Head-up display with automatic seat-height adjustment

US12298523B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America · US

Inventors

• David K. Lambert · South Jordan, US
• FIDELIS ITSEDE · Acworth, US
• PATRICK O'CONNELL · Novi, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2021
• Grant date: May 13, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/0187
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display producing a virtual image that is visible to a driver of the motor vehicle when he is sitting in a driver's seat and his eyes are above a first vertical level and below a second vertical level. An eye tracking system detects a vertical level of the eyes of the driver and transmits a height signal indicative of the detected vertical level of the eyes of the driver. A motorized seat height adjustment module adjusts a vertical level of the driver's seat. An electronic controller is communicatively coupled to the eye tracking system and to the motorized seat height adjustment module. The electronic controller controls the motorized seat height adjustment module based on the height signal to move the driver's eyes to a vertical position above the first vertical level and below the second vertical level.