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Display apparatus for automotive vehicle

US4837551A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1988
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0154
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a display apparatus for an automotive vehicle including a projector disposed at the ceiling of the automotive vehicle to project display images and a half mirror for reflecting projected display images to the driver, an angular position of the half mirror surface from the lateral direction of the vehicle is automatically adjusted according to vehicle lateral acceleration. Therefore, the driver can appropriately see virtual display images ahead of the half mirror along the driver's eye direction variable according to vehicle lateral acceleration.

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