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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Takeyoshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Go Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Koji Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Takamatsu, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Kumon, Aichi, JP;
Takeyoshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Go Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Koji Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Takamatsu, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Kumon, Aichi, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A display device for a vehicle is provided, by which an attaching position thereof can be altered depending upon an attachment limiting condition of the vehicle. The display device includes: a display source provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle; and a prism provided on a light path between the display source and an aperture of the instrument panel and refracting display light of an image displayed on the display source backward in the vehicle, wherein the prism is formed in a shape inclined upward in a backward direction of the vehicle, wherein (a) a virtual image of the image projected on a projection area of a windshield of the vehicle, onto which area the display image from the prism is projected and (b) a front view of the vehicle to be seen from an eye point of the vehicle through the windshield are seen in a superimposed manner.