US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems America on March 17 for "Diffuser to improve uniformity of head-up display image brightness" (Michigan, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,513, issued on March 17, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems America LLC (Peachtree City, Ga.).

"Diffuser to improve uniformity of head-up display image brightness" was invented by David Kay Lambert (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Marc Lata (Atlanta), Fidelis Itsede (Acworth, Ga.) and Benjamin Lewis (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlighting arrangement is for a head up display that presents a virtual image to a human driver of a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a light source emitting light with a non-uniform brightness over a field of view of the human driver. A diffuser includes a surface through whi...