US 12,325,362 B2
Display system, vehicle and method
Matthias Koller, Stuttgart (DE); Alexander Slama, Stuttgart (DE); and Shuvodeep Das, Noida (IN)
Assigned to Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Filed by MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,400.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 107 620.2 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311773 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/28 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/28 (2022.01) [H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60R 2300/307 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display system for a vehicle, comprising:
a camera module configured to capture a field-of-view (FOV) in a scenery at least partly around the vehicle;
a display unit configured to display the captured FOV, wherein the display unit has a plurality of viewing angles;
a filter configured to selectively allow at least one viewing angle (VA) out of the plurality of viewing angles, wherein the filter is positioned on or over the display unit; and
a processing unit configured to operate the filter in either an enabled state or a disabled state,
wherein the filter allows exhibition of the FOV in the at least one viewing angle (VA) of the plurality of viewing angles when the filter is in the enabled state, with the at least one viewing angle (VA) being a subset of the plurality of viewing angles,
wherein the filter allows exhibition of the FOV in all of the plurality of viewing angles when the filter is in the disabled state,
wherein the filter comprises a plurality of ribs, and wherein each or a combination of the plurality of ribs are switched or electronically enabled or disabled by the processing unit, and
wherein ribs are in an opaque state when electronically enabled and in a transparent state when electronically disabled.