550 results about "Head-up display" patented technology

An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and a device for compensating for distortion of head up display (HUD) images, wherein distortion caused by the windshield is compensated for such that the 3D HUD displays correct 3D images. The method may comprise at least one of: a step of preparing a marker image having a marker for detection in a predetermined position on a display panel; a step of preparing a view image that expresses subpixels to which a setting value is allocated so as to have a specific period; a step of securing an image through an optical simulation or an actual camera by reflecting the marker image and / or the view image on a windshield; and a step of securing a parameter of a regression equation for calculating warping and / or view mapping from the secured image. The present invention may provide a HUD device capable of producing correct 3D HUD images free from distortion caused by the windshield by performing a warping process of compensating for shape distortion of a virtual object entering the driver's field of view through the windshield in real time and / or a view mapping process of compensating for path distortion of light entering the driver's field of view through the windshield.

Backlight display equipped with off-axis dual-mirror focusing, comprising a light set consisting of multiple light sources and also providing a backlight source, a conical light cup set consisting of several conical light cups and for extending the backlight source orto reduce the diffusion angle of the backlight source, wherein the lamp assembly is located at the light input of the conical lamp cup assembly and the individual light sources are each assigned to a conical lamp cup, a diffusion disk which is expediently attached to the light output of the conical lamp cup assembly to increase the uniformity of the backlight source, a first curved mirror which acts to receive the backlight source and then to reflect it, a second curved mirror which acts to receive and reflect the backlight source reflected by the first curved mirror, and a display module which acts to receive the backlight source reflected by the second curved mirror, wherein the first and / or the second curved mirror is designed as a concave mirror.

An optical display, including a first waveguide having a first set of surfaces, an input grating, a fold grating, and an output grating; an image input image node assembly; and a prismatic relay optics is provided. The prismatic relay optics may be configured to be optomechanically connected to the waveguide and the input image node assembly. The optical display is may also be configured to operate alone or as integrated with a headpiece to be used as a HUD. The HUD may have a first and a second configuration wherein the waveguide is decoupled or coupled.

A head-up display apparatus that includes an image forming unit that emits video light; an optical element provided in the image forming unit and that generates video light divided into a first video light and a second video light as the video light; a first returning mirror that reflects the first video light; a second returning mirror that reflects the second video light; and a video projector that reflects the first video light from the first returning mirror and the second video light from the second returning mirror, and a first display region which is a first display area capable of displaying a first virtual image is formed based on the first video light from the video projector, and a second display region which is a second display area capable of displaying a second virtual image is formed based on the second video light from the video projector.

The invention relates to a micro display device for a bifocal plane HUD (head up display) system, which solves the problems of halved field of view, limited working bandwidth, low color saturation and low brightness of the existing bifocal plane HUD system, and comprises an image display module and a polarization modulation element arranged above the image display module, the polarization modulation element is used for polarization modulation of display pixels, the effective area of the sub-wavelength medium grating arrangement is equivalent to a 1 / 2 wave plate, the display pixels are separated in a row-by-row or column-by-column staggered mode through the sub-wavelength medium grating arrangement, and the problem that the view field is halved due to an existing target surface space partitioning scheme is solved. The two adjacent sub-wavelength medium gratings convert incident light into linear polarization states in two directions, the two directions are mutually orthogonal, and the two spaced sub-wavelength medium gratings are completely the same, so that the two images are respectively adjusted into the mutually orthogonal linear polarization states, and the two images are generated in a staggered manner.

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.

An example camera monitor system (CMS) includes a plurality of CMS cameras configured to record images of an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle, a plurality of CMS displays, a heads-up display (HUD), and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display image feeds from the plurality of CMS cameras on the plurality of CMS displays, detect an object outside of the commercial vehicle that is moving with respect to the commercial vehicle and with respect to the environment surrounding the commercial vehicle, and display a notification of the object on the HUD. The notification indicates at least one of a direction the object is moving with respect to the commercial vehicle, and a particular one of the plurality of CMS displays the object is predicted to appear on next. A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

A head-up display 700 has an eye-box and includes picture generating and viewer tracking units. The picture generating unit includes a display device and a waveguide 704. The display device outputs a

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.

A head-up display that projects an image onto an object capable of transmitting or reflecting light, and forms a virtual image on a side opposite an observer relative the object, is a head-up display that includes: an image generation device that projects the image; and a projection optical system that guides the image projected onto the object, and forms the virtual image. The projection optical system includes a first optical element and a second optical element provided in order along a light path on which the image generation device projects the image. The virtual image is inclined to cause an upper side of the virtual image, in an up-and-down direction of the virtual image as viewed by the observer, to appear farther away. An intensity of combined power in a left-and-right direction of the virtual image as viewed by the observer is greater than that of the up-and-down direction.

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.

Provided are a display method of a head-up display and a head-up display. The display method of the head-up display includes the following steps: an original image is received; an image boundary of the original image is corrected based on projection surface distortion data to generate a corrected image; multiple first sub-light-emitting regions corresponding to an image boundary of the corrected image are determined; light emitting data are adjusted based on display boundary data to increase brightness values corresponding to the multiple first sub-light-emitting regions in the light emitting data, and brightness values of multiple second sub-light-emitting regions corresponding to a non-display region in the light emitting data are set as 0; and a display module is driven based on the corrected image and an adjusted light emitting data. The display method of the head-up display and the head-up display of the disclosure may achieve good display effects.

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 head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a driver-monitoring camera capturing images of a human driver of the motor vehicle. A picture generation unit emits a light field such that the light field is reflected by a windshield of the vehicle so as to be visible by a human driver of the motor vehicle as a virtual image. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the driver-monitoring camera and to the picture generation unit. The electronic processor receives the images captured by the driver-monitoring camera and determines, dependent upon the captured images, an element in the virtual image at which eyes of the human driver are looking. The electronic processor controls the picture generation unit to increase a relative brightness of the element in the virtual image at which eyes of the human driver are looking as compared to brightnesses of other elements in the virtual image.

