Projection device for vehicles
AssigneeNippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorIkuyo Sasajima
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Abstract
A projection device for vehicles for projecting image light from a vehicle to project an image based on the image light onto a road surface outside the vehicle, includes a projection unit that projects the image light. The projection unit is disposed interiorly to a windshield of the vehicle, and projects the image light through the windshield to the outside of the vehicle to project the image onto the road surface outside the vehicle. It is desirable that the image light is transmitted through a wiper wiping area in the windshield.
Claims6
A projection device for vehicles for projecting image light from a vehicle to project an image based on the image light onto a road surface outside the vehicle, the projection device for vehicles comprising:
- a projection unit that projects the image light, wherein
- the projection unit is disposed interiorly to a windshield of the vehicle, and projects the image light through the windshield to the outside of the vehicle to project the image onto the road surface outside the vehicle, and
- a projection direction of the image light from the projection unit is changeable and the projection unit is switchable between a first projection state for projecting the image light to the outside of the vehicle through the windshield, to project the image onto a road surface outside the vehicle, and a second projection state for projecting the image light to a location inside the vehicle to project the image to the location inside the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.