Head-Up Display Diffusion Layer for Heat Dissipation and Image Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing liquid-crystal display devices face challenges with heat dissipation and image quality due to potential light interference between the transparent heat-transfer member and the liquid-crystal panel, leading to decreased performance.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the heat-transfer member in the display system, which reduces light interference and maintains effective heat dissipation by preventing close contact, thereby improving both heat dissipation and image quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If the transparent member is in contact with the transmissive surface of the liquid-crystal panel, then heat dissipation is improved, but light interference occurs causing image quality to decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipationVSAvoidlight interference
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A light-diffusion structure is introduced as an intermediary component between the transparent heat-transfer member and the liquid-crystal panel. This mediator prevents direct contact while allowing thermal conduction, thereby eliminating light interference pathways that would otherwise degrade image quality while maintaining effective heat dissipation from the central regions of the panel.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The contact interface between the transparent member and liquid-crystal panel is segmented by introducing the light-diffusion structure. This segmentation breaks the continuous optical path that causes interference, while maintaining thermal coupling through the diffusion structure's material properties and geometric design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the transparent member is separated from the liquid-crystal panel, then light interference is reduced, but heat dissipation efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight interferenceVSAvoidheat dissipation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The light-diffusion structure serves as a thermal mediator that bridges the gap between the separated transparent member and liquid-crystal panel. It provides a controlled thermal conduction path while maintaining optical isolation, thus preserving heat dissipation efficiency without requiring direct physical contact that would cause light interference.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The thermal and optical parameters of the interface are changed by introducing the light-diffusion structure. The structure's material composition, thickness, and geometric configuration are optimized to achieve high thermal conductivity while maintaining optical diffusion properties that prevent interference patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The display system achieves improved heat dissipation and uniformity while maintaining high image quality without significant loss in heat transfer efficiency, addressing the issues of light interference and thermal management.

Implementation Method 1

a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the heat-transfer member

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight diffusion: Scattering

Implementation Method 2

The heat-transfer member is light-transmissive... The heat sink is in contact with an edge of the transparent member and has thermal conductivity higher than that of the transparent member

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Data Source

PatentUS11754890B2Display, display system, image projection system, and movable object
Publication Date: 2023.09.12 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a head-up display including a liquid-crystal panel including a display screen, a Fresnel lens which is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen, a light-diffusion structure between the liquid-crystal panel and the Fresnel lens, a backlight that emits light toward the light-transmissive member, and a mirror that forms a virtual image corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen of the liquid-crystal panel, in a target space, where the light-diffusion structure includes a plurality of fine particles and an average particle size of the plurality of fine particles is equal to or smaller than 20 um.