Lg Electronics Inc.

Zkw Group Gmbh

Seunggyu Lee

Kyoungil Lee

Dongwook Kim

Youngjin Kim

Juhyeok Ryu

Sangok Yeo

Ohjin Kweon

Jihyun Kim

Youngsung Kim

Sungtae Kim

Jonghoon Kim

Sungchul Shin

Byungwoo Jeoung

Yeonji Lee

Heonsuk Oh

Hyungoo Kang

Yongwoo Bae

Mingoan Jung

Wonsok Yoon

Provided is a head up display for a vehicle. The head up display for the vehicle may include an imaging mechanism for emitting a linearly-polarized light in a first direction and a linearly-polarized light in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a first reflection mirror for reflecting a light to a windshield of the vehicle, a polarization reflection mirror spaced apart from the first reflection mirror wherein the polarization reflection mirror transmits the linearly-polarized light in the first direction and reflects the linearly-polarized light in the second direction, and a second reflection mirror spaced apart from the polarization reflection mirror wherein the second reflection mirror reflects the light transmitted through the polarization reflection mirror to the polarization reflection mirror. The imaging mechanism may include a separating partition for preventing mutual interference between the linearly-polarized light in the first direction and the linearly-polarized light in the second direction.

Head up display for vehicle

A head-up display for a vehicle, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: an image source which emits a linearly-polarized light having a first direction; a prism which refracts one portion of the linearly-polarized light emitted from the image source; an electric polarization conversion element which, when turned off, transmits another portion of the linearly-polarized light emitted from the image source, and when turned on, half-wavelength-converts the another portion of the linearly-polarized light emitted from the image source into a linearly-polarized light having a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first reflection mirror which reflects light to a windshield of a vehicle; a polarization reflection mirror which is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first reflection mirror, reflects the linearly-polarized light having the first direction, and transmits the linearly-polarized light having the second direction; and a second reflection mirror which is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the polarization reflection mirror, and reflects the light transmitted through the polarization reflection mirror to the polarization reflection mirror.

Provided is a Head Up Display (HUD) device for a vehicle, the device including: a plurality of light emitting devices; an image forming panel configured to generate an image based on light provided from the plurality of light emitting devices and output the image; a lens system arranged between the plurality of light emitting devices and the image forming device and configured to transmit light generated by the plurality of light emitting devices to the image forming panel; and a processor configured to control the plurality of light emitting devices and the image forming panel, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is mounted to a circuit board by direct bonding.

Head-up display device for vehicle

Disclosed herein is a user interface apparatus for vehicles including light sources, a touch sensor to sense touch, light guides to transfer light generated by the light sources, and a top cover to cover the light sources, the touch sensor and the light guides and to transmit light emitted from the light guides to the interior of a vehicle. The light sources includes a first light source and at least one second light sources, the light guides includes first and second light guides to receive light generated by the first light source and to transfer the light to first and second regions and at least one third light guide configured to receive light generated by the at least one second light source and to transfer the light to a third region, and light generated by the first light source is dispersed and provided to the first and second light guides.

User interface apparatus for vehicles and vehicle having the same

A head up display for a vehicle according to an embodiment includes a display panel configured to emit an image light; a polarized light plate configured to make the image light emitted from the display linearly polarized; a reflective mirror configured to reflect the image light onto a windshield of a vehicle; a polarized light reflective mirror configured to be disposed to face the reflective mirror; and a phase delay mirror configured to convert a phase of the light inputted from the polarized light plate and reflect the converted phase to the polarized light reflective mirror, and to convert a phase of the light reflected from the polarized light reflective mirror and reflect the converted phase to the polarized light reflective mirror, thereby minimizing a width in the forward and backward direction.

A head up display for a vehicle including an imaging device configured to emit first linearly polarized light in a first direction and second linearly polarized light in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a polarizing reflection mirror through which the first linearly polarized light is transmitted and from which the second linearly polarized light is reflected; a second reflection mirror spaced apart from the polarizing reflection mirror and at which the first linearly polarized light transmitted through the polarizing reflection mirror is reflected to the polarizing reflection mirror; and a first reflection mirror spaced from the polarizing reflection mirror and configured to reflect the second linearly polarized light reflected from the polarizing reflection mirror to a windshield of the vehicle to produce a first image having a first length from the windshield, and to reflect the first linearly polarized light reflected from the second reflection mirror and transmitted through the polarizing reflection mirror to the windshield of the vehicle to produce a second image having a second length from the windshield different than the first length.

A head up display for a vehicle, the head up display including a display panel configured to emit image light; a polarized light plate configured to linearly polarize the image light emitted from the display panel; a reflection mirror configured to reflect the image light to a windshield of the vehicle; a phase retardance mirror spaced apart from the reflection mirror to reflect the image light forward while converting a phase of the image light, wherein the phase retardance mirror includes a rear mirror and a phase retarder disposed on a front surface of the rear mirror; and a polarization reflection mirror disposed between the reflection mirror and the phase retardance mirror and configured to reflect the image light passing through the polarized light plate to the phase retardance mirror, wherein the image light reflected to the phase retardance mirror is converted in phase by the phase retardance mirror and reflected by the phase retardance mirror to pass through the polarization reflection mirror.

An optical device that is capable of producing an image in the air includes a substrate having a reflective diffraction region formed into a net structure, and a light radiation unit which radiates a light beam onto one surface of the substrate. The diffraction region is capable of collecting light beams that are diffracted in the upper space of one surface of the substrate by diffracting the light beam which is incident on one surface of the substrate. Here, the light radiation unit may have a display source that generates the light beams which form the image, and a lens portion that radiates the generated light beams onto the substrate.

Optical device having a diffraction region

A laser diode includes a laser diode emitting light due to an electrical signal; a wavelength conversion plate for shifting the wavelength of the light emitted from the laser diode; a reflecting part for reflecting the light emitted from the laser diode towards the wavelength conversion plate; and a projecting part for emitting, in the forward direction, the light shifted by the wavelength conversion plate. The laser diode can provide a high-power but small-sized laser light source device, and a narrow emission angle can be achieved using the laser diode.

Laser light source device

A screen for displaying an image received from a projector includes an anisotropic base diffusion layer having a fine pattern; a lens layer formed on a rear surface of the anisotropic base diffusion layer; a reflection layer deposited on a rear surface of the lens layer; and a surface protection layer coupled with a front surface of the anisotropic base diffusion layer. The screen for a projector enables a viewer to view an image from a single focus projector inside a bright room, brightness to be uniformly distributed throughout the screen, and a desirable viewing angle to be obtained.

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Seoul, South Korea

Seunggyu Lee