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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2002
Tetsuya Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Go Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Kunimitsu Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kousuke Kinoshita, Shizuoka, JP;
Takanori Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihide Takada, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display source unit for a display device in a vehicle is provided, by which the driver is not given a physical or mental oppressive feeling to his or her head upon getting on and off the vehicle. The display source unit , which irradiates a light of a display image containing instrument information on a combiner situated in front of an eye point I so that the irradiated light can be seen as a virtual image S from the eye point I, is provided with a cover member consisting of: a front cover body putting an optical element for image magnification thereonto; and a rear cover body hinged to the front cover body with receiving a display device therein. The cover member is folded, thereby the light of the display image displayed on a display surface of the display device is reflected on a reflector disposed in the cover member to the optical element , passes through the optical element , and goes toward the eye point I after being reflected by the combiner