212 results about "Head-up display" patented technology

A vibration damping device for a head-up display driving module, the device comprising: a power generating unit configured to a first damper having a predetermined thickness based on a shape corresponding to a motor mount to which a motor is fixed and a second damper fitted into an open hole of a damper mount disposed on top of the motor mount; and a power transmission unit configured to transmit power of the motor by rotating a lead screw extended and coupled to a rotating shaft of the motor.

Head-up display (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a display device (11) arranged to display at least one information element (33, 34, 35, 36, 51, 52, 53, 54) on a display element (37, 55) in a field of view (30, 50) of a vehicle driver; a receiving unit (12) arranged to receive vehicle data of the vehicle; an analysis unit (13) arranged to analyze the received vehicle data and to determine an analysis result for a vehicle driving situation; an adjustment unit (14) which is designed to adjust the display of the at least one information element (33, 34, 35, 36, 51, 52, 53, 54) on a display element (37, 55) of the display device (11) on the basis of the determined analysis result; wherein the adjustment unit (14) is arranged to adjust a position of the at least one information element (33, 34, 35, 36, 51, 52, 53, 54) on a display element (37, 55) of the display device (11). The invention also relates to a vehicle and a computer-implemented method.

An actuator for a head-up display, includes a link attached to one end of an aspheric mirror, a driving force transmission including a lead screw to move the link, a driver to allow the lead screw to rotate along the axis of rotation of a motor as the motor is driven, a motor bracket disposed on top of the motor and attached to the driver to support the driver, a top motor mount disposed on the top of the motor, a bottom motor mount disposed on the bottom of the motor, a vibration damping part disposed between the top motor mount and the motor bracket, to absorb vibration from the motor, and a cantilever type dynamic vibration absorber disposed on both ends of the bottom motor mount, to absorb vibration from the motor.

A SmartSafe tray or cassette assembly for vehicles is disclosed, comprising a smartphone docking slot and a controller configured to permit vehicle ignition only upon authorized docking. The system integrates with vehicle infotainment and head-up display (HUD) interfaces to project navigation, route, and media data. It provides haptic, visual, and audible alerts for route updates, fuel level, and safety conditions. The assembly supports voice commands for destination confirmation, includes AI-based driver monitoring, event data recording, and anti-theft synchronization. The tray further enables wireless charging, multi-mode operation via restricted or unrestricted key fobs, and compatibility with cars, scooters, e-bikes, and helmets featuring HUD projection.

A safety helmet for a firefighter includes an outer shield having a neck opening and a front opening, a hinge located on an upper region of the front opening of the outer shield, a fire-retardant foam liner, a face shield including a sensor carrier attached to the hinge, a particulate air filter, a light emitting diode (LED) light strip, a mask mechanism configured to attach to the tapered nose opening of the transparent screen and the particulate air filter, a heads-up display (HUD) connected to an upper region of a proximal edge of the mask mechanism which faces the tapered nose opening, an oxygen port connected to the mask mechanism, a mask body connected to a distal edge of the mask mechanism, a speaker and microphone unit attached to the mask body, and a regulator nose cone.

A method comprises: generating, by a navigation system of a vehicle, at least one navigation instruction to instruct a driver of the vehicle to make a turn at a location; presenting, using a head-up display (HUD) system of the vehicle, a HUD image on a windshield of the vehicle, the HUD image comprising augmented reality (AR) content including i) a turn symbol corresponding to the turn, and ii) a countdown indicator at least partially surrounding the turn symbol; updating the HUD image, before the vehicle reaches the location, so that the countdown indicator indicates a remaining time until the vehicle reaches the location; and updating the HUD image, after the vehicle reaches the location, so that the turn symbol rotates to indicate a direction of the turn.

Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth techniques for thermal management in a heads-up display. A picture generation unit includes a light source and a display unit positioned to receive light emitted by the light source, the display unit being configured to generate content for display when the light emitted by the light source is projected through the display unit. The picture generation unit also includes a display surface, the display surface being positioned between the light source and the display surface. The picture generation unit further includes a thermal bezel positioned on a side of the display surface opposite the display unit, the thermal bezel being positioned on one or more portions of the display surface through which the generated content is not projected, wherein the thermal bezel conducts heat away from the display surface.

