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Head-down type optical device for delivering information to the driver of a motor vehicle

US5291338A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1992
Grant dateMar 1, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 11, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0187
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical device providing information to the driver of a motor vehicle, which includes a concave mirror (100), located below the lowered line of vision within the field of vision of the exterior, its concavity being directed towards the driver, and an imager (200) designed to direct a light signal to the mirror (100), characterized by the fact that the concave mirror (100) is defined by an O-dome.

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