Patrick F O'Connell

US Patent:

20220317444, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Jun 17, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/842868

Inventors:

- Peachtree City GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G02B 27/28

Abstract:

A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display module having a picture generation unit emitting a light field. A polarizing device is rotatable between at least a first rotational position and a second rotational position. The polarizing device receives the light field from the picture generation unit and emits the light field regardless of whether the polarizing device is in the first rotational position or the second rotational position. More of the light is emitted by the polarizer in a P-polarization state in the second rotational position than in the first rotational position. A windshield reflects the light field from the polarizing device such that the reflected light field is visible to a human driver of the motor vehicle as a virtual image.

US Patent:

20210048670, Feb 18, 2021

Filed:

Aug 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/989331

Inventors:

- Peachtree City GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
B60R 11/02

Abstract:

A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a picture generation unit producing a light field. A digital micromirror device is positioned to reflect the light field. The digital micromirror device includes an array of mirrors each having an individually adjustable orientation. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the digital micromirror device and individually adjusts the orientation of each mirror such that the light field reflected by the digital micromirror device is visible to the driver as a virtual image.

US Patent:

20200101898, Apr 2, 2020

Filed:

Oct 1, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/589177

Inventors:

- Peachtree City GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 1/00
H04N 5/225
G06K 9/00
B60R 1/12
B60K 35/00
B60Q 9/00

Abstract:

A head up display arrangement is for a motor vehicle having a human driver. A camera is positioned and configured to capture images of an object being towed by the vehicle. A head up display module produces virtual images that are visible to the driver. The head up display module is operable in a conventional mode in which the virtual images are independent of the images captured by the camera, and in a tow mode in which the virtual images are dependent upon the images captured by the camera.

US Patent:

20200012102, Jan 9, 2020

Filed:

Jul 3, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/502865

Inventors:

- PEACHTREE CITY GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G02B 27/28

Abstract:

A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display module having a picture generation unit emitting a light field. A polarizing device is rotatable between at least a first rotational position and a second rotational position. The polarizing device receives the light field from the picture generation unit and emits the light field regardless of whether the polarizing device is in the first rotational position or the second rotational position. More of the light is emitted by the polarizer in a P-polarization state in the second rotational position than in the first rotational position. A windshield reflects the light field from the polarizing device such that the reflected light field is visible to a human driver of the motor vehicle as a virtual image.

US Patent:

20190375332, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun 4, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/430488

Inventors:

- Peachtree city GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 1/072
B60R 1/04

Abstract:

An automatic mirror adjustment arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a sensor detecting a height of eyes of a driver of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the sensor and determines a desired orientation of a mirror within the motor vehicle based upon the detected height of the eyes of the driver. The processor transmits a control signal dependent upon the determined desired orientation of the mirror. An actuator is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and receives the control signal. The actuator moves the mirror into the determined desired orientation based upon the control signal.

US Patent:

20190187475, Jun 20, 2019

Filed:

Dec 17, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/221968

Inventors:

- Peachtree City GA, US
PATRICK O'CONNELL - NOVI MI, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G08G 1/16

Abstract:

An optical arrangement for a motor vehicle has a head up display light field emitter that emits a light field including a plurality of images simultaneously. At least one mirror is positioned to reflect the light field such that the light field is again reflected by a windshield of the vehicle, and such that the light field is visible to a driver of the vehicle as a plurality of virtual images that are each at a different respective distance from the driver. Each of the virtual images corresponds to one of the images in the light field.

US Patent:

20150016089, Jan 15, 2015

Filed:

Jul 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/942052

Inventors:

- Kariya-shi MI, US
Patrick O'Connell - Farmington Hills MI, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G06F 1/16
G02F 1/01
H05K 5/00
H05K 7/14

US Classification:

362 971, 361728, 361715, 361740

Abstract:

A heads-up-display assembly includes a display module and a circuit board. The display module is configured to display an image on a display surface, remote to the display module. The display module includes a housing, a visual display, and one or more retention members. The circuit board controls the visual display and is coupled to the display module by a first wire. The circuit board is movable between a first configuration in which the circuit board is free to hang from the display module by the first wire, and a second configuration in which the circuit board is removably retained to the housing by the one or more retention members and not free to hang by the first wire.