US 2013/0279015 A1Published application

Vehicle display device

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorShuichi Ishibashi

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Abstract

Provided is a vehicle display device including a base to be mounted to a vehicle, a reflection plate which protrudes from and retracts in the base, a projection unit for projecting a display image on the reflection plate, a cover body covering a front portion in a protruding direction of the retracted reflection plate, a drive unit provided to the base for driving the reflection plate to protrude and retract, a holding member holding the reflection plate and connected to the drive unit to be driven linearly, and a posture maintenance unit provided across the holding member and the base to maintain a posture of the reflection plate. The reflection plate is moved to protrude and retract along a movement plane tilted in the protruding direction toward an eye-point with respect to an orthogonal plane orthogonal to a direction of line of sight of a driver to the reflection plate.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A vehicle display device comprising:

a base to be mounted to a vehicle;
a reflection plate arranged to protrude upward from the base and to retract in the base;
a projection unit arranged to project a display image on the reflection plate;
a cover body arranged to cover a front portion in a protruding direction of the reflection plate retracted in the base;
a drive unit provided to the base and arranged to drive the reflection plate to protrude and retract;
a holding member arranged to hold the reflection plate and connected to the drive unit to be driven in a linear fashion;
and
a posture maintenance unit provided across the holding member and the base to maintain a posture of the reflection plate,
wherein the reflection plate is moved to protrude and retract along a movement plane which is tilted in the protruding direction toward a driver's eye point with respect to an orthogonal plane which is orthogonal to a direction of a line of sight of a driver to the reflection plate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/863,644Filed 16 Apr 2013
Priority: JP 2012-09754323 Apr 2012
Published: 24 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G02B 27/0101
Head-up displays: characterised by optical features
B60K 35/22
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: display screens
B60K 35/23
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: head-up displays [HUD]
B60K 35/53
Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle: movable instruments, e.g. slidable