Indication display unit for vehicles
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsKunimitsu Aoki, Tadashi Iino
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Abstract
An indication display unit for vehicles of this invention is provided with a head-up display (HUD), an indication projector, a display device located at the ceiling of the vehicle, and a reflector forwardly located relative to a driver's seat. The indication display unit of this invention further includes a shifting mechanism for the reflector so that when the vehicle speed decreases lower than a predetermined low speed limit, the reflector can be completely shifted away from the driver's visual field. The shifting of the reflector can be accomplished by having the reflector shift in a vertical direction or just outside, but near the driver's visual field, in a horizontal direction.
Claims9
An indication display unit for vehicles enabling a driver to sight an indicating image comprising:
- an image projector device including a display device for projecting an indicating image;
- a reflecting means located forwardly of a driver seat for reflecting said indicating image;
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- a location shifting means having a mechanism for completely shifting said reflecting means in one of a vertical motion and a transversal motion in accordance with a vehicle velocity, wherein said reflecting means includes a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being located above a dashboard level and a second portion being located below the dashboard level when said reflecting means is in use.
An indication display unit for vehicles enabling a driver to sight an indication image comprising:
- an image projector device including a display device for projecting an indicating image;
- a reflecting means located forwardly of a driver seat for reflecting said indicating image;
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- a location shifting means having a mechanism for completely shifting said reflecting means in one of a vertical motion and a transversal motion in accordance with a vehicle velocity, wherein said reflecting means, when shifted, still functions by reflecting said indicating image from said image projector, wherein said reflecting means includes a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being located above a dashboard level and a second portion being located below the dashboard level when said reflecting means is in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.