ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,131, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Head-up display" was invented by Kohei Mochizuki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display includes an image generation unit emitting light for generating a predetermined image and a mirror reflecting the light so that a transmission member is irradiated with the light emitted by the image generation unit. The image generation unit includes a light source, an optical member transmitting light from the light source, and a liquid crystal portion in which an original image for forming the predetermined image is generated by the light e...