Display system mounted in automobile vehicle
First Claim
1. A display system having a display unit and a reflector which are disposed in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle, wherein the display unit emits an image, and the image is reflected by the reflector to be projected on a windshield of the vehicle via an opening of the instrument panel, the display system superposing the image on a foreground of a driver'"'"'s view such that a driver of the vehicle can recognize the superposed image and the foreground via the windshield simultaneously, the display system comprising:
- a shutter device disposed between the display unit and the opening, anda control unit for indicating the image such that the image becomes alternatively in a smaller normal indication pattern and in a larger camera-taken image of the foreground, wherein the control unit controls the shutter device to pass indication beams of the emitted image through the opening in conformity with a size of the emitted image.
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Abstract
A display system has a display unit and a reflector which are disposed in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle. The display unit emits an image that is reflected by the reflector, and the image is projected on a windshield of the vehicle via an opening of the instrument panel. The display system superposes the image on a foreground seen from the vehicle such that a diver of the vehicle can recognize the superposed image and the foreground via the windshield simultaneously. The display system includes a shutter device disposed between the display unit and the opening. The shutter device is transformable to pass indication beams of the emitted image through the opening in conformity with a size of the emitted image.
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1. A display system having a display unit and a reflector which are disposed in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle, wherein the display unit emits an image, and the image is reflected by the reflector to be projected on a windshield of the vehicle via an opening of the instrument panel, the display system superposing the image on a foreground of a driver'"'"'s view such that a driver of the vehicle can recognize the superposed image and the foreground via the windshield simultaneously, the display system comprising:
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a shutter device disposed between the display unit and the opening, and a control unit for indicating the image such that the image becomes alternatively in a smaller normal indication pattern and in a larger camera-taken image of the foreground, wherein the control unit controls the shutter device to pass indication beams of the emitted image through the opening in conformity with a size of the emitted image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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