The invention relates to the field of optical imaging and computer vision, discloses a large-view-field binocular image combination dynamic parameter adjusting system, and aims to solve the problems that a traditional head-up display is limited in view field and monochromatic display and information response are lagged. The system comprises a left and right eye image acquisition and preprocessing unit, a target positioning and trajectory prediction unit, a binocular parallax compensation and registration unit, a dynamic fusion display control unit, a color enhancement and information superposition unit, an eye movement tracking feedback unit and a parameter adaptive adjustment unit. Through binocular wide-angle acquisition, three-dimensional target prediction, sub-pixel-level image registration, panoramic stitching fusion, semantic color coding and dynamic parameter adjustment of eye movement driving, 120-degree * 60-degree distortionless panoramic display, multi-source information intelligent layered superposition and visual focus area adaptive enhancement are realized. According to the method, the air combat situation sensing efficiency and the weapon response speed are improved, and the method has high real-time performance (delay of lt, 80ms), strong environmental adaptability and engineering integration.

A method for robust adaptation of a device that is automatically trackable to a varying eye position of a user of the device for use in a vehicle, the method including ascertaining a current change in the eye position of the user, returning to ascertaining a change in the eye position if at least one of predetermined ignoring criteria that classifies the currently ascertained change as irrelevant is satisfied and none of predetermined exceptional circumstances that classify tracking as necessary is satisfied, and tracking the device according to the currently ascertained change in the eye position if none of the predetermined ignoring criteria is satisfied or if at least one of the predetermined exceptional circumstances is satisfied.

A system and method includes receiving road data indicative of a road hazard moving toward a vehicle, determining that the road hazard is within a road of the vehicle based on the road data, and determining a distance between the vehicle and the road hazard. The system and method also include receiving driver characteristics of the vehicle driver from the driver tracker system and simultaneously displaying, via the head-up display, a graphical alert alerting the vehicle driver of the road hazard, the graphical alert including an augmented reality image overlay and a virtual image, the augmented reality image overlay being different than the virtual image.

An optical system including a self-emitting display and an optical element is provided. The self-emitting display emits a collimated light from a surface. The optical element is disposed on a moving path of the collimated light. A head-up display is further provided.

A method includes receiving, by a video display controller, a user input; determining a location of a perceived area based on the user input; determining that a deviation of at least one or more lines is located outside an eye box of a user based on the location of the perceived area; calculating a corresponding position of a mirror based on the deviation of the one or more lines being outside of the eyebox; and causing the perceived area to appear within the eye box of the user based on the corresponding position of the mirror and the determined deviation of the one or more lines.

A method comprising: receiving a first signal indicating a first viewing position of a user within a viewing space of a head-up display; determining a first intensity for a first target image based on a distance between the first viewing position and a predetermined reference viewing position within the viewing space; and illuminating a first hologram corresponding to the first target image to holographically reconstruct the first target image at the first intensity; then, receiving a second signal indicating a second viewing position of the user within the viewing space, wherein the second viewing position is different to the first viewing position; and determining a second intensity for a second target image based on a distance between the second viewing position and the predetermined reference viewing position within the viewing space; illuminating a second hologram corresponding to the second target image to reconstruct the second target image at the second intensity; wherein the second intensity is different to the first intensity, and a difference between the first intensity and the second intensity indicates whether the second viewing position is closer to the predetermined reference viewing position or further from the predetermined reference viewing position compared to the first viewing position.

A method comprises: generating, by a navigation system of a vehicle, at least one navigation instruction to instruct a driver of the vehicle to make a turn at a location; and presenting, using a head-up display (HUD) system of the vehicle, a HUD image on a windshield of the vehicle, the HUD system configured for presenting augmented reality (AR) content in a vertical AR plane of the HUD image and in a road surface AR plane of the HUD image that is substantially perpendicular to the vertical AR plane, the AR content including i) a turn symbol corresponding to the turn, the turn symbol presented in the vertical AR plane, and ii) a grounding element corresponding to the turn symbol, the grounding element presented in the road surface AR plane.

A method (800) of displaying information (400-406, 500-512) on a head-up display (114) of a vehicle (100) comprises determining (802) a direction of gaze (204, 206) of a driver (200) of the vehicle (100) and selecting (804) a display mode from a group of display modes based on the direction of gaze (204, 206). Each display mode of the group of display modes defines information (400-406, 500-512) to be displayed on the head-up display (114). The group of display modes comprises at least a normal mode and an extended mode. Information (500-512) displayed in the extended mode differs from information (400-406) displayed in the normal mode. The method further comprises displaying the information (400-406, 500-512) on the head-up display (114) according to the selected display mode.

A windshield safety assist device is disclosed, which is a standard windshield for vehicles with built-in safety capabilities, which can be controlled automatically or by a user. The windshield safety assist device comprises the following safety capabilities, but is not limited to, glass tinting, glare control, lane assist, and blind spot warnings, etc. The device comprises user controls which will allow the user to manually control the safety capabilities. Further, the device projects a heads-up display with lane assist and blind spot warnings. Additionally, the device can automatically tint the windshield when the vehicle is off to protect the interior from sun damage.

