Head-up display device and laminated glass for head-up display device
AssigneeNippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Muromachi, Masanobu Kimura, Satoshi Furusawa
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Abstract
For prevention of ghost images from occurring on head-up displays, a glass surface is ground, and a reflecting surface with a wedge-shaped cross section is formed. Furthermore, in order to reduce optical distortion at the edge portion of the reflecting surface, a ground surface contacting the reflecting surface with an angle between 150° and 210° is formed. In accordance with the enlargement of the reflecting surface accompanied by the tendency of head-up displays becoming larger, the reflecting surface is divided into at least two regions, and the angle of the reflecting surface is optimized for each region.
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A head-up display device comprising information projection means emitting information in form of light rays, and a windshield glass having a reflecting surface for reflecting the light rays toward an observer inside a vehicle, wherein
- a first light path is defined between a first reflecting surface prepared on an internal surface of the windshield glass and the observer by a first light ray that is emitted from the information projection means, reflected by the first reflecting surface, and projected toward the observer,
- a second light path is defined between the internal surface and the observer by a second light ray that is emitted from the information projection means, refracted into the windshield glass at the internal surface, reflected by a second reflecting, surface prepared on an external surface of the windshield glass, and refracted out of the windshield glass at the internal surface toward the observer,
- the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface are non-parallel to each other so that the first light path and the second light path are approximating each other more than when the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface are arranged in parallel to each other,
- at least one surface selected from the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface is a ground reflecting surface formed by grinding the surface of the windshield glass so as to set the non-parallelity of the reflecting surfaces,
- the surface of the windshield glass includes a ground surface contacting the ground reflecting surface with an angle between 170° and 190°, and
- a shading band is formed at least in a part of the periphery of the windshield glass, and
- the ground surface has, in a region where the shading band is formed, an edge that is opposite to the edge contacting the reflecting surface.
A laminated glass for a head-up display device, used as a windshield glass together with information projection means emitting information as light rays, including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light rays toward an observer in a vehicle and comprising at least two glass sheets attached to each other with an intermediate layer,
- wherein the reflecting surface includes a ground surface formed by partially grinding a surface of the glass sheet, and
- the surface of the glass sheet includes a ground surface formed so as to contact the ground reflecting surface with an angle between 170° and 190°,
- a shading band is formed at least in a part of the periphery of the windshield glass, and
- the ground surface has, in a region where the shading band is formed, an edge that is opposite to the edge contacting the reflecting surface.
A head-up display device comprising information projection means emitting information in form of light rays, and a windshield glass having a reflecting surface for reflecting the light rays toward an observer inside a vehicle, wherein
- a first light path is defined between a first reflecting surface prepared on an internal surface of the windshield glass and the observer by a first light ray that is emitted from the information projection means, reflected by the first reflecting surface, and projected toward the observer,
- a second light path is defined between the internal surface and the observer by a second light ray that is emitted from the information projection means, refracted into the windshield glass at the internal surface, reflected by a second reflecting surface prepared on an external surface of the windshield glass, refracted out of the windshield glass at the internal surface toward the observer,
- the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface are non-parallel to each other so that the first light path and the second light path are approximating each other more than when the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface are arranged in parallel to each other,
- at least one surface selected from the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface is a ground reflecting surface formed by grinding the surface of the windshield glass so as to set the non-parallelity of the reflecting surfaces, and
- the ground reflecting surface is divided into at least two regions and the angle of each region with the surface of the windshield glass in a non-ground state increases as the region approaches the information projection means so as to reduce the divergence between the first light path and the second light path caused by different incident angles of light rays from the information projection means in compliance with the position in the reflecting surface.
A laminated glass for a head-up display device, used as a windshield glass together with information projection means emitting information as light rays, including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light rays toward an observer in a vehicle and comprising at least two glass sheets attached to each other with an intermediate layer,
- wherein the reflecting surface includes a ground surface formed by partially grinding a surface of the glass sheet, and
- the ground reflecting surface is divided into at least two regions, and the angle between the reflecting surface and the surface of the glass in a non-ground state increases as the region approaches the position for the information projection means.
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