Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle head-up display arrangement
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Application No.: US14168324Application Date: 2014-01-30
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Publication No.: US09834144B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Anna Olesen , Joakim Christoffersson , Claus Allan Christensen
- Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: EP13153589 20130201
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; B60Q1/00 ; B60R1/00 ; G02B27/01 ; G06K9/00 ; G08G1/0962

Abstract:
A vehicle head-up display arrangement is provided that may include a projection unit, a vehicle driver eye position estimation unit and a detecting unit arranged to detect traffic signs and their location in relation to the vehicle, and a processing unit arranged to determine a content of the traffic signs. The processing unit is further arranged to determine relevance of content of the traffic signs. The projection unit is arranged to project light onto one or more areas of the windshield in line with the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver and traffic signs determined to have content not being relevant, such that these traffic signs, at least partially, are covered from the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140218268A1 VEHICLE HEAD-UP DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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