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US 2018/0001768 A1Published application
Head-up display apparatus
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorToshifumi TAKITA
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Abstract
The head-up display apparatus includes a displaying device installed inside an instrument panel, an opening portion formed in the instrument panel, and a combiner disposed above the opening portion. An image of the displaying device is projected to the combiner through the opening portion. The displaying device is a segment display. The segment display includes a plurality of light sources and a character/symbol plate having a plurality of image informing parts. The combiner is made of a non-translucent dark plate or a semi-translucent dark smoke plate.
Claims7
A head-up display apparatus comprising:
- a displaying device that is installed inside an instrument panel, the instrument panel being provided under a windshield glass;
- an opening portion that is formed in the instrument panel;
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- a combiner that is disposed above the opening portion in a exposed state, wherein:
- an image of the displaying device is configured to be projected to the combiner through the opening portion,
- the combiner is configured to form an image by directly reflecting the image on the displaying device,
- the displaying device comprises a segment display, the segment display configured to form a plurality of the images by turning ON and OFF a plurality of image forming parts,
- the segment display comprises a plurality of light sources and a character/symbol plate, the character/symbol plate including the plurality of image forming parts, and the image forming parts being configured such that light emitted from the plurality of the light sources pass through the plurality of image forming parts, and
- the combiner is made of a non-translucent dark plate or a semi-translucent dark smoke plate, and
- the combiner has a surface reflectivity that can suppress a reflection of the image forming parts when the image forming parts are turned OFF.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.