An optical imaging system (100) including an elongated lightguide (105) having pluralities of first and second light extractors (110) forming respective first and second patterns along the length of the lightguide is described. Light extracted by the first light extractors exit the lightguide primarily along a first direction toward a target location (150), and light extracted by the second light extractors exit the lightguide primarily along a second direction different from the first direction. The optical imaging system includes a first reflector (114) for receiving light exiting the lightguide primarily along the second direction and reflecting the received light toward the target location. The first reflector forms a first virtual image (132) of the second pattern behind the first reflector. The first pattern and the first virtual image are visible to a viewer (152) viewing the optical imaging system from the target location.

The invention is a robust lensless instrument cluster configured for installation in a vehicle. The instrument cluster comprises an outer case, a PCB and lighting structure, an inner frame, an optical bonding assembly, halo lighting portions, a seamless display comprising tell-tale indicators and gauges, and an outer visor. The instrument cluster further comprises a plurality of LEDs for compartmentalized and indirect lighting of the tell-tale indicators on the seamless display and the halo lighting portions around the edges of the seamless display. Because the instrument cluster is lensless and otherwise exposed to the environment, it comprises a seal system to prevent the ingress of water and dust into the interior components. The seal system can also eliminate the risk of mura in the optical bonding assembly.

The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle display system and a vehicle. The in-vehicle display system includes an optical fiber holographic projection portion and a holographic image display portion. The optical fiber holographic projection portion is configured to holographically project image information of a vehicle component onto the holographic image display portion, and the holographic image display portion is configured to present an original image of the vehicle component.

A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a communication unit. The display panel is configured to display an image. An optical element is configured to define a propagation direction of image light emitted from the display panel. The communication unit is configured to receive a captured image of first eye and second eye different from the first eye, of a user. The controller causes the display panel to display a calibration image. The controller is configured so that, based on cornea images of different parts of the calibration image in the captured image that are viewed with the first eye and the second eye of the user, respectively, a parallax image is displayed on the display panel.

The present disclosure provides an image display that includes a light source unit, a display panel that displays image, and a light guide panel that guides light emitted from the light source unit to the display panel. The light guide panel has an incident surface facing the light source unit, an output surface facing the display panel, and a bottom surface facing the output surface on a side opposite to the display panel. The incident surface is a side surface of the light guide panel located between the output surface and the bottom surface. The incident surface has a concave portion in which a part of the incident surface is recessed from remaining portions when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a light guide direction of light in the incident surface and an emission direction of light in the output surface.

A head-up display system for a motor vehicle includes a projection unit for providing a display image; a transparent holographic light guide display panel with a display surface in order to output a display image coupled into the display panel via a coupling-in region on a display surface, and a light guide which runs in a non-linear manner in order to guide a display image from the projection unit to the coupling-in region of the display panel.

A display module includes a plurality of display panels, a backlight module, a middle frame member, a rear frame member, and a structure. The backlight module includes a plurality of light guide plates disposed in back of the plurality of display panels and a light emitting element disposed around the plurality of light guide plates. The middle frame member is disposed in back of the plurality of display panels and in front of the plurality of light guide plates, and includes a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of display panels. The rear frame member is disposed in back of the plurality of light guide plates, and includes a housing that houses the plurality of light guide plates. The structure fixes or positions the plurality of light guide plates to the housing.

A vehicle interior component configured to present a user interface for a vehicle occupant with at least one vehicle system and/or network is disclosed. The component may comprise a housing, cover structure and user interface system configured to present the user interface at a cover surface. The user interface may comprise a light display configured to transmit light from a light source and/or an input device configured to interface with a sensor arrangement. The user interface may comprise output from the light display and/or input by interaction with the input device at the cover surface through the sensor arrangement. The component may comprise an interface module comprising the light display and the input device. The light display may comprise a light guide and/or display panel. The light guide may comprise a projection and/or icon configured to transmit light through an aperture and/or recess of the cover structure.

A flexible fabric for an interior of a vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, having an opaque top layer, an illuminant and at least one translucent light guide layer which is arranged between the illuminant and the top layer. The top layer has a plurality of cutouts through which light emitted by the illuminant passes, and the plurality of cutouts are filled with protrusions of the at least one light guide layer. Light emitted by the illuminant is guided as far as a surface of a visible side of the flexible fabric before it passes out of the light guide layer, with the result that the protrusions arranged in the cutouts form an illuminated pattern. The flexible fabric may be used with the vehicle seat with a vehicle.

A switchable backlight for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises a collimated waveguide, first and second light sources and an optical turning film comprising elongate prismatic elements with facet orientations that pupillate the output of the waveguide in two orthogonal directions for each of first and second light sources. High luminance uniformity is achieved for a head-on user in privacy and public viewing modes and high uniformity of security factor is achieved for off-axis snoopers, with increased speed of privacy switch-on in privacy mode.