US 2019/0056587 A1 · Head-Up Display

Abstract

A vehicle may have a head-up display that produces a display output allowing a viewer in the vehicle to observe two-dimensional or three-dimensional content. The head-up display may include a display unit that produces the display output and an optical combiner on a vehicle window that directs the display output towards the viewer. The optical combiner may be a holographic or diffractive optical element or may be an array of angled reflectors such as micromirrors embedded in an index-matching material. Optical combiners formed from holographic elements may be configured to reflect light at an angle of reflection that is different than the angle of incidence, thereby allowing light to reach a viewer's eyes even when the head-up display reflects light off of a side window on a vehicle door. A holographic optical element may include volume holographic media such as photopolymers or holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle system with a head-up display that presents visual output, the vehicle system comprising:

a window of a vehicle;
a display unit that produces display output;
and
an optical combiner on the window that directs the display output from the display unit towards an interior of the vehicle, wherein light from the display unit strikes the optical combiner at an angle of incidence and is directed from the optical combiner towards the interior of the vehicle at an output angle that is different from the angle of incidence.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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