Vehicle display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9908413-B2
Application number	US-201414782051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2014
Priority date	Apr 11, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle display device includes an indicator that luminously displays a display image on its screen by lighting and stops the luminous display of the display image by extinction, and a display panel that includes a light shielding part on a rear surface of the display panel. The light shielding part light-shields a surrounding part of a transmitting window, through which an image light of the display image is transmitted to be capable of being visually recognized from a front side. A transmission region of a front surface of the display panel that is located at least on the front side of the transmitting window is occupied by a planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen, and a plurality of projecting surface parts that project from the planar part into a curved projecting surface shape. An area occupancy of the planar part at the transmission region is adjusted to be equal to or larger than an area occupancy of all the plurality of projecting surface parts at the transmission region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle display device comprising:
an indicator that luminously displays a display image on its screen by lighting and stops the luminous display of the display image by extinction; and
a display panel that includes a light shielding part on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein:
the light shielding part light-shields a surrounding part of a transmitting window through which an image light of the display image is transmitted to be capable of being visually recognized from a front side;
a transmission region of a front surface of the display panel that is located at least on the front side of the transmitting window is occupied by:
a planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen; and
a plurality of projecting surface parts that project from the planar part in a curved projecting surface shape, the plurality of projecting surface parts are provided side by side at a constant pitch in at least a part of the transmission region, each of the plurality of projecting surface parts includes:
a columnar portion at its center; and
a plurality of concentric circle annular portions around the columnar portion, the planar part is located among the columnar portion and the plurality of concentric circle annular portions; and

an area occupancy of the planar part at the transmission region is adjusted to be equal to or larger than an area occupancy of all the plurality of projecting surface parts at the transmission region.

2. A vehicle display device comprising:
an indicator that luminously displays a display image on its screen by lighting and stops the luminous display of the display image by extinction; and
a display panel that includes a light shielding part on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein:
the light shielding part light-shields a surrounding part of a transmitting window through which an image light of the display image is transmitted to be capable of being visually recognized from a front side;
a transmission region of a front surface of the display panel that is located at least on the front side of the transmitting window is occupied by:
a planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen; and
a plurality of projecting surface parts that project from the planar part, the plurality of projecting surface parts are provided side by side at a constant pitch in at least a part of the transmission region;

each of the plurality of projecting surface parts includes a portion that is inclined in a planar shape relative to the planar part and that is directed to the front side, and is formed into a pyramidal surface shape that is pointed toward the front side and into a polygonal pyramid surface shape whose outline shape viewed from the front side is a polygonal shape; and
an area occupancy of the planar part at the transmission region is adjusted to be equal to or larger than an area occupancy of all the plurality of projecting surface parts at the transmission region.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a semitransparent darkly-colored smoke part which is formed inside the transmitting window and through which the image light is transmitted, wherein the light shielding part, which is non-transparent and darkly-colored, light-shields a surrounding part of the smoke part.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the light shielding part defines a display design around the transmitting window; and
light source light is transmitted through the display design, so that the display design is luminously displayed to be capable of being visually recognized from the front side.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a front-surface transmission region serving as the transmission region is occupied by:
a front-surface planar part serving as the planar part; and
a plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts serving as the plurality of projecting surface parts;

at least a rear-surface transmission region of the rear surface that is located corresponding to the transmitting window is occupied by:
a rear-surface planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen; and
a plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts that project from the rear-surface planar part;

each of the plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts includes a portion that is inclined in a curved shape or planar shape relative to the rear-surface planar part; and
each of the plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts is provided correspondingly directly on a rear side of any one of the plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts are provided respectively directly on the rear side of all the plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts one-to-one correspondingly.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a front-surface transmission region serving as the transmission region is occupied by:
a front-surface planar part serving as the planar part; and
a plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts serving as the plurality of projecting surface parts;

at least a rear-surface transmission region of the rear surface that is located corresponding to the transmitting window is occupied by:
a rear-surface planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen; and
a plurality of rear-surface recessed surface parts that are recessed from the rear-surface planar part;

each of the plurality of rear-surface recessed surface parts includes a portion that is inclined in a curved shape or planar shape relative to the rear-surface planar part; and
each of the plurality of rear-surface recessed surface parts is provided correspondingly directly on a rear side of any one of the plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of rear-surface recessed surface parts are provided respectively directly on the rear side of all the plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts one-to-one correspondingly.

9. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a semitransparent darkly-colored smoke part which is formed inside the transmitting window and through which the image light is transmitted, wherein the light shielding part, which is non-transparent and darkly-colored, light-shields a surrounding part of the smoke part.

10. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the light shielding part defines a display design around the transmitting window; and
light source light is transmitted through the display design, so that the display design is luminously displayed to be capable of being visually recognized from the front side.

11. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
a front-surface transmission region serving as the transmission region is occupied by:
a front-surface planar part serving as the planar part; and
a plurality of front-surface projecting surface parts serving as the plurality of projecting surface parts;

at least a rear-surface transmission region of the rear surface that is located corresponding to the transmitting window is occupied by:
a rear-surface planar part that is formed in a flat surface shape along the screen; and
a plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts that project from the rear-surface planar part;

each of the plurality of rear-surface projecting surface parts includes a portion that is inclined in a curved shape or planar shape relative to the rear-surface plana

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Terashima Hiroaki
• Nagino Hiroyuki
• Nojiri Shota
• Hiura Kenichi
• Kohda Kazuyoshi
• Michihiro Yoshihiko

Classifications

• G01D11/28 Primary

  Structurally-combined illuminating devices · CPC title

• B60K35/415

  Glare prevention · CPC title

• B60K35/215

  characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays · CPC title

• B60K2350/1064

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60K37/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic