Cool effect, Volvo submits patent application for new head-up display

According to foreign media reports, Volvo recently submitted a patent for a head-up display for autonomous driving in the United States. Because it is aimed at autonomous driving, Volvo's head-up display is installed on the roof and displays relevant information of the vehicle through a transparent window. This design is similar to the high window design that was popular on cars some time ago. It is optimized for backlight and dark light problems that may be caused by complex light conditions and can adapt to most light scenes.

Due to the transparent optical lens design, this head-up display can achieve an effect similar to AR holographic projection. Even if you look from the roof, you can clearly see the relevant information of the vehicle, which is very cool. In the future, when autonomous driving technology becomes more popular, this type of roof head-up display design will become more common.

Of course, the disadvantages of this design are also very obvious. In the context of autonomous driving, focusing on the roof will cause you to lose sight of the road ahead. At a time when the safety of autonomous driving is still under discussion, the driver still needs to ensure that he is always in driving mode. It can be inferred that it will take some time for the roof head-up display to go from patent to popular level.

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