US Patent Application 18232583. HEAD-UP DISPLAY simplified abstract

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HEAD-UP DISPLAY

Organization Name

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Tomoaki Miyamoto of Osaka (JP)

HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18232583 titled 'HEAD-UP DISPLAY

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a head-up display system.

  • The system includes a display that emits light to show an image on a display surface.
  • The image is seen as a virtual image by an observer through a windshield.
  • The light emitted from the display surface is reflected by a mirror towards the windshield.
  • The display surface is directed downward from the mirror and its center is located below the center of gravity of the mirror's reflecting surface.


Original Abstract Submitted

A head-up display includes: a display that emits light showing an image from a display surface; and a mirror, wherein the image is seen as a virtual image by an observer through a windshield by the light emitted from the display surface of the display toward the mirror being reflected only by a reflecting surface of the mirror toward the windshield, and further being reflected by the windshield toward the observer, and the display surface of the display is directed downward from a direction toward the mirror from the display, and a center of the display surface of the display is located below a the center of gravity of the reflecting surface of the mirror.