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US 2007/0182536 A1Published application
Apparatus for producing heads-up display in a vehicle and associated methods
OwnerArnold Prywesinventor
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Abstract
A portable device is provided for heads-up display in a motor vehicle without requiring permanent physical attachment to the vehicle. The heads-up device has a portable housing with inputs for wirelessly obtaining a multitude of parameters related to vehicle operation. The input signals are transformed into visual signals and a projector in the housing projects the visual signals as a heads-up display image on the windshield of the vehicle.
Claims18
A portable device for heads up display in a motor vehicle comprising:
- a portable housing;
- means associated with the housing for wirelessly receiving at least one signal indicative of a parameter associated with vehicle operation;
- means for forming said at least one signal into a visual signal;
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- a projector for receiving said visual signal and projecting a visual image in a heads up display onto a windshield of the vehicle.
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A method of producing a heads-up display on a windshield of a vehicle, comprising the steps of.
- wirelessly receiving a signal of at least one parameter representing vehicle operations,
- producing an output signal of said at least one parameter,
- feeding said output signal to a projector,
- projecting an image of said at least one parameter from said projector onto the windshield of the vehicle as a heads up display of said at least one parameter;
- mounting said projector in a housing and supporting the housing on the vehicle in a position in which said image can be projected onto the windshield.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.