A dual head-up display (HUD) system includes a plurality of on-board sensors, a wireless communication module, a driver monitoring system, and a system controller in electronic communication with the plurality of on-board sensors, the driver monitoring system and the wireless communication module, and adapted to identify parking spaces within proximity to the vehicle, display, with an augmented reality HUD, first information related to identified parking spaces, display, with a reflective HUD, second information related to the identified parking spaces, determine, if the vehicle is performing a parking maneuver, and when the vehicle is performing a parking maneuver into a selected parking space, to display, with the augmented reality HUD, first and second parking assist graphics adapted to provide guidance to a driver of the vehicle while parking the vehicle in the selected parking space.

An image display device includes a light source unit, a display panel configured to display an image, and a light guide panel configured to guide light emitted from the light source unit to the display panel. The light guide panel has an incident surface facing the light source unit, an output surface facing the display panel, and a bottom surface facing the output surface on a side opposite to the display panel. The incident surface is a side surface of the light guide panel located between the output surface and the bottom surface. The incident surface has a concave portion in which a part of the incident surface is recessed from remaining portions when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a light guide direction of light in the incident surface and an emission direction of light in the output surface.

A method is provided for assisting a driver of a vehicle when driving along a predetermined route in road traffic, which includes receiving prepared route data that describe the predetermined route in front of the vehicle at least via bend parameters. The method also includes displaying the prepared route data in an animated manner, wherein the animated display is effected in augmented reality using a head-up display. During the animated display of the prepared route data, a bend in the predetermined route in front of the vehicle that is visible to the driver is announced in this case by a docked display element and an announcing display element above a road. The bend in front of the vehicle that is visible to the driver is announced by virtue of the announcing display element moving along the bend in augmented reality.

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 wavefront manipulator includes a holographic assembly which has at least two holographic elements, which are arranged directly behind one another in the beam path, at least in sections, and are designed to be reflective for at least one fixed wavelength and a fixed irradiation angle range. A first holographic element includes at least one hologram which is assigned to a hologram of a second holographic element for reflection purposes. The wavefront manipulator is designed for at least one fixed object plane to generate an image plane of a virtual image which is tilted about a fixed tilt angle θ with respect to a plane arranged perpendicular to the optical axis in the region of the image plane of a virtual image. The holographic arrangement is designed for at least partial correction of at least one imaging error of a virtual image generated in the tilted image plane.

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.

This display system which is provided in a vehicle comprises: a road surface drawing device that is configured so as to emit a light pattern (L1) toward a road surface outside the vehicle; an HUD that is located inside the vehicle and configured so as to display HUD information to an occupant of the vehicle such that the HUD information is overlaid on real space outside the vehicle; and a display control unit that is configured so as to control the road surface drawing device. The display control unit is configured so as to control the emission of the light pattern (L1) in accordance with an input operation by the occupant in an HUD display area (D1) where the HUD information can be displayed.

An optical display, including a first waveguide having a first set of surfaces, an input grating, a fold grating, and an output grating; an image input image node assembly; and a prismatic relay optics is provided. The prismatic relay optics may be configured to be optomechanically connected to the waveguide and the input image node assembly. The optical display is may also be configured to operate alone or as integrated with a headpiece to be used as a HUD. The HUD may have a first and a second configuration wherein the waveguide is decoupled or coupled.

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.

A vehicular head-up display (HUD) for displaying an image to a user of a vehicle having a windshield (15) includes an image projector (14) outputting a collimated image and an optical aperture expander. The optical aperture expander includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (10) having two major external surfaces (30a, 30b). The image projector (14) injects the collimated image so as to propagate within the LOE by internal reflection at the major external surfaces. The LOE also has a set of parallel partially-reflecting internal surfaces (12) which progressively couple out the image illumination from the LOE. The optical aperture expander is deployed such that the image illumination coupled-out of the LOE (12) follows a light path including a reflection from a surface associated with the windshield (15) of the vehicle so as to be visible to the user while the user looks at a scene beyond the windshield.

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method for a head-up display in a vehicle, the vehicle and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the identification information of a driver in the vehicle in response to a power-on signal of the vehicle; the identification information is identified, an identification result is obtained, and the identification result is used for determining whether historical behavior information of the driver is stored in the vehicle or not; based on the recognition result, an initial display mode corresponding to a head-up display in the vehicle is determined, and the head-up display is deployed in the visual range of the driver; responding to the target driving behavior executed by the driver in the driving process, and switching the display mode of the head-up display from the initial display mode to the target display mode; according to the target display mode, a head-up display is controlled to display auxiliary driving data, and the auxiliary driving data is used for assisting a driver in driving the vehicle. The technical problem that the operation efficiency of the head-up display is low is solved.

A laminated glazing according to this disclosure includes a first glass sheet having first and second opposing surfaces, a second glass sheet having third and fourth opposing surfaces, an interlayer positioned between the second surface of the first glass sheet and the third surface of the second glass sheet, a first opaque layer, and a first reflective layer on the second glass sheet in an area overlapping with the first opaque layer.

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.

An information display method includes: projecting, through an augmented reality head up display (AR HUD) device on a target vehicle, an information display area on a front windshield of the target vehicle, the information display area including at least a virtual prompt element corresponding to a key object, the key object being an object in a driving environment where the target vehicle is located, and a display position of the virtual prompt element corresponding to a position of the key object in the driving environment; and changing a position of the information display area on the front windshield in response to a change of the key object meeting a preset condition, wherein the information display area includes a virtual prompt element corresponding to the key object that is changed.