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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2022
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hui Won Shin, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Dong Woo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Ju Hyuk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignees:

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0149 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 2360/334 (2024.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-up display apparatus includes an image source including a display; a first mirror located above the image source, and having a predetermined transmittance; a second mirror facing the first mirror, and selectively moving, by a driving unit, between an operating position and a protection position; a light sensor located behind the first mirror, and configured for detecting sunlight; and a controller electrically connected to the driving unit and configured for controlling the driving unit based on the sunlight detected by the light sensor, wherein the operating position is a position in which light transmission is allowed between the image source and a windshield, and the protection position is a position in which light transmission is blocked between the image source and the windshield.


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