IP Library Granted Patent US 12,117,405
Granted Patent B2
US 12,117,405 · App. 17/641,635 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Method and system for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing

Inventors: Michael Bard (Primm Springs, TN); Markus Walter Pohlen (Mückeln, DE); Donald Philip Michelotti (Nashville, TN); Yu Matsuda (Nashville, TN); Linda Anne Leonard (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
G01N21/958B60R11/00G01N21/8851G01N21/93B60R2011/0026G01N2021/9586
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Patent No.
US 12,117,405
App. No.
17/641,635
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing; generating digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results; generating identification information for the vehicle glazing; and associating the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information.

Claims (44)

1. A method for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing, the method comprising:

obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing;

generating digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results;

generating identification information for the vehicle glazing;

associating the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information; and

determining and selecting, by another computing device, based at least upon the digitized optical distortion information, an information acquisition system to be mounted near the vehicle glazing and acquire information through the vehicle glazing.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information to at least one computing system via a communication network.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one computing system comprises a cloud-based computing server system, the method further comprises storing, by the cloud-based computing server system, the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising downloading, by another computing device, the digitized optical distortion information of the vehicle glazing from the cloud-based computing server system using the identification information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing comprises at least data related to the optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing, a warpage map of the vehicle glazing, or data related to a modulation transfer function (MTF) of the vehicle glazing.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information of the vehicle glazing comprises at least one unique machine-readable code including at least one of a combination of numbers and/or letters, barcode, quick response (QR) code, passive or active radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, near field communication (NFC) tracker, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon, and global system for mobile communication/short message service (GSM/SMS) tag.

7. A method for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing, the method comprising:

obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing;

generating digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results;

generating identification information for the vehicle glazing;

associating the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information; and

calibrating, by another computing device, an information acquisition system mounted near the vehicle glazing and acquire information through the vehicle glazing based at least upon the digitized optical distortion information.

8. A method for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing, the method comprising:

obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a first computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing;

generating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results;

generating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, identification information for the vehicle glazing;

associating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information;

transmitting, by the first computing device, the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information to a second computing device via a communication network;

storing, by the second computing device, the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information;

downloading, by a third computing device, the digitized optical distortion information from the second computing device, using the identification information; and

determining and selecting, by the third computing device, based at least on the digitized optical distortion information, an information acquisition system to be mounted near the vehicle glazing and acquire information through the vehicle glazing.

9. A method for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing, the method comprising:

obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a first computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing;

generating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results;

generating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, identification information for the vehicle glazing;

associating, by the at least one processor of the first computing device, the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information;

transmitting, by the first computing device, the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information to a second computing device via a communication network;

storing, by the second computing device, the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information;

mounting an information acquisition system near the vehicle glazing for acquiring information through the vehicle glazing;

downloading, by a third computing device, the digitized optical distortion information from the second computing device, using the identification information; and

calibrating, by the third computing device, the information acquisition system based at least on the digitized optical distortion information.

10. A system for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing, the system comprising:

an optical distortion determination system comprising at least one processor configured to: obtain and analyze optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing, generate digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results, generate identification information for the vehicle glazing, associate the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information, and transmit the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information to at least one computing system via a communication network, wherein the at least one computing system is configured to store the digitized optical distortion information and the identification information;

an information acquisition system that is mounted near the vehicle glazing to acquire information through the vehicle glazing; and

a computing device that is configured to: download the digitized optical distortion information from the at least one computing system using the identification information and calibrate the information acquisition system based at least on the digitized optical distortion information.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing comprises at least data related to the optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing, a warpage map of the vehicle glazing, or data related to a modulation transfer function (MTF) of the vehicle glazing.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the identification information of the vehicle glazing comprises at least one unique machine-readable code including at least one of a combination of numbers and/or letters, barcode, quick response (QR) code, passive or active radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, near field communication (NFC) tracker, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon, and global system for mobile communication/short message service (GSM/SMS) tag.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one computing system comprises a cloud-based computing server system.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computing device is configured to download the digitized optical distortion information of the vehicle glazing from the cloud-based computing server system using the identification information.

Assignments (7)
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 Mar 24, 2022
From: BARD, MICHAEL; MICHELOTTI, DONALD; LEONARD, LINDA
To: CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 059390/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: POHLEN, MARKUS
To: CARLEX GLASS LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Reel/Frame 059390/0025 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC
To: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059390/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: MATSUDA, YU
To: CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 059390/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: CARLEX GLASS LUXEMBOURG S.A.
To: CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 059390/0096 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62900095 · Sep 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62900119 · Sep 13, 2019
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