Initial Structure Design and Optimization of an Automotive Remote Head-Up Display

Abstract

Aiming at the problems of difficult construction and occlusion of the initial structure of an automotive augmented reality head-up display (AR-HUD), a method to quickly build the initial structure of an automotive AR-HUD is proposed. Firstly, the position of the mirrors in the initial structure is calculated based on the Rodrigues rotation formula. Secondly, the position of the mirrors is restricted by constraints during optimization to prevent the problem of structural occlusion. Finally, a virtual image display system with a visual distance of 7.5 m and a field of view angle of 10° × 5° is designed. The image quality analysis of the optimized system shows that the light spots in each field of view are all within Airy spots. At the spatial cutoff frequency of the virtual image plane of the optical system, the modulation transfer function (MTF) value of the full field of view is basically greater than 0.5, and the distortion is less than 1%. Finally, using the image for simulation, the results of the simulation image are satisfying, which proves the validity and feasibility of the structural design. It provides a useful reference for the structural design of the remote head-up display system.