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Head-up display device for vehicle

  • US 8,035,493 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2008
  • Issued: 10/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A head-up display device for a vehicle comprising:

  • a light source for projecting light;

    a display unit for producing display virtual images including an alarm display image;

    a mirror for reflecting the light representing the alarm display image so that a driver can see the alarm display image in a display area that is set on one of a front windshield and a combiner in front of the driver and in a field of front vision of the driver;

    at least one on-vehicle device that the driver operates;

    a visual-line shift detecting means for detecting a visual line shift of the driver from a usual forward visual range of the driver toward the at least one on-vehicle device that the driver operates; and

    a display position shifting means for shifting positions of the display area from a position of the usual forward visual range to a position on a line between the usual forward visual range and the at least one on-vehicle device at operation, which the driver watches during the operation, when the visual-line shift detecting means detects the visual line shift from the usual forward visual range toward the at least one on-vehicle device.

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