Sneak Peek of the New Prius - #3

toyota is stuffed with denso parts.. soo yes maybe your right!

 

Thank you, Prius Team, this is more intriguing.

Looking at the 'bracket' the lens is mounted in, there appears to be a slot that would allow for movement. Hmm. An HUD projector would need to move to accommodate drivers of different heights, wouldn't it?

My hunch about the area labelled 'reflection from the top glass layer' is that it's an inner ring of material with round perforations to allow for cooling, and nothing to do with a speaker, or even a top glass layer. Is it possible the lens moves up and down? Also, I think the 'reflection from the lower lens' are the reflected perforations, elongated by the curve of the lens.

And if that is a 'camera flash' reflection, why is there a shadow just below the outside of the black ring? Could that reflection be light through the windshield?

Can anyone take this image and blow it up for a better look?

Is there a prize for guessing correctly?

 

You guys are better at this sleuthing stuff than Charlie Chan! I hope the Toyota team endows us with many more pics at a rate of 1 or 2 a week.

 

It would be ironic (and extremely idiotic) if the Gen 3 Prius has a HUD that shows the speedometer but no tachometer or other useful data. Or worse yet, it can only show data in metric or british unit of measurement but the user cannot select any preference.

 

Hmm. I was trying to analyze the reflections too.

If it's at knee level below the dash, as Fruz suggests, then the top reflection could be a fancy accelerator, and the second reflection could be the pattern on the floor / rug.

If it is a HUD, then the reflections could be the exterior set.

 

As others have guessed, I vote for a HUD. This type of option fits right in with this car.

While I have never had a car with a HUD, I think it would be nice. It could be really nice if they allowed you to display different things.

 

Maybe its just a light for the floor.

 

HUD is completly optional, it does not replace your mph/rev/etc gauges...

 

It's not a HUD. HUDs don't work that way. HUDs reflect off the windshield. If you look through the HUD cutouts on the C5/C6 or any other HUD equipped car, you'll see the image of the HUD on the LCD or display device upside down. It's simply reflected, like looking into a mirror. There's no lense involved.

If this was a hud, it would project an image and the only way you'd see it is if the focus was on the windshield using a non reflective surface like a projector screen but HUDs depend upon reflecting an image already focused on an earlier surface.

 

Hmph, it COULD be HUD...

... I checked up new Crown Hybrid in Japan, and it had night vision system... look at the cameras it employs - looks exactly the same as this picture here and it is surrounded with white plastic from overhead compartment (thats where it is mounted at). Check at the pics on the bottom.

Translated version of http://toyota.jp/crownhybrid/dynamism/finegraphicmeter/index.html

 

That ivory plastic around the lenses is the same material as the Open/Close toggle we saw in the Sneak Peek Pic #2.



From the leaked interior pics, this kind of plastic is no where near the dash. That leaves a few choices:
1) Rear seats
2) Under the hood
3) Hatch/trunk
4) Exterior

I think we can cross out #1 and #2. I would say it is in either #3 or #4.

 

got it... more info will be posted soon

 

It's a HAL 9000.

 

It is line keeping/departing system. It is featured on Crown Hybrid and will be featured on upcomin Avensis, as expensive model.

It comes together with pre-crash system and radar cruise control which adjusts speeds of your vehicle according to the traffic (like on LS or MB S class).


From Avensis Press Guide:

And here is the picture from the Crown Hybrid:



Looks familiar?

 

now, can we also get night vision and LCD combination meters and HUD? please? I want it all

 

p.s. PCS and radar cruise control, without line change/departure features is $2,850 option for GS450h...

 

Would be cool if true.