A compact head-up display having a layered stack of components The layered stack of components comprises a waveguide and a Pancharatnam-Berry, "PB", lens. The waveguide is arranged to receive a wavefront corresponding to a picture and output an array of replicas thereof by (partial) waveguiding between a pair of reflective surfaces. The PB lens is arranged to receive the array of replicas from the waveguide and apply (e.g. non-uniform) optical power thereto.

This invention relates to a head-up display for a vehicle, comprising an imaging unit for generating an image and an optical unit for projecting the image through a mirror unit. The imaging unit (1) has a folding mirror arranged at an angle of attack between the light source and a display element transmitted through the light source, relative to the propagation direction of light incident from the light source onto the folding mirror. The folding mirror has microstructures having first mirror surfaces arranged at a first angle different from the angle of attack of the folding mirror, the microstructures being spaced apart from each other in a manner forming gaps, and second surfaces arranged at a second angle within these gaps. A polarizer guides first-polarized light to the display element and second-polarized light into these gaps. A phase delayer converts the polarization of the light guided into these gaps into the first polarization. The light guided into the gaps is directed toward the display element after passing through these gaps.

A head-up display according to this embodiment comprises a screen; and a picture generation unit projecting image light onto the screen, in which the screen comprises a Fresnel lens having a Fresnel pattern formed on a lower surface; a reflection mirror formed on the Fresnel pattern; and a diffuser formed on an upper surface of the Fresnel lens. The center of the screen is offset from the center of the Fresnel pattern. The center of the screen is the center of an active area on which image light is formed on the screen.

A computer-implemented system coordinates multiple concurrent interactive applications via a central communication router maintaining sessions identified by session identifiers and application identifiers. The router directs messages between client devices without interpreting content. A session management module generates session identifiers paired with application identifiers. An onboarding module produces machine-readable codes enabling participants to join by scanning codes. An engine instantiation module creates engine instances executing application logic within isolated environments. A lifecycle management module suspends instances when inactive, saves states through serialization, and restores instances by deserializing saved states when devices reconnect. Client devices are assigned roles including host console, heads-up display, or controller. A shared service layer provides artificial intelligence integration, globalization, localization, and authentication accessible to all sessions. This unified architecture enables multiple distinct applications to operate concurrently under shared infrastructure without requiring separate backend systems for each application.

The invention relates to a method for assembling a head-up display (1), comprising the following steps: —attaching a first, resilient compression element (18) to a first edge region (16) of a rear face (14) of the first mirror (13) and attaching a second, resilient compression element (19) to a second edge region (17) of the rear face (14) of the first mirror (13); —introducing the first mirror (13) into a cover module (3) of a housing (2) of the head-up display (1) and adjusting a pre-assembly position of the first mirror (13) in the cover module (3), in which position the compression elements (18, 19) abut support surfaces (27, 28) of the cover module (3); —attaching a base module (6) to the cover module (3), wherein, during the connection process, a front face (15) of the first mirror (13) is contacted by contact elements (23, 24) of the base module (6) and the first mirror (13) is pressed into a final assembly position.

The invention discloses a display driving system and method for an AR-HUD (Auto Register-Head Up Display) for correcting a pitch angle. The system comprises a gyroscope sensor, a microcontroller unit, a display driving device and a display panel, wherein the gyroscope sensor is used for monitoring the posture change of a vehicle in real time; the microcontroller unit is used for calculating the display offset according to the posture change of the vehicle; the display driving device is used for correcting the to-be-displayed image according to the display offset to obtain a corrected image; the display panel is used for displaying the corrected image and projecting the corrected image to the vehicle glass. According to the display driving device, the display position of the projection virtual image is corrected in the display driving device, the position and angle of the LCD display panel for displaying the projection real image do not need to be manually adjusted, additional auxiliary devices do not need to be added either, and the equipment cost can be saved while the display position of the projection virtual image is corrected.

The invention relates to a laminated glazing unit (10) for a head-up display, comprising an outer glass sheet (12), an inner glass sheet (14), a lamination adhesive interlayer (16), and a reflective coating (18) configured to reflect p-polarised light, wherein the reflective coating (18) is deposited on an inner face (26) of the inner glass sheet (12), wherein the inner face (12) is opposite the lamination adhesive interlayer (16), and a functional stack deposited on an inner face (22) of the outer glass sheet (12) or on an outer face (24) of the inner glass sheet (14), wherein the reflective coating (18) comprises a first reflective module which comprises a first nitride-based dielectric layer, an oxide-based layer having a refractive index with a minimum between 800 and 1600 nm and an extinction coefficient that increases monotonically with the wavelength of the light, and a second nitride-based dielectric layer, and a second reflective module which comprises a high-refractive-index layer and a low-refractive-index layer, wherein the first reflective module is arranged between the inner face (26) of the inner glass sheet (14) and the second reflective module.

