Head-up display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507152-B2
Application number	US-201414778559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 20, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a head-up display device capable of projecting a virtual image on a curved surface. a curved parallel mirror receives parallel beams from a collimator lens and outputs a plurality of transmitted beams by being configured such that a semi-transparent curved mirror and a curved mirror are arranged opposing each other, said semi-transparent curved mirror reflecting a portion of the parallel beams while allowing the other portion to pass through as transmitted beams, and said curved mirror reflecting parallel beams toward the semi-transparent curved mirror. The curved parallel mirror has a convex curved shape toward the transmission side such that when the outputted plurality of transmitted beams are reflected by a curved surface, the reflected transmitted beams become display beams representing a virtual image substantially parallel to a first plane.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head-up display device that projects display light to a curved surface and allows recognizing an image represented by the display light as a virtual image by reflecting the display light on the curved surface, the head-up display device comprising:
a display means that emits light representing the image;
a collimating optics that collimates the light emitted from the display means into parallel light; and
a curved surface optics that enters the parallel light from the collimating optics and emits a plurality of transmitted light by oppositely arranging a semi-transparent curved reflection surface that reflects a part of the parallel light and transmits a part thereof as transmitted light, and a curved reflection surface that reflects the parallel light to the semi-transparent curved reflection surface,
wherein the curved surface optics has a convex curved surface shape toward a transmission side such that when the emitted plurality of transmitted light is reflected by the curved surface, the reflected transmitted light becomes display light representing the virtual image substantially parallel to a first plane.

2. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the curved surface optics is formed on a rotation surface having a curvature.

3. The head-up display device according to claim 1 , wherein the curved surface optics is formed on a toroidal surface having different orthogonal curvatures.

4. The head-up display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the semi-transparent curved reflection surface has a center of curvature at a position substantially the same as a center of curvature of the curved reflection surface.

Assignees

• Nippon Seiki Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kasahara Tsuyoshi
• Takahashi Yuichi
• Yamazoe Takashi

Classifications

• B60K35/23

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

• G02B2027/011

  comprising device for correcting geometrical aberrations, distortion · CPC title

• G02B2027/0145

  creating an intermediate image · CPC title

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title

• G02B2027/013

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