Head up display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10114218-B2
Application number	US-201515526078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2015
Priority date	Nov 12, 2014
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a head up display device capable of counteracting sunlight without using a shutter or a reflection type polarizing film. A first concave mirror has a curvature to cause the reflected display light to intersect vertically before reaching a second mirror, and a second concave mirror serves to reflect the received display light. A case is provided with a first shield and a second shield extending near an intersecting point to sandwich a light path between the first and second concave mirrors. The first and second shields can block external light entering into the case from outside the case and proceeding toward the first concave mirror after being reflected from the second concave mirror.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head up display device, comprising:
a display unit for emitting display light;
a first concave mirror for reflecting a first part and a second part of the display light emitted from the display unit;
a second concave mirror for reflecting the first part and the second part of the display light reflected by the first concave mirror; and
a case for housing the display unit and the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror, wherein,
the case includes a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion for blocking external light entering inside the case from outside of the case from proceeding toward the first concave mirror after the external light is reflected by the second concave mirror,
the first concave mirror has a curvature that causes a first optical path of the reflected first part of the display light and a second optical path of the reflected second part of the display light to cross each other at a focal point before reaching the second concave mirror, and
the first shielding portion and the second shielding portion extending towards each other and extending to a vicinity of the focal point allowing the first optical path and the second optical path to pass through between the first shielding portion and the second shielding portion after the first optical path and the second optical path cross each other.

2. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second shielding portions are made of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of a general portion of the case.

3. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second shielding portions are made of a material having a higher heat resistance than that of a general portion of the case.

4. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first shielding portion comprises a anti-reflection treatment film for weakening or preventing reflection of the external light, the portion of the first shielding portion receiving the external light, and
a portion of the second shielding portion comprises the anti-reflection treatment film, the portion of the second shielding portion receiving the external light.

5. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the case comprises:
a center frame supporting the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror and including the second shielding portion;
an upper cover attached to an upper side of the center frame and provided with the first shielding portion; and
a lower cover attached to a lower side of the center frame.

6. The head up display device according to claim 5 , wherein
the center frame is a metal molded product,
the lower cover is a resin molded product, and
the upper cover is a resin molded product or a metal molded product.

7. The head up display device according to claim 6 , wherein the metal molded product of the center frame is an aluminum die-cast product, and
the metal molded product of the upper cover is an aluminum die-cast product.

8. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the case comprises:
a center frame supporting the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror and including the second shielding portion; and
an upper cover attached to an upper side of the center frame and provided with the first shielding portion,

the upper cover is a resin molded product,
a metal plate is disposed at least on an upper surface of the first shielding portion,
a density of a resin used for a material of the resin molded product is smaller than the density of the metal plate, and
a heat resistance of the metal plate is higher than the heat resistance of the resin.

9. A head up display device, comprising:
a light source for emitting display light;
a first concave mirror for reflecting the display light;
a second concave mirror for reflecting the display light reflected by the first concave mirror; and
a case for housing the light source, the first concave mirror, and the second concave mirror,
wherein the first concave mirror has a curvature for setting a focal point of the first concave mirror between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror such that a distance between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror is set to be greater than a distance between the focal point and the first concave mirror,
wherein the case comprises a shielding portion for blocking external light entering inside the case from outside of the case from proceeding toward the first concave mirror after the external light is reflected by the second concave mirror, the shielding portion disposed between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror, the shielding portion comprising an opening that passes the display light that reflected from the first concave mirror to the second concave mirror.

10. The head up display device according to claim 9 , wherein the focal point of the first concave mirror is set before the display light that reflected from the first concave mirror passes through the opening of the shielding portion.

11. The head up display device according to claim 9 , wherein a distance between the focal point and the second concave mirror is greater than the distance between the focal point and the first concave mirror.

Assignees

• Nippon Seiki Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamazoe Takashi
• Hirokawa Takuro

Classifications

• G02B5/30

  Polarising elements (light-modulating devices with active elements G02F1/00) · CPC title

• G02B27/0101 Primary

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B27/01

  Head-up displays · CPC title

• G02B5/10

  with curved faces · CPC title

• G02B2027/0118

  comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility · CPC title