JP2013119286A - Vehicle display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle display device with superior visibility and designability having a high display function.SOLUTION: A head-up display device 10 includes a display device body 11 for emitting display light and a combiner 12 fixed to an upper part of the display device body 11 and projected with display light emitted from the display device body 11. The combiner 12 includes a display region A projected with display light and a transparent transmission part B provided on at least one side of the display region A. An image display section 25 for displaying an image is provided on a back surface side of the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle display device that projects a virtual image on a combiner and visually recognizes the virtual image from an eye point of the vehicle.

  In recent years, along with the increase and diversification of information required by the driver during driving, a head-up display (HUD: Head Up Display) device, etc. that displays a virtual image on a combiner for visualizing particularly urgent information, etc. A vehicle display device is mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile or a train.

  As this type of vehicle display device, a device that projects a horizontally long and relatively large virtual image on a combiner is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-59027

  According to the above vehicle display device, necessary information can be obtained by visually recognizing the horizontally long virtual image projected on the combiner. However, in recent years, there has been a demand for a display device for a vehicle that is further excellent in visibility and design, and further improvement of the display function is desired.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation mentioned above, The objective is to provide the display apparatus for vehicles which is excellent in visibility and design property, and has a high display function.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the vehicle display device according to the present invention is characterized by the following (1) or (2).
(1) a display device main body that emits display light;
A combiner that is fixed to the upper portion of the display device body and that projects display light emitted from the display device body; and
A vehicle display device comprising:
The combiner includes a display area on which the display light is projected, and a transparent transmission portion provided on at least one side of the display area,
An image display section for displaying an image is provided on the back side of the transparent transmission section of the combiner.
(2) The vehicle display device having the configuration of (1) above,
The display device main body includes an image projection unit that projects display light different from the display light projected onto the display region onto the transparent transmission unit.

In the vehicle display device having the configuration (1), the combiner onto which the display light from the display device body is projected has a transparent transmission part on at least one side of the display area onto which the display light is projected. As a result, the presence of the transparent transmissive portion makes it possible to widen the combiner while ensuring good visibility, creating a sense of unity with the display in the display area and improving the design.
In addition, since the image display unit can display a display different from the display in the display area on the transparent transmission unit, the design can be further improved and the display function can be enhanced.
In the vehicle display device having the configuration (2), the image projection unit can project a virtual image onto the transparent transmission unit displayed by the image display unit. Thereby, the display function in a transparent transmission part can further be improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the display apparatus for vehicles which is excellent in visibility and design property, and has a high display function can be provided.

  The present invention has been briefly described above. Further, details of the present invention will be further clarified by reading through the modes for carrying out the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a head-up display device according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view of the combiner of the head-up display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the head-up display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the head-up display device according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a perspective view of a head-up display device according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of a combiner of the head-up display device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the head-up display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the head-up display device according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a head-up display device 10 that is a vehicle display device according to the present embodiment includes a display device body 11 and a combiner 12 fixed to the upper portion of the display device body 11.

  The display device body 11 is accommodated in a dashboard of the vehicle, and display light is irradiated from the display device body 11 to the combiner 12.

  The combiner 12 is disposed on the dashboard of the vehicle and irradiated with display light from the display device body 11. Thereby, a virtual image is projected on this combiner 12, and this virtual image is visually recognized from the eye point of the driver of the vehicle.

  The combiner 12 is molded from a synthetic resin, and has a translucent part 21 having translucency as shown in FIG. The translucent portion 21 has a display area A at the center, and the display area A is irradiated with display light from the display device body 11 to form a virtual image. This virtual image is, for example, an information display H1 such as the traveling speed of the vehicle, the remaining amount of fuel or battery, or the temperature of the drive mechanism.

  Moreover, the translucent part 21 of this combiner 12 is made into the transparent permeation | transmission part B on the both sides which are the outer sides of the display area A. FIG. The transparent transmission part B is an area that can be recognized as transparent when visually observed.

  The lower side of the light transmitting part 21 having the display area A and the transparent transmitting part B in the combiner 12 is a colored area C. The colored region C is colored black over the width direction by printing or painting, for example. In addition, a hood portion 23 that protrudes toward the display light irradiation side along the upper edge is integrally formed on the upper portion of the light transmitting portion 21 of the combiner 12, and the hood portion 23 is colored, for example, black. ing. The hood portion 23 is formed by two-color molding using a black resin when the combiner 12 is molded.

  The combiner 12 is provided with the black colored region C and the black hood portion 23, so that the influence of the external light on the information display H1 projected on the display region A is suppressed, and the external light is reflected. Irradiation into the vehicle is suppressed.

