IP Library Granted Patent US 12,226,979
Granted Patent B2
US 12,226,979 · App. 17/439,459 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Optical pattern for information acquisition system

Inventors: Katharina Boguslawski (Trier, DE); Markus Walter Pohlen (Muckeln, DE)
Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
B32B17/10348B32B7/023B32B17/10036B32B17/10266B32B17/10706B32B2605/006
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Patent No.
US 12,226,979
App. No.
17/439,459
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a laminated glazing having an information acquisition system viewing area formed to have a pattern in optical power.

Claims (26)

1. A glazing, comprising:

a viewing area of an information acquisition system, wherein the viewing area is formed to provide an optical power pattern in which optical power varies across the viewing area, based on distance from which information is collected, and wherein the optical power is transmitted optical power,

wherein the optical power pattern is formed by a film, and the film is a holographic film.

2. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern comprises a gradient change in optical power in the viewing area.

3. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern comprises a change in optical power along a vertical axis in the viewing area.

4. The glazing according to claim 3 , wherein the optical power pattern decreases in optical power upward along the vertical axis.

5. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern comprises a change in optical power along a horizontal axis in the viewing area.

6. The glazing according to claim 5 , wherein the optical power is substantially symmetrical along the horizontal axis of the viewing area.

7. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern is formed by at least one print at least partially adjacent to the viewing area.

8. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern is formed by a change in glazing thickness.

9. The glazing according to claim 8 , wherein the glazing comprises a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, and a polymer interlayer; and

wherein the change in glazing thickness is due to a change in thickness of the polymer interlayer.

10. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glazing comprises a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate,

wherein the optical power pattern is determined by a localized curvature in at least one of the first and second glass substrates.

11. The glazing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glazing comprises a first glass substrate, and

wherein the optical power pattern is determined by a difference in refracture index of at least one of the first and second glass substrates.

12. The glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising a lens formed on at least a portion of the viewing area, wherein the lens is formed to provide the optical power pattern in the viewing area.

13. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern comprises a zoom area having an optical power different than an optical power of a majority of the information acquisition system viewing area.

14. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern includes a concave lens or a convex lens.

15. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the optical power pattern includes positive and negative optical power.

16. A method of preparing the glazing according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

providing the glazing having a viewing area through which an information acquisition system is configured to collect information; and

providing a pattern of optical power in the viewing area by applying an uncured resin to the glazing in the viewing area, molding the uncured resin to form a desired lens structure, and curing the resin,

wherein the optical power is transmitted optical power.

17. The glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glazing has a curvature.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE CORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER SHOULD READ "16747739" NOT "29747739". PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060982 FRAME: 0276. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 12, 2023
From: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
To: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 062387/0812 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
To: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 060982/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2022
From: PFEUFFER, EVELYN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060486/0421 →
NOTICE OF SECURITY INTERSTS Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC; ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 060390/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: CARLEX GLASS LUXEMBOURG, S.A.
To: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057498/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: BOGUSLAWSKI, KATHARINA; POHLEN, MARKUS
To: CARLEX GLASS LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Reel/Frame 057485/0436 →