AUTOMOTIVE HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20090160736A1
• Filed: 11/07/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIKITA, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US12/266,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20090160736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/7
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/011 comprising device for correcting geometrical aberrations, distortion
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0154 with movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0185 Displaying image at variable distance
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/10 Scanning systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence

Abstract

A HUD apparatus for vehicles including a light source, a scanning unit for scanning light from the light source two-dimensionally, a screen to focus the scanned light on, and a projection unit for projecting the image on the screen. The apparatus further includes a moving mechanism for changing the position of the screen.

Claims

1. A head-up display apparatus for vehicles characterized by comprising:

a light source;

a scanning unit for scanning light from said light source;

a screen on which the scanned light by said scanning unit is focused to form an image;

a projection unit for projecting the image focused and formed on said screen;

a moving unit for changing a screen position between said projection unit and said light source; and

a control unit for controlling said light source, said scanning unit or said moving unit.

2. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said projection unit comprises at least a mirror and a windshield.

3. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said scanning unit is arranged in the neighborhood of the focal point of said projection unit.

4. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of screens as said screen;

characterized in that each screen operates independently.

5. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said scanning unit is a MEMS mirror.

6. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said light source is a laser light source.

7. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said light source includes a plurality of laser light sources having the color gamut of the three primary colors of R. G, B.

8. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that the deflection angle of scanning by said scanning unit is changed under the control of said control circuit.

9. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said screen position is changed by controlling said moving unit under the control of said control circuit.

10. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 1,

characterized in that said screen position is changed by controlling said moving unit under the control of said control circuit thereby to change the position of a virtual image projected by said projection unit.

11. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 10,

characterized in that the distance of the projected position of the virtual image from the driver is set longer when the travel speed is high than when the travel speed is low, based on travel information on the travel motion input to said control circuit.

12. The head-up display apparatus for vehicles according to claim 2,

characterized in that said mirror includes a spherical concave mirror, an aspheric concave mirror and/or a free curved-surface mirror for correcting the distortion of projected images.