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Image display unit

US5760931A · kind A · utility

672Cited by
8References
20Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateOct 13, 1994
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H1/2202
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heads-up display unit provided with a display device serving as display image forming means which displays a display image. A hologram serves as a reflecting means, and reflects the display light emitted from the display device, causing reflection of the display image on the interior surface of a vehicle's windshield. A display image is formed outside the windshield towards the front of the vehicle. A concave mirror having a different focal length in different directions is recorded in the hologram serving as a reflecting means so as to offset distortion of the display image caused by curvatures of the windshield. This construction makes it possible to cause the windshield to display a display image free from distortion.

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