Gasgoo Awards 2023 applicant: Intelligent vehicle projection and display solution: AR-HUD from Coretronic Corporation

Product: Intelligent vehicle projection and display solution: AR-HUD 

Description

Coretronic's optical capabilities have fully covered the four mainstream AR-HUD imaging technologies:  (1) TFT-LCD: Possess mature TFT-LCD design capabilities.  (2) DLP: With over 30 years of core capabilities in Coretronic's DLP projectors (including optical modules and engines, system cooling capabilities, power management, and interactive display technology), we can meet customers' professional needs.  (3) MEMS+LBS: In 2019, we invested in MEMS technology, components, modules, and solutions. After pairing with LBS, we applied a micro electromechanical two-dimensional scanning galvanometer and RGB three primary laser to image through laser scanning.  (4) LCOS: LCOS silicon based liquid crystal technology is commonly used in AR glasses, micro projectors, etc. Coretronic continues to invest in the development of LCOS AR-HUD related optical designs.

Unique advantages

(1) 30 Years of Optoelectronics Expert Team: Coretronic has been based in the "Optoelectronics Industry" for more than 30 years, deeply cultivating light, machinery, electricity, heat, materials, and manufacturing processes. It has been awarded a government technology research and development institution and has accumulated 1838 intellectual property rights. Our company has the ability to independently develop AR-HUD, integrate the existing high-end free Curved mirror design and production resources, and take into account cost optimization and production efficiency.  (2) Professional design: Coretronic's AR-HUD is highly integrated with second tier suppliers (sub tier). In terms of volume, efficiency, and heat dissipation, the overall volume is only 10 liters, FOV 10X4, 12000 nits, and 16W. (50% energy saving compared with the same level)  (3) User experience: Coretronic optimizes its optical path design to achieve low Vergence (<1 mrad), reducing drivers' dizziness when viewing AR-HUD images.

Application

(1) Due to its excellent optical and mechanical design capabilities, Coretronic's AR-HUD can produce high-precision imaging, making it particularly suitable for use in harsh weather areas such as snow and high sunlight exposure markets. It can also present complete images without being affected when drivers wear sunglasses or polarized glasses. Overall, Coretronic's AR-HUD can be applied in many application fields.  (2) Coretronic's AR optical machine is also suitable for more emerging applications, such as optical waveguide technology, which can project AR imaging on the front windshield. The imaging size can reach infinity, and the required optical machine size is smaller, which is more suitable for compact small cars without too much volume space.

Prospect

The core technology of Coretronic lies in over 30 years of professional optical and mechanical (optical path) design, which has a strong elastic supply capacity in the intelligent cockpit market. It can provide meta components and also cooperate with customers to provide customized designs.  The AR-HUD participating in this competition was developed by Coretronic 4 years ago and has started more diverse application research, including AR glasses, which is sufficient to prove Coretronic's keen vision for the future automotive light display market.