Hybrid augmented reality head-up display
system (10) for displaying
graphics on a
windshield (12) of a vehicle (14), wherein the
windshield (12) comprises a transparent substrate (38) containing light-emitting particles (36) distributed therein, and wherein the
hybrid augmented reality head-up display
system (10) comprises: a primary graphic projection device (26) for generating a first set of images (44) on the windscreen (12) of the vehicle (14) based on visible light, wherein the first set of images (44) is displayed on a primary area (40) of the windscreen (12); a secondary
graphics projection device (28) for generating a second set of images (46) on a secondary area (42) of the windscreen (12) of the vehicle (14) based on an excitation light, wherein the light-emitting particles (36) in the windscreen (12) emit visible light in response to the absorption of the excitation light, and wherein the first set of images (44) displayed on the primary area (40) of the windscreen (12) interacts with the second set of images (46) displayed on the secondary area (42) of the windscreen (12) to generate an edge-to-edge
augmented reality view of the environment (34) of the vehicle (14); a primary
graphics processing unit (30) which is in
electronic communication with the primary graphics projection device (26); a secondary
graphics processing unit (32) which is in
electronic communication with the secondary graphics projection device (28); and one or more controllers (20) that are in
electronic communication with the primary
graphics processing unit (30) and the secondary
graphics processing unit (28), wherein the one or more controllers (20) execute instructions to: to determine that an object (80) of interest is located within the secondary area (42) of the windscreen (12); in response to the determination that the object (80) of interest is located within the secondary area (42) of the windscreen (12), to instruct the secondary graphics
processing unit (32) to determine a graphic representation of the second set of images (46) produced by the secondary graphics projection device (28); to instruct the secondary graphics
processing unit (32) to track the object (80) of interest by graphically representing the second set of images (46) as the object (80) of interest moves from the secondary area (42) of the windscreen (12) towards the primary area (40) of the windscreen (12); to determine that the object (80) of interest has entered the primary area (40) of the windscreen (12); and in response to the determination that the object (80) of interest has entered the primary area (40) of the windscreen (12), to instruct the primary graphics processing unit (30) to determine a graphic representation of the first set of images (44) produced by the primary graphics projection device (26).