IP Library Granted Patent US 11,703,383
Granted Patent B2
US 11,703,383 · App. 17/424,787 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Vehicle window having an anisotropic light sensor

Inventors: Christopher Matheisen (Herzogenrath, DE); Gabor Varga (Herzogenrath, DE); Richard Stelzer (Aachen, DE); Benjamin Kaplan (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
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Patent No.
US 11,703,383
App. No.
17/424,787
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle window with an anisotropic light sensor, has a first glass layer and a second glass layer, wherein an arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged, substantially parallel to the first glass layer, between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, wherein the pane furthermore has an aperture such that light can shine through the second glass layer and the aperture onto at least one of the light-sensitive elements, wherein, depending on the direction of incident light, the sensor provides a signal that is indicative of the direction, wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements has a camera chip and wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged on a flexible film.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle window with an anisotropic light sensor, comprising a first glass layer and a second glass layer, wherein an arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged, substantially parallel to the first glass layer, between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, wherein the vehicle window further comprises an aperture such that light can shine through the second glass layer and the aperture onto at least one of the light-sensitive elements, wherein the aperture through which the light can shine has a size smaller than a size of the arrangement of light-sensitive elements so that only part of the arrangement of light-sensitive elements is illuminated when the light goes through the aperture such that, depending on a direction of incident light, the sensor provides a signal that is indicative of the direction, wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements has a camera chip and wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged on a flexible film.

2. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate space between the aperture and the arrangement of light-sensitive elements has a material with a refractive index less than the refractive index of the second glass layer.

3. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements comprises an array-like arrangement of at least 4 light-sensitive elements.

4. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein a bonding material selected from the group comprising polyimide, polyurethane, polymethylene methacrylic acid, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl butyral, FR6, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-copolymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, polybutylene terephthalate, polyamide is arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer.

5. The vehicle window according to claim 4 , wherein the film has a thickness of 50 μm to 500 μm.

6. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture is a pinhole aperture.

7. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture is arranged between the arrangement of light-sensitive elements and the second glass layer at a predetermined distance.

8. A vehicle with the vehicle window according to claim 1 .

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the vehicle is a land, water, air, or space vehicle.

10. The vehicle window according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture is spaced apart from the light-sensitive elements by an intermediate space that extends from the aperture to the light-sensitive elements such that light can shine through the second glass layer and the aperture through the intermediate space onto at least one of the light-sensitive elements, wherein a surrounding layer surrounds the aperture, the intermediate space and the light-sensitive elements, and wherein the intermediate space through which the light can shine and the surrounding layer are made of different materials.

11. The vehicle window according to claim 10 , wherein a refractive index of a material of the intermediate space is less than a refractive index of the second glass layer.

12. The vehicle window according to claim 10 , wherein the surrounding layer defines a periphery of the intermediate space.

13. The vehicle window according to claim 10 , wherein the intermediate space is a hollow space or is filled and the surrounding layer is made of a material selected from the group comprising polyimide, polyurethane, polymethylene methacrylic acid, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl butyral, FR6, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-copolymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, polybutylene terephthalate, polyamide.

14. The vehicle window according to claim 10 , wherein the intermediate space is a hollow space.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 16, 2025
From: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
Reel/Frame 071969/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: MATHEISEN, CHRISTOPHER; VARGA, GABOR; STELZER, RICHARD; KAPLAN, BENJAMIN
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 059038/0248 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19153012 · Jan 22, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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