Head-up display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10139622-B2
Application number	US-201615548907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A HUD device mounted on a moving body that projects an image on a projection member to virtually display the image includes a projector, a reflector mirror, a stepper motor, a reduction gear mechanism that reduces rotation which is output from the stepper motor and transmitted to the reflector mirror, and a controller that calculates a control step angle for the stepper motor. The controller, when an output direction of the motor according to the control instruction at this determination is the opposite direction as a direction of the rotation of the last time, adds a reverse step angle of the opposite direction, which is equal to or greater than a sum of a reference step angle and a backlash angle of the reduction gear mechanism, to the control step angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A head-up display device mounted on a moving body that projects an image on a projection member to virtually display the image to be visible to a passenger, comprising:
a projector that projects display light;
a reflector mirror that reflects the display light from the projector toward the projection member;
a stepper motor that outputs rotation;
a reduction gear mechanism formed of a plurality of gears, the reduction gear mechanism reducing the rotation which is output from the stepper motor and transmitted to the reflector mirror; and
a controller that, based on a control instruction from the passenger, calculates a control step angle that controls the rotation of the stepper motor, wherein
the controller includes
a determiner that determines whether an output direction of the rotation to be output from the stepper motor according to the control instruction at this determination is the same direction or the opposite direction as a direction of the rotation to be output from the stepper motor according to the control instruction at the last determination, and
a reverse direction adder that
defines a reference step angle as a step angle that the stepper motor rotates by in accordance with a determination of the same direction by the determiner, and
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, adds a reverse step angle of the opposite direction to the control step angle, the reverse step angle of the opposite direction being equal to or greater than a sum of the reference step angle and a backlash angle of the reduction gear mechanism.

2. The head-up display device of claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes a same direction adder that, when the determiner determines the same direction, adds the reference step angle of the same direction to the control step angle.

3. The head-up display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory unit that stores the control step angle and a correction parameter for correcting the control step angle, wherein
the controller includes
an updater that updates the control step angle with the correction parameter, and
an overwriter that, when the determiner determines the opposite direction, overwrites the correction parameter based on a slippage estimated from the backlash angle with respect to the control step angle.

4. The head-up display device of claim 3 , wherein
the when the determiner determines the same direction, the overwriter maintains the correction parameter as is.

5. The head-up display device of claim 3 , wherein
the controller includes
a resetter that rotates the reflector mirror in a reset direction where the image moves toward an outside-of-display region to reset display of the image, and
an initialization position setter that rotates the reflector mirror in an initialization direction from the outside-of-display region toward an initialization position to begin display of the image, and

the overwriter is configured to
when the determiner determines the same direction, maintain the correction parameter as is,
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction matches the initialization direction, set the correction parameter to 0, and
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction does not match the initialization direction, set the correction parameter to be equal in magnitude to the backlash angle.

6. The head-up display device of claim 5 , wherein
the reset direction is a down-corresponding direction that causes the image to move in a down direction of the moving body,
the initialization direction is an up-corresponding direction that causes the image to move in an up direction of the moving body, and
the overwriter is configured to
when the determiner determines the same direction, maintain the correction parameter as is,
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction is the down-corresponding direction, set the correction parameter to be equal in magnitude to the backlash angle, and
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction is the up-corresponding direction, set the correction parameter to 0.

7. The head-up display device of claim 5 , wherein
the reset direction is an up-corresponding direction that causes the image to move in an up direction of the moving body,
the initialization direction is a down-corresponding direction that causes the image to move in a down direction of the moving body, and
the overwriter is configured to
the when the determiner determines the same direction, maintain the correction parameter as is,
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction is the up-corresponding direction, set the correction parameter to be equal in magnitude to the backlash angle, and
when the determiner determines the opposite direction, and when the output direction is the down-corresponding direction, set the correction parameter to 0.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Sasaki Tatsuya

Classifications

• G02B2027/0154

  with movable elements · CPC title

• G02B27/0149 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features (G02B27/0176 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B27/01 Primary

  Head-up displays · CPC title

• G02B2027/0181

  Adaptation to the pilot/driver · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title