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Device for displaying visual information on vehicle windscreen

Device for displaying visual information on vehicle windscreen
IPC classes for russian patent Device for displaying visual information on vehicle windscreen (RU 2424541):
G02B27/18 - for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective
G02B23/10 - reflecting into the field of view additional indications, e.g. from collimator (collimators in general G02B0027300000; graticules G02B0027340000)
G02B17/06 - using mirrors only
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FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: device has an image source, a mirror which receives light from the image source, and a concave aspherical mirror which direct light onto the windscreen. The mirror which receives light from the image source is convex aspherical. A concave aspherical mirror can also be placed between the mirror which receives light from the image source and the mirror which directs light onto the windscreen.

EFFECT: correction of distortions, improved correction of curvature and astigmatism of the formed image in a wide field of vision.

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The invention relates to optical technique and can be used on vehicles, in particular cars to display track, navigational information, as well as information about the condition of the vehicle in the direct view of the driver.

A device for displaying visual information, including cathode ray tube and a projection lens, containing seven lenses; between the cathode ray tube and the projection lens set trapezoidal prism, and the input face of the prism is oriented at an acute angle to the screen of the cathode-ray tube, the first lens of the projection lens made in the form of an inclined positive meniscus facing concave surface to the cathode-ray tube, a second lens made of a positive biconvex linear-decentered and facing a convex surface to the cathode-ray tube, the third lens is made convex cylindrical and facing convex surface to an electron beam the tube, the fourth lens is made in the form of a positive meniscus facing convex surface to the cathode-ray tube, the fifth lens made in the form of a negative meniscus facing concave surface to the cathode-ray tube, the sixth lens made in the form of positively the first meniscus and facing concave surface to the cathode-ray tube, the seventh lens made of a positive biconvex, EN 2226292.

This device is intended primarily as an indicator pointing in the systems-of-sight and sights, mainly aircraft. The device is very difficult, which makes feasible its use in terrestrial civilian vehicles.

A device for displaying information on the windshield of the car that uses the reflection of light from the inner surface of the windshield and includes the image source in the form of a liquid crystalline matrix, the guide light on the mirror that reflects it and sends to the second mirror reflecting the light on the inside of the windscreen. Falling on this surface, the light is partially reflected and forms an image in a field of view of the driver EP 1215521 A2. However, this device can provide an image only in the narrow field of view that is not enough to display the amount of information necessary for effective navigation and safe control of the vehicle.

It is also known device for displaying visual information including the imaging unit based on LCD or led matrix, which sends the light to a concave spherical mirror, US 5140465. Then the light reflected by the second concave is peachescam mirror and impinges on the inner partially reflected the windscreen and reflects the image at a comfortable distance from the driver, however, the quality of this image is very low, because this device is not performed, the correction of curvature of field, astigmatism of the image and its distorsione distortion.

A device for displaying visual information on the windshield of the vehicle that contains the source image, which sends the light on a flat light receiving mirror. This light is reflected on a concave aspherical mirror, throwing light on the windshield; the light is partially reflected the inner side of the windshield. The field of view of the driver is generated virtual image generated by the source, EP 1291700 A1.

This solution, taken as a prototype of the present invention, allows to correct astigmatic distortion in the Central zone of the formed image; however, the device is a prototype does not allow to correct distorsione distortion and to obtain a sufficiently high quality images in a wide field of view. (Distorsione distortion significantly affect the image quality in a wide field of view.) In addition, this device does not have enough adjusts the curvature and the astigmatism of the image.

The present invention is to correct distorsione distortion, additionally, the task of improving the correction of the curvature and astigmat the PCA-generated image in a wide field of view.

According to the invention in the display of visual information on the windshield of the vehicle that contains the source image, the mirror receiving light from the image source, and a concave aspherical mirror, throwing light on the windshield, mirror receiving light from the image source, is made convex aspheric; between the mirror receiving light from the image source, and a mirror which focuses the light on the windshield, placed additional concave aspherical mirror.

The applicant has not identified any technical solution that is identical to the declared that allows to make a conclusion about conformity of the invention, the criterion of "Novelty".

The invention is illustrated by drawings, which shows:

figure 1 is an optical diagram of a device in accordance with claim 1 claims;

figure 2 is an optical diagram of the device according to claim 2;

figure 3 is the same as in figure 2, in a perspective view.

Device for displaying visual information on a windshield 1 of a vehicle, in this example, the vehicle includes a source 2 image representing a liquid crystal matrix with led backlight. The image source provides information about the vehicle speed, the fuel, the engine condition is of on-Board equipment, the readings of onboard cameras, including rearview and night vision, navigation information (GPS), as well as telecommunication information (mobile phone). All information to the source image supplied from the onboard computer of the vehicle. The device also contains a convex aspheric mirror 3, the receiving light from the source 2 image, and a concave aspherical mirror 4, a guiding light to the windshield 1. Between the mirrors 3 and 4 in the embodiment of claim 2 placed additional concave aspherical mirror 6. Mirrors 3, 4, 6 are made using the technology of diamond turning (Diamond Single Point Tuning) using machine Nanoform 250 manufacturing firms Prestech Inc., USA.

The device operates as follows. In the variant according to claim 1 claims the source 2 image directs light onto the mirror 3. Due to the fact that the mirror 3 is made convex aspheric, concave aspherical mirror 4 falls light beam, which has the structure (local density and the divergence of the rays), to compensate for distorsione distortion on the mirror 4 and the inner surface of the windshield 1. In the result, the observer, 5 may see in the direct and wider field of view for comfortable distance of the image is high enough quality.

In the variant according to claim 2 f is rmula of the invention the light, reflected from the mirror 3, falls on a concave aspherical mirror 6, which allows you to add, to improve the correction of the curvature and astigmatism of the image in a wide field of view. This significantly improves the quality of the image formed in the field of view of the driver. Manufactured and tested a prototype device.

1. The display of visual information on the windshield of the vehicle that contains the source image, the mirror receiving light from the image source, and a concave aspherical mirror, throwing light on the windshield, characterized in that the mirror receiving light from the image source, is made convex aspherical.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that between the mirror receiving light from the image source, and a mirror which focuses the light on the windshield, placed additional concave aspherical mirror.

 

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