US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America on July 8 for "Curved virtual image for heads up display" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,958, issued on July 8, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America (Peachtree City, Ga.).

"Curved virtual image for heads up display" was invented by Patrick O'Connell (Novi, Mich.) and Edo Omanovic (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an image source emitting a light field. A first freeform mirror is positioned to provide a first reflection of the light field. A generally concave second freeform mirror is positioned to receive the first reflection and provide a second reflection of the light field. ...