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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.