Display device, particularly display device for motor vehicles, with a brightness sensor

US8780100B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Arheit · Weingarten, DE
• Markus Loeffler · Echterdingen, DE
• Gerhard Kammerer · Remchingen, DE
• Detlef Kuehn · Gaggenau, DE
• Mike Duss · Marxzell, DE
• Thomas Schmitz · Wesseling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4298
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A display is disclosed, such as for a vehicle. A brightness sensor receives light from a flexible fiber-optic cable. An adapter element is provided proximate, such as between, the light output point of the optical fiber and the brightness sensor. The adapter element may be an angled piece, and may be extruded onto the optical cable.