Holographic display panel for a vehicle windshield
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1. An improved display panel for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
- means for monitoring an operating characteristic of the vehicle;
means for providing an indication of the status of the vehicle operating characteristic including a substantially transparent hologram member mounted adjacent and in the line of sight of the windshield and having a predetermined indicia indicative of the specific status, the transparent hologram member includes an indicia of a virtual image that appears to be realized at a location offset and exterior of the windshield to facilitate viewing by far-sighted drivers, andmeans to illuminate the indicia indicative of a certain corresponding status.
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Abstract
An improved hologram display panel for a vehicle is provided. Sensors can monitor the operating characteristics of the vehicle and virtual images of indicators can be realized by the illumination of holographic images that are contained in substantially transparent hologram members laminated to the surface of the windshield. The holographic images are virtual image displays that can appear offset from the windshield to accommodate the vision of the driver. A hologram barrier means may be provided to prevent activation of the hologram display by ambient light.
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29 Claims
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1. An improved display panel for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
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means for monitoring an operating characteristic of the vehicle; means for providing an indication of the status of the vehicle operating characteristic including a substantially transparent hologram member mounted adjacent and in the line of sight of the windshield and having a predetermined indicia indicative of the specific status, the transparent hologram member includes an indicia of a virtual image that appears to be realized at a location offset and exterior of the windshield to facilitate viewing by far-sighted drivers, and means to illuminate the indicia indicative of a certain corresponding status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An improved windshield and display panel combination for providing an indication of the operating conditions of certain functions of a vehicle to the driver with virtual images, comprising:
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means for providing an indication of the status of the operating condition with a number of substantially transparent hologram members laminated to the windshield to provide a plurality of predetermined holographic images, each image representative of a wavefront of a predetermined indicia whose virtual image is realized as appearing offset from the windshield and to the exterior of the windshield when appropriately illuminated; and means for illuminating the holographic images to indicate the operating condition, wherein the hologram members while configured to simulate the curvature of the windshield location to which they are to be laminated. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An improved display panel system for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
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means for monitoring operating characteristics of the vehicle; hologram means for providing an indication of the status of the monitored operating characteristics including a substantially transparent hologram member laminated to the windshield to provide a plurality of predetermined holographic images, each image representative of a wavefront of a predetermined indicia whose virtual image is realized as appearing offset from the windshield when appropriately illuminated; hologram barrier means for isolating each holographic image from activation by ambient light; and means for illuminating the holographic indicia images in response to the monitoring means with reconstruction light beams of predetermined angular characteristics.
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10. An improved display panel system for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
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means for monitoring operating characteristics of the vehicle; hologram means for providing an indication of the status of the monitored operating characteristics including a substantially transparent hologram member laminated to the windshield to provide a plurality of predetermined holographic images, each image representative of a wavefront of a predetermined indicia whose virtual image is realized when appropriately illuminated; and means for illuminating the holographic indicia images in response to the monitoring means with reconstruction light beams that are transmitted from an edge of the hologram member through the hologram member. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a holographic display system for activating a virtual image, the improvement comprising:
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a substantially transparent hologram member within the visible spectrum of light having a developed holographic image representative of a wavefront of a predetermined indicia whose virtual image is activated when appropriately illuminated by a reconstruction reference beam; hologram barrier means for isolating the holographic image from activation by ambient light, and means for illuminating the holographic image to activate the virtual image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An improved display panel for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
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means for monitoring an operating characteristic of the vehicle; means for providing an indication of the status of the vehicle operating characteristic including a substantially transparent hologram member mounted adjacent and in a line of sight through the windshield and having a predetermined indicia indicative of the specific status, wherein the hologram member includes a transparent flexible substrate suitable for lamination to a windshield, a first film layer of a holographic material recording the image and a second film layer of holographic material to reflect stray light to prevent inadvertent activation of the image in the first film layer, and means to illuminate the hologram indicia indicative of a certain corresponding status. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An improved display panel system for a vehicle having a windshield comprising:
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means for monitoring operating characteristics; hologram means for providing an indication of the status of the monitored operating characteristics including a substantially transparent hologram member laminated to the windshield to provide a plurality of predetermined holographic images, each image representative of a wavefront of a predetermined indicia whose virtual image is realized when appropriately illuminated, wherein the hologram member includes a transparent flexible substrate suitable for lamination to a windshield, a first film layer of a holographic material for recording the images, and a second film layer of holographic material to reflect stray light to prevent inadvertent activation of the images in the first film layer, and holographic means for illuminating the holographic indicia images in response to the monitoring means with reconstruction light beams that are transmitted from an edge of the hologram member through the hologram member to contact the holographic images. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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