Display device for vehicle

US9304318B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9304318-B2
Application numberUS-201414195399-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 3, 2014
Priority dateSep 6, 2011
Publication dateApr 5, 2016
Grant dateApr 5, 2016

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A display device for a vehicle includes a deploying and accommodating mechanism configured to change a state of disposition of a combiner between a position of a use state in which a display can be seen in the observation region and a position of an unused state in which a display cannot be seen in the observation region. The deploying and accommodating mechanism includes a restricting unit configured to restrict an inclination, with respect to a prescribed direction, of a surface of the combiner to a predetermined angle of a ghost suppression state at least when the combiner is located at the position of the use state.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display device for a vehicle which has a display unit for displaying visible information and which reflects with a combiner and projects, toward a prescribed observation region, light carrying visible information to be displayed on the display unit to display the visible information in a form of a virtual image, the display device comprising: a deploying and accommodating mechanism configured to change a state of disposition of the combiner between a posit…

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What does patent US9304318B2 cover?
A display device for a vehicle includes a deploying and accommodating mechanism configured to change a state of disposition of a combiner between a position of a use state in which a display can be seen in the observation region and a position of an unused state in which a display cannot be seen in the observation region. The deploying and accommodating mechanism includes a restricting unit con…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yazaki Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B27/0101. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 05 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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