EP3615998A1 - Dispositif de rétroéclairage d'afficheur tête-haute - Google Patents
Dispositif de rétroéclairage d'afficheur tête-hauteInfo
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- EP3615998A1 EP3615998A1 EP18720586.9A EP18720586A EP3615998A1 EP 3615998 A1 EP3615998 A1 EP 3615998A1 EP 18720586 A EP18720586 A EP 18720586A EP 3615998 A1 EP3615998 A1 EP 3615998A1
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- Prior art keywords
- reflective film
- reflector
- light source
- specular reflective
- light
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
- G02B19/0004—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed
- G02B19/0019—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed having reflective surfaces only (e.g. louvre systems, systems with multiple planar reflectors)
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
- G02B19/0033—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use
- G02B19/0047—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with a light source
- G02B19/0061—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with a light source the light source comprising a LED
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
- G02B7/18—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors
- G02B7/182—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors for mirrors
- G02B7/185—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors for mirrors with means for adjusting the shape of the mirror surface
- G02B7/188—Membrane mirrors
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
- G02F1/133602—Direct backlight
- G02F1/133603—Direct backlight with LEDs
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
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- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
- G02F1/133602—Direct backlight
- G02F1/133605—Direct backlight including specially adapted reflectors
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the backlighting of the image generation units used in the head-up displays.
- a backlighting device for a head-up display screen comprising:
- a reflector which extends around said at least one light source for reflecting the light emitted by each light source
- a diffuser arranged to receive at least the light reflected by the reflector.
- the invention applies particularly advantageously in the case where it is desired to have the image generation unit (and thus the backlighting device) in a small-sized housing of a motor vehicle, while maintaining good homogeneity of the illumination necessary for the display.
- a head-up display adapted to project information (speed of the vehicle, direction to follow, presence of obstacles, %) at the height of the driver's eyes.
- One of these technologies is to use a liquid crystal display to generate an image, which is then projected into the driver's field of view by means of a partially reflective blade located at eye level.
- a backlighting device is used to project the image formed on the screen towards the partially reflective blade.
- Such a backlighting device generally comprises a plurality of light sources, a diffuser arranged near the screen for homogeneously diffusing the light emitted by the light sources on the screen, and a reflector that extends between the light sources and the diffuser.
- Such a reflector is provided to reflect in part at least the light emitted by the light sources to the diffuser.
- the present invention proposes a solution for obtaining a reflector that reflects light in the direction of the diffuser optimally.
- the reflector comprises an improved specular reflective film whose inner face is arranged so as to reflect in part at least the light emitted by each light source, which improved specular reflective film has a reflection factor in the field of visible light which is greater than 95% and which is preferably between 98% and 99%.
- ESR Enhanced Specular Reflector
- ESR film thus substantially improves the efficiency of the reflector, which allows to limit the electrical losses, reduce the production of heat, and design backlight devices reduced footprint.
- the reflector comprises a structural element which carries said improved specular reflective film
- said structural element has a lattice structure
- the improved specular reflective film has flat walls, interconnected by lines of folds;
- the improved specular reflective film has, in the unfolded state, an elongate and curved strip shape which comprises, at its ends, assembly means adapted to cooperate together;
- the improved reflective reflective film has, in the folded state, a truncated pyramid shape whose base is closed by the diffuser and whose apex is closed by a support to which are fixed the light source or sources;
- each light source the whole of the internal face of the reflector is illuminated by each light source.
- the invention also proposes an image generation unit comprising a backlighting device as mentioned above and a screen illuminated by said backlighting device.
- the invention also proposes a head-up display comprising an image generation unit as mentioned above and an optical projection assembly of an image generated by the image generation unit in the direction of a partially reflecting plate.
- FIG. 1 shows a head-up display according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a backlight device used in the head-up display of Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 is a developed view (in plan) of an ESR film used in the backlighting device of FIG. 2.
- Figure 1 shows schematically the main elements of a head-up display 10 for equipping a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle.
- Such a head-up display 10 comprises an image generation unit 2 and an optical projection unit 4 designed to project virtual images I generated by the image generation unit 2 in the field of view of the driver of the vehicle. , thanks to a partially reflective blade 6 placed in this field of vision.
- the partially reflecting blade 6 may be disposed between the windshield 8 of the vehicle and the eyes of the vehicle. driver (this is called a "combiner").
- the windshield 8 could have a partially transparent blade function (in which case the combiner would be omitted) and could project the image generated by the generating unit into the driver's field of vision. of images 2.
- the optical projection assembly 4 here comprises a folding mirror
- the projection optical assembly 4 could comprise a plurality of mirrors and / or other optical elements.
- the image generation unit 2 for its part, comprises a backlighting device 20 and a screen 31, here a liquid crystal display (or LCD) for thin film transistors (or TFT for Film Transistor).
- a liquid crystal display or LCD
- TFT for Film Transistor
- the backlighting device 20 comprises three main elements, namely:
- a lighting assembly 21 adapted to emit light
- a diffuser 30 adapted to homogenize the light emitted by the lighting assembly 21 before it passes through the screen 31, and
- a reflector 22 which extends between the lighting assembly 21 and the diffuser 30 and which also participates in the homogenization of the light emitted by the lighting assembly 21.
