Display device for vehicle

• US 9,862,274 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Arai, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Alexander, William R
• Application Number:
  US14/415,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20150183322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,736 Days
• Field of Search: 359629, 359630, 359639, 345 7
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/563 Vehicle displaying mobile device information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1529 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1531 Three-dimensional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/155 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/563 Vehicle displaying mobile device information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/67 Foldable or movable displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/211 producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/213 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/50 Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle B60K35/231 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/53 Movable instruments, e.g. slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0112 comprising device for genereting colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/02 Diffusing elements; Afocal elements

Abstract

A vehicle display device 10 includes a combiner 4, provided between a windshield 1 and a driver'"'"'s seat, and including a transparent region portion 4a and a display styling portion 40 having a light diffusion function, and an illuminating unit 3, which is capable of selectively illuminating the display styling portion 40 and the transparent region portion 4a at the periphery of the display styling portion 40.

Claims

1. A vehicle display device comprising:

a combiner, provided between a windshield and a driver'"'"'s seat, including a transparent region portion and a plurality of graduation styling portions including a light diffusion function; and

an illuminating unit configured to selectively illuminate and differentiate both (i) one graduation styling portion from among the plurality of graduation styling portions and (ii) a transparent region portion at the periphery of the one graduation styling portion.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein:

a forming position of one portion of the display styling portion differs to a forming position of another portion of the display styling portion in a thickness direction of the combiner.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the display styling portion includes a first display styling portion, and a second display styling portion which displays display contents different from display contents displayed by the first display styling portion at a different position to the first display styling portion.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a light guiding unit which directs light emitted from the illuminating unit toward the display styling portion.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 5, wherein:

the light guiding unit is provided to a light-incidence face of the combiner, and is a light diffusion face, a lens, or a prism.

2. A vehicle display device comprising:

a combiner, provided between a windshield and a driver'"'"'s seat, including a transparent region portion and a plurality of graduation styling portions including a light diffusion function; and

an illuminating unit configured to illuminate the plurality of graduation styling portions and a transparent region portion at the periphery of the plurality of graduation styling portions, and configured to selectively illuminate both (i) one graduation styling portion of the plurality of graduation styling portions and (ii) a transparent region portion at the periphery of the one graduation styling portion at a high intensity as compared with other graduation styling portions of the plurality of graduation styling portions.