Compact Privacy Display in an Instrument Panel of a Vehicle, Having a Free-Form Prism as Cover Pane

A compact privacy display for an instrument panel of a vehicle, the privacy display comprising:

• an image generator configured to generate a light beam bundle having desired display content:
• a cover pane configured to transmit the light beam bundle and to be arranged in a surface section of the instrument panel which faces toward a vehicle occupant on a front vehicle seat;
• and
• a projection and/or imaging optical unit arranged in a beam path between the image generator and the cover pane, which projection and/or imaging optical unit is configured to display the display content as a real or virtual image floating freely in air in front of or behind the cover pane;
• wherein the cover pane, for deflecting the light beam bundle upward, is configured as prismatic in order to vertically compress an installation space required for the privacy display and to output the light beam bundle directly in a direction of a spatial area predetermined for eyes of the vehicle occupant.