US 12,394,342 B2
Display apparatus for a motor vehicle
Joris Mertens, Ingolstadt (DE); Jacques Hélot, Ingolstadt (DE); and Immo Redeker, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/624,096
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068012
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018490, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 211 518.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355667 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 21/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01)
CPC G09F 21/049 (2020.05) [B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G03B 21/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1523 (2024.01); B60K 2360/27 (2024.01); B60Y 2200/11 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a display area in one piece and comprising:
a main display area at least partially visible from a predefined viewing, and
a secondary display area not visible from the viewing point, contiguous with the main display area and positioned to reflect display content off of the main display area to the viewing point to produce a virtual display level, visible from the viewing point of the display content of the secondary display area, that appears optically behind the main display area;
a support element; and
controllable lighting elements arranged on the support element that form the main and secondary display areas,
wherein the display device is curved and the main display area and the secondary display area form an angle greater than zero and smaller than 90 degrees.