- the diffuser 30 is in the form of a flat and partially transparent plate, located parallel to and near the screen 31.
- the lighting assembly 21 comprises at least one light source 26, in practice several light sources 26 which are carried by a support 25 and which are turned towards the diffuser 30.
- the light sources 26 are here light emitting diodes (or LEDs for "Light Emitting Diodes") mounted on a printed circuit (playing the role of the aforementioned medium 25).
- the support 25 of the light sources 26 is preferably positioned parallel to the diffuser 30.
- the invention relates more precisely to the reflector 22.
- This reflector 22 has a flared pipe shape, so that it delimits with, on one side, the diffuser 30, and, on the other, the support 25, a closed enclosure.
- the reflector 22 comprises an improved specular reflective film 24 (or "ESR film”) whose internal face is arranged so as to reflect the light emitted by the light sources 26.
- ESR film improved specular reflective film 24
- This ESR film 24 has a reflection factor in the field of visible light which is here of the order of 98.5%.
- Such a film has a very small thickness, of the order of 1 65 microns. This is why a structural element 23 is provided in order to maintain it in the desired shape and position.
- This structural element 23 could be in the form of a part having a support wall of the ESR film which would be full.
- this structural element 23 has a lattice structure.
- this structural element 23 has a side wall which has a truncated pyramid shape in which is provided a plurality of openings.
- This structural element 23 may for example be manufactured by molding a plastic material.
- this structural element 23 could have a different shape, for example a truncated pyramid shape with more walls, or a frustoconical shape.
- the ESR film 24 is then fixed against the internal face of this structural element 23, for example by gluing.
- This ESR film 24 is obtained by cutting and folding a sheet of larger size.
- the cutting is carried out according to the developed of the internal face of the structural element 23, so that the film once cut and folded can perfectly fit the shape of this structural element 23.
- the folding is then carried out according to lines of folds which correspond to the internal edges of the structural element 23.
- the ESR film 24 has an elongated strip shape comprising four main sections 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D of trapezoidal shapes. This band then has a curved overall shape.
- assembly means 24E, 24F, 24G are provided which are adapted to cooperate together.
- a flap 24F which is connected to the rest of the band via a fold line in which is practiced a slot 24G.
- the ESR film 24 has a hollow truncated pyramid shape, of identical geometry to that of the internal face of the structural element 23.
- this truncated pyramid has a base closed by the diffuser 30 and a top closed by the support 25 of the light sources 26.
- the film ESR 24 is adapted to be illuminated on its entire internal face by each of the light sources 26.
- the reflector 22 has no other wall than the aforementioned four walls. In particular, there is no reflection surface between two light sources 26. Thus, each light source 26 illuminates all the walls of the reflector.
- each wall of the ESR film 24 relative to the plane of the diffuser 30 is determined by optimizing a homogeneity criterion (such as the ratio between the minimum luminance and the luminance maximum in the plane of the diffuser 30, at the output thereof) with the aid of a simulation tool.
- a homogeneity criterion such as the ratio between the minimum luminance and the luminance maximum in the plane of the diffuser 30, at the output thereof
- the walls of the ESR film 24 correspond in pairs, by symmetry with respect to a plane orthogonal to the plane of the diffuser 30.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR1753598A FR3065539B1 (fr) | 2017-04-25 | 2017-04-25 | Dispositif de retroeclairage d'afficheur tete-haute |
| PCT/EP2018/060639 WO2018197584A1 (fr) | 2017-04-25 | 2018-04-25 | Dispositif de rétroéclairage d'afficheur tête-haute |
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| EP3615998A1 true EP3615998A1 (fr) | 2020-03-04 |
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| EP18720586.9A Withdrawn EP3615998A1 (fr) | 2017-04-25 | 2018-04-25 | Dispositif de rétroéclairage d'afficheur tête-haute |
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| EP (1) | EP3615998A1 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3065539B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2018197584A1 (fr) |
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| JP2004348047A (ja) * | 2003-05-26 | 2004-12-09 | Olympus Corp | 可変形状シリンダミラー |
| US20070236628A1 (en) * | 2006-03-31 | 2007-10-11 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Illumination Light Unit and Optical System Using Same |
| EP2297607B1 (fr) * | 2008-06-04 | 2014-04-23 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Panneau lumineux creux avec source de lumière basculée |
| KR101821727B1 (ko) * | 2010-04-16 | 2018-01-24 | 플렉스 라이팅 투 엘엘씨 | 필름 기반 라이트가이드를 포함하는 프론트 조명 디바이스 |
| CA2829388C (fr) * | 2011-03-09 | 2018-09-25 | Flex Lighting Ii, Llc | Dispositif electroluminescent dote d'un profil de flux lumineux reglable |
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| FR3065539A1 (fr) | 2018-10-26 |
| WO2018197584A1 (fr) | 2018-11-01 |
| FR3065539B1 (fr) | 2019-11-01 |
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