Display device and motor vehicle for displaying an image, having a film to display an image, having at least one further electrical component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11209647-B2
Application number	US-201816649537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2018
Priority date	Sep 22, 2017
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A display apparatus for displaying an image includes a semitransparent carrier element, and a film provided on the semitransparent carrier element for at least regionally displaying the image. The film incorporates electrical components of the display apparatus. Further, the display apparatus can be included in a motor vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device for displaying an image, comprising:
an at least semitransparent carrier element configured as a windshield of a motor vehicle;
a film provided on the at least semitransparent carrier element to at least regionally display the image;
electrical components integrated in the film, the electrical components including:
at least one electrical power supply element of an electrical power supply configured to supply the display device with electrical power, the at least one electrical power supply element including a solar cell element, disposed outside a region of the film which displays the image, configured to generate electrical power for the display device, and
a controller, disposed outside the region of the film which displays the image, configured to control the display device; and

a liquid crystal display (LCD) film, provided on the at least semitransparent carrier element and/or the film, configured to shade the region of the film which displays the image.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical components further include a light source configured to generate light rays for the film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one electrical power supply element includes at least one induction element and/or an electrical contact element.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein
the at least one induction element is configured to receive electric power from a further induction element, and/or
the electrical contact element is configured to receive electric power from a further contact element.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical components further include a communication device configured to receive information at least about the image.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the communication device is configured to wirelessly receive the information at least about the image.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical components further include a camera configured to capture surroundings of the display device.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the electrical components further include a communication device configured to receive information captured by the camera and to wirelessly transmit the information to an external device via a wireless network.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the LCD film is configured to be dimmable on a pixel-by-pixel basis to dim the region of the film which displays the image while other regions of the film are not dimmed.

10. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a windshield; and
a display device, including:
an at least semitransparent carrier element configured as the windshield,
a film provided on the at least semitransparent carrier element to at least regionally display the image,
electrical components integrated in the film, the electrical components including:
at least one electrical power supply element of an electrical power supply configured to supply the display device with electrical power, the at least one electrical power supply element including a solar cell element, disposed outside a region of the film which displays the image, configured to generate electrical power for the display device, and
a controller, disposed outside the region of the film which displays the image, configured to control the display device, and

a liquid crystal display (LCD) film, provided on the at least semitransparent carrier element and/or the film, configured to shade the region of the film which displays the image.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the electrical components further include a light source configured to generate light rays for the film.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the at least one electrical power supply element includes at least one induction element and/or an electrical contact element.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a dashboard; and
a further induction element provided on the dashboard configured to transmit electric power to the at least one induction element and/or a further contact element provided on the dashboard configured to transmit electric power to the electrical contact element.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the electrical components further include a communication device configured to receive information at least about the image.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the communication device is configured to wirelessly receive the information at least about the image.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the electrical components further include a camera configured to capture surroundings of the display device.

17. The motor vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the electrical components further include a communication device configured to receive information captured by the camera to and to wirelessly transmit the information to an external device via a wireless network.

18. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the LCD film is configured to be dimmable on a pixel-by-pixel basis to dim the region of the film which displays the image while other regions of the film are not dimmed.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Schwartze Sebastian
• Klug Markus
• Schwager André
• Kezze Muhammad Ali

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• G02B27/0103

  comprising holographic elements · CPC title

• G02B2027/0196

  having transparent supporting structure for display mounting, e.g. to a window or a windshield · CPC title

• G02B27/0101 Primary

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

• B60K2370/1529

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic