US 12,443,036 B2
Motor vehicle
Alessandro Tanzi, Modena (IT); Erik Masoero, Modena (IT); and Pasquale Vitiello, Modena (IT)
Assigned to FERRARI S.P.A., Modena (IT)
Filed by FERRARI S.P.A., Modena (IT)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,070.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400687 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 37/20 (2024.01)
CPC G02B 27/0101 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G09G 3/002 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 37/20 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/25 (2024.01); B60K 2360/31 (2024.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment;
a dashboard arranged within said passenger compartment and delimiting said passenger compartment at the front with reference to a normal forward moving direction of said motor vehicle;
a windshield delimiting said passenger compartment and contiguous with said dashboard; and
a head-up display configured to form at least one first virtual image containing an item of information accessory to the driving of said motor vehicle focused on a first region at a null distance from the windshield itself, wherein the windshield and the first region are transparent, and wherein the first region is in a light of sight for driving the vehicle such that the occupants can view the item of information accessory without looking away from the windshield;
wherein said head-up display comprises a projection unit housed in a second region of said dashboard and a polarized film applied to the projection unit to permit display of the images to occupants of the vehicle even when wearing polarized glasses, wherein the projection unit projects and focusses a light beam onto the first region of the windshield, and wherein said first region is defined by said windshield.