Patent ID: 9746668
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. A head-up display (HUD) device configured to project information as at least one of an image or text on a windshield, the head-up display device comprising: a display panel; a backlight module configured to emit light to the display panel, wherein the display panel modifies the light from the backlight module to form the information; and an optical guide module configured to guide the information from the display panel to the windshield, a communication module configured to receive data, and a controller configured to control the backlight module, wherein the backlight module includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light to the display panel in different directions from one another such that parts of the information are independently projected on different regions of the windshield, the plurality of light sources being spaced apart from one another by a prescribed distance, wherein a plurality of cameras are provided to capture images of different portions of a vehicle that includes the head-up display device, wherein when a velocity of the vehicle is less than a predetermined velocity, the display panel generates a representation of the captured images of the different portions of the vehicle, and the controller is configured to control the plurality of light sources to emit light to the display panel such that the images of different portions of the vehicle are projected to the different regions of the windshield, and wherein when the velocity of the vehicle is faster than the predetermined velocity, the display panel is configured to switch from generating the representation of the captured images to generating a representation of the received data, and the controller is configured to: