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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Darren R. Beard, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Jenny Jing He, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Andrew Wright, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02F 1/29 (2013.01); B60K 2370/18 (2019.05); B60K 2370/20 (2019.05); B60K 2370/736 (2019.05); G02F 2001/294 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle dashboard instrument display for displaying vehicle operating information to a driver includes a lens system adjacent the instruments and interposed between the driver and the instruments. The lens system includes a variable focus lens operable for, responsive to input from a lens controller, adjusting to a focal length suitable for countering the visual impairment of the driver to render the instruments more easily readable by the driver.