A surface display unit incorporates an opaque screen (180) and an image panel (110). The opaque screen is disposed on the front side of the image panel which provides an optical image. The opaque screen generally hides the image panel while the surface display unit is not in use. When the image panel is activated to provide an optical image, the opaque screen provides a suitable level of transparency so that a viewer can observe the optical image with sufficient clarity. The opaque screen can provide optical enhancement, decorative texture, and/or mechanical support and include antiglare, anti-reflective, and anti-scratch films (140, 150, 160). The opque screen can be a laminated polymer film, an electrochromic or photochromic system, or a switchable dye doped liquid crystal material.

An anti-glare head-up display system for vehicles includes a projection imaging unit and a curved mirror. The projection imaging unit is in an upper region of a cabin of the vehicle. The curved mirror is on a top surface of an instrument panel of the vehicle. The curved mirror includes a doped glass, a high-reflection coating and a dark coating. The doped glass and the dark coating absorb visible light. The high-reflection coating is on a surface of the doped glass facing the projection imaging unit and has high-reflection effect at wavelengths corresponding to light sources used by the projection imaging unit. The dark coating is on another surface of the doped glass opposite with the projection imaging unit. Light rays emitted by the projection imaging unit are projected onto the curved mirror, and light rays reflected from the curved mirror are projected onto the windshield to form a virtual image in front of the windshield. Light rays of ambient light projected onto the curved mirror which unbelong to the wavelengths corresponding to the light sources pass through the high-reflection coating and are absorbed by the doped glass and the dark coating.

A heads up display system of a vehicle includes a combiner screen having a first substantially transparent substrate defining a first surface and a second surface, a second substantially transparent substrate defining a third surface and a fourth surface. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic material is positioned within the cavity and a transflective layer having a multilayer polymeric film positioned on one of the first and second surfaces, and a projector for projecting light having a first polarization toward the first surface of the first substrate.

The invention relates to a driver assistance system (100) for a vehicle (105) for detecting light conditions in the vehicle (105), having a sensor arrangement (102, 103, 104) designed to capture sensor data, and having a control device (101) designed to ascertain if the sight of a driver of the vehicle (105) is negatively influenced by a source of stray light external to the vehicle.

A method and system for reducing the effects of glare in a system comprising a picture generating unit, such as a holographic projector. The system may be a head-up display (HUD), which is configured to display a picture to a viewer, without requiring the user to look away from their usual viewpoint. The HUD system may be comprised within a vehicle. The glare in the system may be caused by light being incident on a surface comprising a screen or a window, through which the user looks at their usual viewpoint. The surface may comprise a windshield in a vehicle. The light that causes the glare may be ambient light. The method and system are provided for reducing the effects of glare in a system that comprises a waveguide in conjunction with the picture generating unit. The waveguide may be operable to act as an exit pupil expander.

A method and system for reducing the effects of glare in a system comprising a picture generating unit, such as a holographic projector. The system may be a head-up display (HUD), which is configured to display a picture to a viewer, without requiring the user to look away from their usual viewpoint. The HUD system may be comprised within a vehicle. The glare in the system may be caused by light being incident on a surface comprising a screen or a window, through which the user looks at their usual viewpoint. The surface may comprise a windshield in a vehicle. The light that causes the glare may be ambient light. The method and system are provided for reducing the effects of glare in a system that comprises a waveguide in conjunction with the picture generating unit. The waveguide may be operable to act as an exit pupil expander.

A traffic mover includes a mover body forming an accommodation space configured to accommodate a human. The mover body includes a light blocking member and a driving assistance unit. The light blocking member blocks light entering from a front side of the mover body in a moving direction of the mover body. The driving assistance unit enables the mover body to be driven when the light blocking member blocks a forward view of the human in the moving direction of the mover body.

A projection display device includes: a light source that emits a first and a second laser lights; a scanning drive mirror that reflects the first and the second laser lights, and uses the first and the second laser lights in scanning; a light diffusion unit that includes a predetermined region that allows the first laser light to be transmitted therethrough, and diffuses the first laser light; a light detection unit that detects the second laser light that passed the predetermined region; and a control unit that executes a process to detect the second laser light, and determines a state of the predetermined region on the basis of a detection value of the light detection unit. In a case where the control unit determines that a defect occurs in the predetermined region as the state, the control unit executes a process to stop displaying the projection.

A heads up display system of a vehicle including a combiner screen having a first substantially transparent substrate defining a first surface and a second surface, a second substantially transparent substrate defining a third surface and a fourth surface. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic material is positioned within the cavity and a reflective polarizer is positioned on one of the first and second surfaces. A projector projects light having a first polarization toward the first surface of the first substrate.

The present invention relates to a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a control method of the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a windshield provided in a vehicle, and formed to allow changing transparency, a sensing unit configured to sense information associated with the vehicle, and a processor configured to adjust the transparency of the windshield based on that information sensed through the sensing unit satisfies a preset condition.