The present invention relates to a vehicle head-up display having an external light blocking function, and more particularly, to a vehicle head-up display having an external light blocking function capable of blocking external light from being emitted to a picture generate unit. In the vehicle head-up display having an external light blocking function according to the present invention, the vehicle head-up display includes a case, a screen disposed inside the case, an aspheric mirror disposed at one side of the screen, a folding mirror disposed above the other side of the screen, a picture generate unit disposed under the other side of the screen, a shielding plate which selectively covers an upper surface of the picture generate unit, and an actuator which operates the shielding plate, wherein light generated by the picture generate unit is displayed to an outside via the folding mirror and the aspheric mirror, and when the upper surface of the picture generate unit is covered by the shielding plate operated by the actuator, the shielding plate blocks external light, which is incident via the aspheric mirror and the folding mirror, from being emitted to the picture generate unit.

The present invention relates generally to an automobile tire pressure display, which has a host matching the tire pressure detectors of any brands to achieve monitoring effect, comprising a MCU, a low frequency transmitting unit, a radio frequency receiving/transmitting unit and a database unit; in implementation, the MCU sends different low frequency commands to wake up the tire pressure detector, and receives the radio frequency signal from the tire pressure detector, which is matched with the vehicle type protocols in the database unit, if the judgment succeeds, the MCU records the vehicle type protocol and monitors the pressure and temperature values of tire pressure detector; on the contrary, if the judgment fails, the commands are sent and the signals are received continuously to judge whether the vehicle type protocol is correct or not, till success and it is recorded in the database unit.

The techniques of this disclosure relate to a vehicle occupancy-monitoring system. The system includes a controller circuit that receives occupant data from an occupancy-monitoring sensor of a vehicle. The controller circuit determines an occupancy status of respective seats in a cabin of the vehicle based on the occupancy-monitoring sensor. The controller circuit indicates the occupancy status of the respective seats on a display located in a field of view of occupants of the vehicle. The display is integral to one of a roof light module, a door panel, or a headliner of the cabin. The system can improve passenger safety by alerting the operator and other occupants about the occupancy status of the passengers.

A system and method are described for providing an air quality alert to an occupant of a host vehicle. The system includes a communication unit adapted to be mounted in the host vehicle and configured to receive a wireless vehicle-to-x communication comprising an air quality value associated with a geographic area outside the host vehicle. The system also includes a controller adapted to be mounted in the vehicle and provided in communication with the communication unit. The controller is configured to generate an air quality alert control signal operative to provide an air quality alert to the occupant of the host vehicle based on a relationship of the air quality value to an air quality threshold value.

Systems and methods for controlling a head-up display (HUD) in a vehicle are disclosed herein. One embodiment deactivates the HUD in response to a command from a driver of the vehicle; assigns a level of urgency to an item of information associated with a current vehicular context; and activates the HUD to display the item of information to the driver, when the level of urgency exceeds a predetermined threshold.

A display control device includes: a state acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle state; and a display control unit that when a vehicle state is a warning state requiring a warning to a driver, displays a warning icon on a first display device and displays a type of the warning state and relevant information on a second display device provided closer to a center in a vehicle width direction relative to the first display device.

A projection system includes a projection device and a control module. The projection device is configured to project (i) a first image in a first virtual image plane, and (ii) a second image in a second virtual image plane, wherein the second virtual image plane is further from an eyebox than the first virtual image plane. The control module is configured to: determine an ambient light luminance level; determine a first luminance level for the first virtual image plane based on the ambient light luminance level; determine a second luminance level of the second virtual image plane based on the first luminance level of the first virtual image plane; and control the at least one projection device to display (i) the first image in the first virtual image plane having the first luminance level, and (ii) the second image in the second virtual image plane having the second luminance level.

A vehicle of the disclosure includes an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle. The apparatus for assisting driving of the host vehicle includes a display configured to display vehicle driving information; an image obtainer configured to obtain an image of a road; a distance detector configured to detect surrounding objects; and a controller configured to calculate notification information based on the obtained image information of the road, the detected surrounding objects, and the vehicle driving information, and to display the calculated notification information to a driver in real time.

A heads up display (HUD) includes a display source for emitting an emitted image, a windshield and an absorbing polarizer. For substantially normally incident light, the absorbing polarizer substantially transmits the incident light polarized along a pass direction, and substantially absorbs the incident light polarized along a block direction. The emitted image includes at least one image ray that is received and transmitted by the absorbing polarizer toward the windshield at a first location of the absorbing polarizer. The transmitted image ray is received and reflected by the windshield at a second location of the windshield. A first normal line of the absorbing polarizer at the first location is substantially parallel to a projection of the transmitted image ray onto the windshield. Further, the pass direction of the absorbing polarizer at the first location is substantially parallel to a second normal line of the windshield at the second location.

A portable device for vehicle-information integration and warning is mounted in a vehicle and has a body, a ring-type warning light, a first communication interface, a second communication interface, and a processor. The body has a display mounted on a surface of the body. The ring-type warning light surrounds the display. The first communication interface communicates with a dashboard system of the vehicle. The second communication interface communicates with an edge computing device. The processor receives dashboard data from the dashboard system and drives the display to display a dashboard-information screen. When the processor receives a traffic datum from the edge computing device, the processor drives the display to display a traffic warning message. Besides, the processor drives the ring-type warning light according to the dashboard data or the traffic datum.