  Note that the color of the colored region C and the hood portion 23 is not limited to black, and may be a dark color such as dark gray, for example.

  The display device body 11 includes two image display units 25. These image display portions 25 are provided so as to protrude upward at both side portions of the display device body 11. Thereby, these image display parts 25 are arrange | positioned at the back surface side of the transparent transmission part B in the translucent part 21 of the combiner 12 fixed to the display apparatus main body 11. FIG.

  The image display unit 25 displays an image composed of a real image on the combiner 12 side. As shown in FIG. 2, the image displayed on the image display unit 25 is a display area in the light transmitting unit 21 of the combiner 12. It is visible through the transparent transmission parts B on both sides of A. The image displayed on the image display unit 25 is, for example, a support display H2 for assisting or driving the vehicle.

  In addition, image projection units 26 are provided on both sides of the display device body 11. These image projection units 26 irradiate display light to the transparent transmission parts B on both sides of the display area A in the light transmission part 21 of the combiner 12. Thereby, a virtual image is projected on the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12.

  Thereby, it is possible to combine the display made of a virtual image projected by the image projection unit 26 with the support display H2 made of the image of the image display unit 25 in the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12.

  Next, a specific structure of the head-up display device 10 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the display device body 11 constituting the head-up display device 10 has a case 30 molded from a synthetic resin or the like. The case 30 has a mounting groove 30a formed on the upper surface thereof in the width direction, and the combiner 12 is inserted into the mounting groove 30a of the case 30 and fixed.

  An image forming apparatus 31 is assembled to the case 30 on the front side in the center in the width direction.

  The image forming apparatus 31 has a housing 32, and an image forming assembly 33 and a plurality of ambient assemblies 34 are assembled in the housing 32.

  The image forming assembly 33 includes a shield plate 40, an LCD panel 41, a turn lens 42, a light source case 43, a turn prism 44, a lens array 45, a virtual image aluminum substrate 46, a heat transfer sheet 47, and a heat sink 48. The housing 32 is assembled in order.

  In the image forming assembly 33, light emitted from a light source 49 such as an LED provided on the virtual image aluminum substrate 46 is collected by the lens array 45 and irradiated to the LCD panel 41 through the turn prism 44 and the turn lens 42. As a result, the image on the LCD panel 41 is irradiated as the display light L into the housing 32 through the shield plate 40.

  In addition, the ambient assembly 34 includes an ambient case 51, an ambient prism 52, an ambient aluminum substrate 53, a heat transfer sheet 54, and a heat sink 55, and these are assembled to the housing 32 in order.

  In the ambient assembly 34, light emitted from a light source 56 such as an LED provided on the ambient aluminum substrate 53 is irradiated into the housing 32 through the ambient prism 52 and the ambient case 51.

  The housing 32 is formed with an opening 32a at the top thereof, and a front glass 35 is attached to the opening 32a. Then, the display light L and the ambient illumination light from the image forming assembly 33 guided to the housing 32 are emitted to the outside of the housing 32 through the front glass 35 of the opening 32a of the housing 32, and the display area A of the combiner 12 is displayed. To the driver's eye range.

  Thereby, the driver | operator can visually recognize the information display H1 which consists of a virtual image projected on the display area A of the combiner 12 from the eye point of a vehicle. The display area A is decorated with illumination light from the ambient assembly 34.

  Further, the case 30 is integrally formed with an attachment frame 60 at the upper part on both sides thereof, and an image display unit assembly 61 constituting the image display unit 25 is assembled to these attachment frames 60.

  The image display unit assembly 61 includes an image assembly unit 62 and a display assembly unit 63. The image assembly unit 62 displays an image, and includes an optical film 65, a TFT panel 66, and a panel fixing plate 67, which are assembled to the mounting frame 60 in order. The display assembly 63 displays a warning or the like, and includes a warning lens plate 68, a light source case 69, and a light source substrate 70, which are assembled to the mounting frame 60 in this order. A cover 75 is attached from the back side of the image assembly unit 62 and the display assembly unit 63 to form an image display unit assembly 61. An LCD panel 71 is also incorporated in the display assembly 63 of the image display assembly 61 on one side.

  In this image display unit assembly 61, an image displayed on the TFT panel 66 of the image assembly unit 62 is displayed on the combiner 12 side via the optical film 65, and an LED provided on the light source substrate 70 of the display assembly unit 63. The light from the light source 72 is irradiated onto the warning lens plate 68 and is irradiated toward the combiner 12 as display light for warning display.

  As a result, the driver can visually recognize the support display H <b> 2 including the image and display on the image display unit 25 through the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12 from the eye point of the vehicle.

