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Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edo Omanovic, Livonia, MI (US);

Patrick O'Connell, Novi, MI (US);

Prateek Sharma, Peachtree City, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); B60R 11/0229 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); B60R 2300/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heads up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a rotatable mirror positioned to reflect a light field produced by a picture generation unit such that the light field is again reflected by a windshield of the motor vehicle and is then visible to a human driver of the motor vehicle as a virtual image. A stepper motor is coupled to the rotatable mirror and rotates the mirror. A stepper motor driver is coupled to the stepper motor and sets a torque of the stepper motor. A temperature sensor detects a temperature associated with the stepper motor. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor and to the stepper motor driver. The electronic processor transmits a signal to the stepper motor driver to set a target torque for the stepper motor. The target torque is dependent upon the detected temperature.


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