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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Akio Misawa, Oyamazaki, JP;

Maki Hanada, Oyamazaki, JP;

Yuji Fujita, Oyamazaki, JP;

Assignee:

Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/23 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0127 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0183 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0185 (2013.01);
Abstract

The head-up display device projects a virtual image and includes: an image processor that processes an image to be displayed as a virtual image; an image display that projects the processed image; and a display controller that controls the displaying of the image display. The image display includes: a projector that projects an image; a diffusion plate that forms the image projected by the projector; and a lens that guides the image formed by the diffusion plate. The diffusion plate is constituted by a plurality of functional liquid crystal films that are located at different distances from the lens. The display controller is configured such that, by controlling a transmissive state and a white state of each functional liquid crystal film, the position and distance for displaying the virtual image can be changed.


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