Patent · US Expired

Integrated heads-up display and cluster projection panel assembly for motor vehicles

US6639569B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
12References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 2000
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated heads-up display (HUD) and cluster projection panel assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing and a display unit contained within the housing. The display unit has first and second pixel arrays which turn on and off for forming first and second image light beams in response to receiving light. A HUD unit is contained within the housing. The HUD unit has a first converter for transmitting light to the first pixel array of the display unit. The HUD unit further has a first projection optic for projecting the first image light beam from the first pixel array of the display unit onto a windscreen of the motor vehicle. A cluster projection panel unit is contained within the housing. The cluster projection panel has a second converter for transmitting light to the second pixel array of the display unit. The cluster projection panel unit further has a second projection optic for projecting the second image light beam from the second pixel array of the display unit onto a cluster projection screen of the motor vehicle.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.