The present invention relates to a projection assembly for a head-up-display (HUD), comprising at least - a windscreen (10), comprising an outer pane (1) and an inner pane (2), which are connected to one another by way of a thermoplastic interlayer (3), having an HUD area (B); and - a projector (4), which is directed at the HUD area (B); wherein - the radiation from the projector (4) is predominantly p-polarized and - heating wires (40) are disposed between the outer pane (1) and the inner pane (2); - the windscreen (10) is provided with a reflection coating (20), which is suitable for reflecting p-polarized radiation; and wherein - the reflection coating (20) has at least one electrically silver-based conducting layer (21), - a lower dielectric layer (22) or layer sequence (22) having a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged below the electrically conducting layer (21), - an upper dielectric layer (23) or layer sequence (23) having a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged on top of the electrically conducting layer (21) and - the ratio of the optical thickness of the upper dielectric layer (23) or layer sequence (23) to the optical thickness of the lower dielectric layer (22) or layer sequence (22) is at least 1.7.

A method includes receiving a user input by a video display controller, determining a position of a perceived region based on the user input, determined a variance of at least one or more lines outside an eyebox of a user based on the position of the perceived region, calculating a corresponding position of a mirror based on the variance of the one or more lines being outside of the eyebox, and causing the perceived region to appear within the eyebox of the user based on the corresponding position of the mirror and the determined variance of the one or more lines.

A backlighting arrangement is for a head up display that presents a virtual image to a human driver of a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a light source emitting light with a non-uniform brightness over a field of view of the human driver. A diffuser includes a surface through which the light emitted by the light source passes. The surface has a texture that varies with position on the surface. The texture scatters the light such that the brightness of the light over a field of view of the human driver is more uniform after passing through the diffuser at a given average brightness than it would be with a diffuser configured to scatter light independent of position after passing through the diffuser.

An image source, a display device, a head up display apparatus and a transportation equipment are disclosed. In the display device, the refractor is on a light exiting side of the image source component and changes an optical distance of the image light, so as to change the imaging distance of a virtual image formed by the image light; the processing portion is on a light exiting side of the refractor and reflects the image light to form the virtual image. The image source component includes a light modulation layer, the light modulation layer converts the incident light-source light into image light and emits the image light from the light exiting surface of the image source; the light compensation component causes the light-source light to be incident into different positions of the light incident surface of the light modulation layer with a refraction angle.

The invention relates to a transparent substrate for a laminated glazing unit (10) for a head-up display, wherein the substrate is provided with a reflective coating (18) configured to reflect p-polarised light (28), wherein the reflective coating (18) comprises a first reflective module which comprises, from the substrate, a first nitride-based dielectric layer, an oxide-based layer having a refractive index with a minimum between 800 and 1600 nm and an extinction coefficient that increases monotonically with the wavelength of the light, and a second nitride-based dielectric layer, and a second reflective module which comprises, from the substrate, a high-refractive-index layer and a low-refractive-index layer, wherein the refractive index of the low-refractive-index layer is lower than 1.9 at 550 nm and the refractive index of the high-refractive-index layer is higher than 2.1 at 550 nm, wherein the first reflective module is arranged between the substrate and the second reflective module. The invention also relates to a laminated glazing (10) for a head-up display, wherein the substrate comprises the transparent substrate provided with a reflective coating (18).

Mobile calibration of a display for a smart helmet is provided. A smart helmet includes a heads-up display (HUD) configured to output a graphical image within a virtual field of view on a face shield of the smart helmet. A transceiver is configured to communicate with a mobile device of a user. A processor is programmed to receive, via the transceiver, calibration data from the mobile device related to one or more captured images from a camera on the mobile device, and alter the virtual field of view of the HUD based on the calibration data. This allows a user to calibrate the HUD of his / her smart helmet based on images received from the user's mobile device.

A main controller of an HUD is configured to: acquire road surface information of a front road surface based on a plurality of measurement points on the front road surface, which is detected by a road surface detection sensor mounted on a vehicle with the HUD and is positioned forward of a traveling direction of the vehicle; calculate, by using the road surface information, a virtual image plane position on a virtual image plane where a virtual image of a display object is displayed, which is a display position of the virtual image for displaying the virtual image along the front road surface; and calculate a display position of a display surface within an image display device, which corresponds to the virtual image plane position, so as to output, to the image display device, a control signal for displaying the display object on the display position of the display surface.