged along the image vertical direction, and

values of the upper limit angle are different according to positions of the lenses in the image vertical direction.

14. The vehicle display device according to claim 13 , wherein

a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image upper portion in the lenses is smaller than a value of the upper limit angle of a lens corresponding to an image lower portion in the lenses.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2020
From: OGISU, TAKUMA; AOKI, KUNIMITSU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053679/0316 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-161915 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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