Display device for a vehicle, and a method for operating such a display device
AssigneeJohnson Controls GmbH
InventorsYanning Zhao, Daniel Jendritza, Frank Schliep
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Abstract
A display device for a vehicle displays image information that can be seen by at least one vehicle occupant. A lighting unit and a display unit are provided, the lighting unit being designed as at least one laser, and at least some sections of the display unit being formed from at least one electro-active polymer and/or from a chromogenic material. A method is also provided for operating a display device.
Claims9
A display device for a vehicle for representing image information that can be seen by at least one vehicle occupant, the display device comprising:
- a lighting unit;
- and
- a display unit,
- wherein the lighting unit is designed as at least one laser, and at least some sections of the display unit are formed from at least one of at least one electroactive polymer and a chromogenic material.
The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the display unit is caused to vibrate in at least one of a translational and rotational direction by the application of an electrical voltage to the electroactive polymer and in a resultant change in shape thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.