Instrument panel with active display
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1. A display system comprising:
- a display device for providing images;
a first light source for emitting light; and
a first light collection lens system comprising a hyperspheroid hollow lens having an optical axis, the hollow lens for collecting the light emitted from the first light source and directing the light in a first beam of light to the display device for illuminating the images on the display device for viewing, the hollow lens having a substantially spherical interior portion and an outer surface bulging forward along the optical axis relative to the substantially spherical interior portion, the first light source extending within the substantially spherical interior portion.
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Abstract
An instrument panel including at least one instrument indicator positioned in the panel. At least one active display is positioned in the panel and is capable of displaying images from data provided to the display.
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1. A display system comprising:
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a display device for providing images; a first light source for emitting light; and a first light collection lens system comprising a hyperspheroid hollow lens having an optical axis, the hollow lens for collecting the light emitted from the first light source and directing the light in a first beam of light to the display device for illuminating the images on the display device for viewing, the hollow lens having a substantially spherical interior portion and an outer surface bulging forward along the optical axis relative to the substantially spherical interior portion, the first light source extending within the substantially spherical interior portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of displaying images with a display system comprising:
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providing the images with a display device; emitting light with a first light source; and collecting the light emitted from the first light source and directing the light in a first beam of light to the display device with a first light collection lens system comprising a hyperspheroid hollow lens having an optical axis, the hollow lens for illuminating the images on the display device for viewing, the hollow lens having a substantially spherical interior portion and an outer surface bulging forward along the optical axis relative to the substantially spherical interior portion, the first light source extending within the substantially spherical interior portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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