System and method of illumination expression of head up display for vehicle

• US 9,327,646 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Yang, Deok Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US14/338,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20150175069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 340/458, 345/7
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/33 Illumination features
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 11/005 for lighting devices, e.g. indicating if lamps are burning or not
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays

Abstract

A system and method for illumination brightness of a head up display for a vehicle are provided. The method includes turning on, by a controller, the vehicle and the head up display and determining whether an auto light is operated. The head up display is illuminated when the auto light is normally operated. The controller determines whether a tail lamp mounted within the vehicle is operated when the auto light is abnormally operated. The head up display is illuminated as a night condition when an exterior night condition is detected and the tail lamp is normally operated. Additionally, the controller determines whether a tail switch is operated when the tail lamp is abnormally operated. The head up display is illuminated as a daytime condition when an exterior daytime condition is detected and the tail switch is abnormally operated.

Claims

1. A method of illumination expression of a head up display for a vehicle, the method comprising:

turning on, by a controller, the vehicle and the head up display which is mounted within the vehicle;

determining, by the controller, whether an auto light is operated by confirming an output value of the auto light which is mounted within the vehicle and interlocks with the head up display;

illuminating, by the controller, the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated;

determining, by the controller, whether a tail lamp mounted within the vehicle is operated in response to determining that the auto light is abnormally operated;

illuminating, by the controller, the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated;

determining, by the controller, whether a tail switch is operated in response to determining that the tail lamp is abnormally operated; and

illuminating, by the controller, the head up display as a daytime condition in response to detecting an exterior daytime condition and that the tail switch is abnormally operated.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

illuminating, by the controller, the head up display as the night condition in response to determining that the tail switch is normally operated.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display in the is set to be a basic output value of the head up display when illuminating the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the basic output value of the head up display is set, the head up display interlocks with the auto light.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet night illumination brightness set separately when illuminating the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet daytime illumination brightness set separately when determining that the tail switch is abnormally operated.

7. A system of illumination expression of a head up display for a vehicle, the system comprising

a memory configured to store program instructions;

and

a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to;

turn on the vehicle and the head up display which is mounted within the vehicle;

determine whether an auto light is operated by confirming an output value of the auto light which is mounted within the vehicle and interlocks with the head up display;

illuminate the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated;

determine whether a tail lamp mounted within the vehicle is operated in response to determining that the auto light is abnormally operated;

illuminate the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated;

determine whether a tail switch is operated in response to determining that the tail lamp is abnormally operated; and

illuminate the head up display as a daytime condition in response to detecting an exterior daytime condition and that the tail switch is abnormally operated.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the program instructions when executed are further configured to:

illuminate the head up display as the night condition in response to determining that the tail switch is normally operated.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display in the is set to be a basic output value of the head up display when illuminating the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein when the basic output value of the head up display is set, the head up display interlocks with the auto light.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet night illumination brightness set separately when illuminating the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet daytime illumination brightness set separately when determining that the tail switch is abnormally operated.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that turn on the vehicle and the head up display which is mounted within the vehicle;

program instructions that determine whether an auto light is operated by confirming an output value of the auto light which is mounted within the vehicle and interlocks with the head up display;

program instructions that illuminate the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated;

program instructions that determine whether a tail lamp mounted within the vehicle is operated in response to determining that the auto light is abnormally operated;

program instructions that illuminate the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated;

program instructions that determine whether a tail switch is operated in response to determining that the tail lamp is abnormally operated; and

program instructions that illuminate the head up display as a daytime condition in response to detecting an exterior daytime condition and that the tail switch is abnormally operated.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions that illuminate the head up display as the night condition in response to determining that the tail switch is normally operated.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display in the is set to be a basic output value of the head up display when the program instructions illuminate the head up display in response to determining that the auto light is normally operated.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein when the basic output value of the head up display is set, the head up display interlocks with the auto light.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet night illumination brightness set separately when the program instructions illuminate the head up display as a night condition in response to detecting an exterior night condition and that the tail lamp is normally operated.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the illumination brightness of the head up display is output to meet daytime illumination brightness set separately when the program instructions determine that the tail switch is abnormally operated.