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Method and apparatus for moving back combining screen used for head-up display in vehicle

  • US 6,657,789 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2002
  • Issued: 12/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for moving back a combining screen in a dashboard of a vehicle when the combining screen is not used, the combining screen being used for receiving an image emitted from a displaying device to superpose the image on a foreground of the vehicle such that the superposed image is visible for a driver'"'"'s eye, the displaying device disposed in the dashboard, the combining screen positioned above the dashboard and inclined by a predetermined angle relative to an upward direction of the vehicle in an operational state of the combining screen, the method comprising the steps of:

  • moving the combining screen along a straight line between an operational position and an intermediate position of the combining screen, the intermediate position located in the dashboard and above the displaying device, and moving the combining screen along a curve between the intermediate position and a stored position where the combining screen is located adjacent to the displaying device in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle within the dashboard.

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