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Patent No.:

US 9939640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2016

Method and apparatus for controlling the position of a head-up display image combiner

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Claus Schmitz, Cologne, DE;

Dietmar Koesters, Leverkusen, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technology, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Shardul D Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0149 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2052 (2013.01); B60K 2350/401 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-up display in a motor vehicle has an image combiner movable between an active position, in which it is situated in the field of view of a driver of the vehicle, and an inactive position, in which it is situated close to a surface of or within an instrument panel. The position of the image combiner is controlled depending on signals from vehicle devices that indicate a likelihood or probability of a fogging condition of the windshield. The fogging condition may be indicated by a driver actuation of a windshield defogging/heating system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Schmitz, Claus. (2018). Method and apparatus for controlling the position of a head-up display image combiner (U.S. Patent No. 9939640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9939640

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