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US 11,388,379 B2Granted
Motor vehicle with display device having a projector on the rear side of a projection area
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorDaniel Lottes
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Abstract
Information that can be seen from the front side is projected onto the rear side of a projection area by a projector in a motor vehicle. The size of the projection area is variable by moving portions of a screen.
Claims4
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- at least one display device, including
- at least one roller or roll;
- a projection screen, formed of flexible solid material, having a front side and a rear side and configured to be partially wound up and unwound on the at least one roller or roll, thereby providing a projection area variable in size,
- a projector configured to project a representation of information, visible from the front side of the projection screen, directly onto the rear side of the projection screen, an axial distance between the projection screen and the projector being variable;
- and
- at least one movable paneling element on the front side of the projection screen providing a variable degree of coverage of the projection screen;
- and
- a housing substantially surrounding the projection screen when in a first position, partially wound up, the projection screen having a second position unwound further from the housing than when in the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.