  In addition, the image projection unit 26 is assembled to the case 30 on both sides of the mounting position of the image forming apparatus 31.

  The image projection unit 26 includes a glass plate 81, a cover 82, a dial plate 83, a diffusion plate 84, a light source cover 85, a light source substrate 86, a heat transfer sheet 87, a heat sink 88, and a heat sink cover 89. Are assembled in order.

  In the image projection unit 26, light from the light source 90 such as an LED provided on the light source substrate 86 is diffused by the diffusion plate 84 and then transmitted through the dial plate 83 and the glass plate 81. The image projection unit 26 is installed obliquely with respect to the combiner 12, whereby the display light L emitted from the image projection unit 26 is irradiated obliquely from below to the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12. Thereby, the transparent transmission part B of the combiner 12 can be combined with the display made of the image of the image display part 25 and the display made of the virtual image projected by the image projection part 26.

  Further, the control board 91 is mounted on the bottom side of the case 30, and the control board 91 is covered with a cover 93 that is fixed to the bottom of the case 30. The control board 91 includes a control circuit that controls the image forming apparatus 31, the image display unit 25, and the image projection unit 26.

  In the head-up display device 10 configured as described above, the display light L emitted from the image forming device 31 is emitted to the display area A of the combiner 12 and guided to the driver's eye range. Thereby, the driver | operator can visually recognize the information display H1 which consists of a virtual image projected on the display area A of the combiner 12 from the eye point of the vehicle.

  In addition, in the transparent transmission part B on both sides of the display area A of the combiner 12, the image of the image display part 25 is displayed via the combiner 12. Thereby, the driver can also visually recognize the support display H2 of the transparent transmission part B on both sides of the display area A of the combiner 12 from the eye point of the vehicle.

  Furthermore, in this transparent transmission part B, the display which consists of the virtual image projected by the image projection part 26 is combined with the support display H2 which consists of the image of the image display part 25. FIG. As a result, the driver can also visually recognize the display in which the virtual image is further combined with the support display H2 of the transparent transmission part B on both sides of the display area A of the combiner 12 from the eye point of the vehicle.

  As described above, according to the head-up display device that is the above-described vehicle display device, the combiner 12 on which the display light L from the display device body 11 is projected is the display area A on which the display light L is projected. The transparent transmission part B is provided on at least one side of the. As a result, the presence of the transparent transmission part B can expand the combiner 12 while ensuring good visibility, and brings about a sense of unity with the information display H1 in the display area A to improve the design. be able to.

  In addition, since the support display H2 different from the display in the display area A can be displayed on the transparent transmission part B by the image display part 25, the design can be further improved and the display function can be enhanced. Can do.

  Further, a virtual image can be projected by the image projection unit 26 onto the transparent transmission portion B where the support display H2 is displayed by the image display unit 25. Thereby, the display function in the transparent transmission part B can further be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the transparent transmission part B is provided on both sides of the display area A in the combiner 12. However, the transparent transmission part B may be provided on at least one side of the display area A in the combiner 12. In this case, the image display unit 25 that displays the support display H2 on the transparent transmission part B and the image projection unit 26 that projects a virtual image on the transparent transmission part B are provided on one side where the transparent transmission part B is provided.

  In the above embodiment, the display light L from the image forming apparatus 31 is directly projected onto the combiner 12. However, the display light L from the image forming apparatus 31 is once reflected by a mirror such as an aspherical mirror or a plane mirror. It may be reflected and projected onto the combiner 12, or the display light L from the image forming apparatus 31 may be reflected more than once and projected onto the combiner 12.

  In the above-described embodiment, the image display unit 25 is integrally provided on the display device main body 11 and arranged on the back surface of the combiner 12. However, the image display unit 25 is separated from the display device main body 11, and this separate body. The image display unit 25 may be attached to the rear surface of the combiner 12.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible suitably. In addition, the material, shape, dimensions, number, arrangement location, and the like of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

10 Head-up display device (vehicle display device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Display apparatus main body 12 Combiner 25 Image display part 26 Image projection part A Display area B Transparent transmission part

Claims (2)

A display device body for emitting display light;
A combiner that is fixed to the upper portion of the display device body and that projects display light emitted from the display device body; and
A vehicle display device comprising:
The combiner includes a display area on which the display light is projected, and a transparent transmission portion provided on at least one side of the display area,
An image display unit that displays an image is provided on the back side of the transparent transmission unit of the combiner. The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device body includes an image projection unit that projects display light different from the display light projected onto the display region onto the transparent transmission unit.

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