Head up display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11294175-B2
Application number	US-201716339940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

An embodiment of a head up display device may comprise: a light source unit; a first light transmitting member which is disposed opposite to the light source unit in the optical axis direction; a second light transmitting member which is disposed opposite to the first light transmitting member in the optical axis direction; a display unit which is disposed opposite to the second light transmitting member in the optical axis direction and to which light having passed through the second light transmitting member is incident; and a light diffusing member which is disposed between the second light transmitting member and the display unit, wherein the display unit is inclined with respect to the optical axis direction, and the light diffusing member is inclined with respect to the optical axis direction so as to be parallel to the display unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head up display device comprising:
a light source unit;
a first light transfer member comprising a convex lens section disposed to face the light source unit in a first direction in parallel to an optical axis direction;
a second light transfer member comprising a light transmitting portion formed to have a curved shape having an upwardly convex upper surface and a downwardly convex lower surface, the light transmitting portion being disposed to face the first light transfer member in the optical axis direction;
a display unit disposed to face the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member in the optical axis direction, the display unit receiving light emerging from the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member; and
a light diffusion member disposed between the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member and the display unit,
wherein the light source unit comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the convex lens section comprises a plurality of convex lenses disposed at positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements in the second direction,
wherein a center of each of the plurality of light emitting elements is spaced apart from a center of the corresponding convex lens in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions thereby causing light from the light source unit to be more uniformly distributed,
wherein the light source unit, the convex lens section, the light transmitting portion, and the display unit are aligned with each other in the first direction, and
wherein the display unit has a planar shape, and the light diffusion member has a planar shape, and the display unit is disposed to be inclined with respect to the optical axis direction, and the light diffusion member is disposed to be inclined with respect to the optical axis direction such that the light diffusion member is in parallel to the display unit.

2. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first virtual line extending in a lateral direction of the display unit and a second virtual line extending in the optical axis direction form an acute angle or an obtuse angle therebetween, and a third virtual line extending in a lateral direction of the light diffusion member is in parallel to the first virtual line.

3. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first distance as a minimum distance between facing surfaces of the display unit and the light diffusion member is shorter than a second distance as a minimum distance between facing surfaces of the second light transfer member and the light diffusion member.

4. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light diffusion member is formed with embossed portions, at least a part of the embossed portions having an oval shell shape or a spherical shell shape.

5. The head up display device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the embossed portions is configured such that a plane contacting an uppermost surface of the respective embossed portion forms a predetermined angle with respect to a tangent line of another surface of the respective embossed portion, and a first angle as a maximum angle between the tangent line and the plane in a cross-section of the oval shell-shaped embossed portion taken along a longer axis of the embossed portion is in a range of 5° to 30°.

6. The head up display device according to claim 5 , wherein a second angle as a maximum angle between the tangent line and the plane in a cross-section of the oval shell-shaped embossed portion taken along a shorter axis of the embossed portion is 10° to 60°.

7. The head up display device according to claim 6 , wherein the second angle is equal to or greater than the first angle.

8. The head up display device according to claim 1 , comprising a first heat dissipation member coupled to the light source unit and comprising a plurality of first heat dissipation fins.

9. The head up display device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a casing configured to receive the first light transfer member, the second light transfer member, and the diffusion member; and
a holder configured to couple the display unit to the casing.

10. The head up display device according to claim 9 , wherein the casing comprises a second heat dissipation member formed at a side portion thereof and includes a second heat dissipation fin.

11. The head up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light transfer member comprises a first flange protruded from a lower surface of the first light transfer member to space the light source unit and the first light transfer member apart from each other in the optical axis direction.

12. The head up display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first light transfer member comprises a second flange protruded from an upper surface of the first light transfer member to space the first light transfer member and the second light transfer member apart from each other in the optical axis direction.

13. The head up display device according to claim 12 , wherein the second light transfer member comprises a third flange protruded from a lower surface of the second light transfer member to space the first light transfer member and the second light transfer member apart from each other in the optical axis direction.

14. The head up display device according to claim 13 , wherein a first protrusion is formed at an upper surface of the second flange, and a first groove is formed at a lower surface of the third flange at a position corresponding to the first protrusion such that the first protrusion is inserted into the first groove.

15. The head up display device according to claim 13 , wherein a first protrusion is formed at a lower surface of the third flange, and a first groove is formed at an upper surface of the second flange at a position corresponding to the first protrusion such that the first protrusion is inserted into the first groove.

16. A head up display device comprising:
a light source unit;
a first light transfer member comprising a convex lens section disposed to face the light source unit in a first direction in parallel to an optical axis direction;
a second light transfer member comprising a light transmitting portion formed to have a curved shape having an upwardly convex upper surface and a downwardly convex lower surface, the light transmitting portion being disposed in the optical axis direction of the light source unit to face the first light transfer member;
a display unit disposed in the Optical axis direction of the light source unit to face the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member, the display unit receiving light emerging from the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member; and
a light diffusion member disposed between the light transmitting portion of the second light transfer member and the display unit,
wherein the light source unit comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
wherein the convex lens section comprises a plurality of convex lenses disposed at positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements in the second direction,
wherein a center of each of the plurality of light emitting elements is spaced apart from a center of the corresponding convex lens in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions thereby causing

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Gi Seok
• Kim Tae Kyung

Classifications

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/23

  Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) · CPC title

• G02B27/0101 Primary

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

• G02B2027/013

  comprising a combiner of particular shape, e.g. curvature · CPC title

• G02B27/0149

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