Head-down type optical device for delivering information to the driver of a motor vehicle
AssigneeJaeger
InventorsJean-Jacques Bezard, Alain Bonutto, Catherine Jury
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Abstract
The invention relates to an optical device providing information to the driver of a motor vehicle, which includes a concave mirror (100), located below the lowered line of vision within the field of vision of the exterior, its concavity being directed towards the driver, and an imager (200) designed to direct a light signal to the mirror (100), characterized by the fact that the concave mirror (100) is defined by an O-dome.
Claims21
An optical device for delivering information to the driver of a motor vehicle, the device comprising a concave mirror (100) placed below the bottom line of view in the landscape field of view, the concave side of the mirror facing the driver, and an imaging device (200) designed to direct a light signal towards the mirror (100), characterized by the fact that the concave mirror (100) is defined by a portion of the surface of a torus, and by the fact that the device includes means for adjusting its pointing direction about a horizontal axis.
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