Truck cabin
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsSudeendra Thirtha Koushik Kadari Subbarao, Madhuchandra Koogenahalli Sadashivaiah
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Abstract
A truck cabin for a truck, comprising a windshield, a driver's seat, a steering wheel, a dashboard and a projector projecting an image onto the steering wheel. To improve the driver's visibility in front of the truck cabin, the image projected by the projector onto the steering wheel is configured to comprise information about the operation of the truck. In a first direction of sight of a driver sitting in the driver's seat and looking at the steering wheel, the dashboard does not comprise any other information displays about the operation of the truck.
Claims10
A truck cabin for a truck, comprising a windshield, a driver's seat, a steering wheel, a dashboard, and a projector projecting an image onto the steering wheel, wherein:
- the projector is configured to adapt the image projected onto the steering wheel depending on a steering angle of the steering wheel;
- the image projected by the projector onto the steering wheel is configured to comprise information about operation of the truck;
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- in a first direction of sight of a driver sitting in the driver's seat and looking at the steering wheel, the dashboard does not comprise any other information displays about the operation of the truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.