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In-vehicle information display apparatus

US8405911B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. · JP

Inventors

Hiroshi Uematsu · Wako, JP
Yuya Kishimoto · Wako, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2008
Grant date	Mar 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2027/0129
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An in-vehicle information display apparatus including a virtual image generator that projects a virtual image on a windshield of a vehicle. The virtual image generator projects the virtual image on a windshield in at least one of the following projection modes: a first projection mode and a second projection mode. In the first projection mode, the virtual image is projected on the windshield in such a way that the virtual image gradually becomes darker from bottom to top. In the second projection mode, the virtual image is projected on the windshield in such a way that the virtual image gradually becomes more lightly grayed from bottom to top.

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