Apparatus for producing heads-up display in a vehicle and associated methods
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1. A portable device for heads up display in a motor vehicle comprising:
- a portable housing;
means associated with the housing for wirelessly receiving at least one signal indicative of a parameter associated with vehicle operation;
means for forming said at least one signal into a visual signal; and
a projector for receiving said visual signal and projecting a visual image in a heads up display onto a windshield of the vehicle.
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A portable device is provided for heads-up display in a motor vehicle without requiring permanent physical attachment to the vehicle. The heads-up device has a portable housing with inputs for wirelessly obtaining a multitude of parameters related to vehicle operation. The input signals are transformed into visual signals and a projector in the housing projects the visual signals as a heads-up display image on the windshield of the vehicle.
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1. A portable device for heads up display in a motor vehicle comprising:
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a portable housing;
means associated with the housing for wirelessly receiving at least one signal indicative of a parameter associated with vehicle operation;
means for forming said at least one signal into a visual signal; and
a projector for receiving said visual signal and projecting a visual image in a heads up display onto a windshield of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of producing a heads-up display on a windshield of a vehicle, comprising the steps of.
wirelessly receiving a signal of at least one parameter representing vehicle operations, producing an output signal of said at least one parameter, feeding said output signal to a projector, projecting an image of said at least one parameter from said projector onto the windshield of the vehicle as a heads up display of said at least one parameter; mounting said projector in a housing and supporting the housing on the vehicle in a position in which said image can be projected onto the windshield. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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