Glass for autonomous car

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11407677-B2
Application number	US-201716318290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2017
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm, and preferably in the wavelength range from 750 to 950 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automotive glazing comprising:
a. a glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 in a wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and
b. an infrared filter,
wherein an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter.

2. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has an absorption coefficient lower than 1 m −1 .

3. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared-based remote sensing device is optically coupled to the internal face of the glazing.

4. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glazing is a laminated glazing comprising the glass sheet, which is an exterior glass sheet, and an interior glass sheet laminated with at least one thermoplastic interlayer, and wherein the exterior and interior glass sheets are high level of near infrared radiation transmission glass sheets having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 and wherein the infrared-based remote sensing device is placed on face 4 .

5. The automotive glazing according to claim 4 , wherein the interior glass sheet has a value of light transmission lower than a value of infrared transmission.

6. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet is covered with at least one infrared transparent tinted and/or reflecting coating.

7. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glass sheet comprises, based on a total weight of glass percentages:
total iron (expressed as Fe 2 O 3 ) in an amount of 0.002 to 0.06%, and
Cr 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.06%.

8. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glass sheet comprises, based on a total weight of glass percentages:
total iron (expressed as Fe 2 O 3 ) in an amount of 0.002 to 0.06%,
Cr 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.0015 to 1%, and
Co in an amount of 0.0001 to 1%.

9. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glass sheet comprises, based on a total weight of glass percentages:
total iron (expressed as Fe 2 O 3 ) in an amount of 0.02 to 1%,
Cr 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.002 to 0.5%, and
Co in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.5%.

10. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glass sheet comprises, based on a total weight of glass percentages:
total iron (expressed as Fe 2 O 3 ) in an amount from 0.002 to 1%,
Cr 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.001 to 0.5%,
Co in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.5%, and
Se in an amount of 0.0003 to 0.5%.

11. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared filter is a multilayer stack comprising n functional layer(s) of a material reflecting infrared radiation, with n≥1, and n+1 dielectric coatings such that each functional layer is surrounded by dielectric coatings.

12. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared filter comprises silver.

13. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared filter is a coating wherein the zone free of the infrared filter is provided on which the infrared-based remote sensing device is placed.

14. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared-based remote sensing device is a LIDAR system based on scanning, rotating or solid state LiDARs and enabling of 3D mapping the surroundings around the vehicle.

15. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-reflective coating provided on a surface of the automotive glazing.

16. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glazing is a windshield.

17. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared filter comprises a coating deposited on the glass sheet.

18. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 and greater than 1 m −1 .

19. The automotive glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising a second glass sheet laminated to the glass sheet with at least one thermoplastic interlayer, wherein the second glass sheet has an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 .

20. An automotive glazing comprising:
a. a first glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 and greater than 1 m −1 in a wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm,
b. an infrared filter,
c. a thermoplastic interlayer,
d. a second glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m −1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm, and
e. an infrared-based remote sensing device in a wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm placed on face 4 of the second glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter,
wherein the first glass sheet, the second glass sheet, and the thermoplastic interlayer are laminated together.

Assignees

• Agc Glass Europe

Inventors

• Fedullo Nicolas
• Lambricht Thomas
• Sartenaer Yannick
• Ayoub Patrick
• Boland Francois

Classifications

• C03C17/366

  Low-emissivity or solar control coatings · CPC title

• G01S7/4813

  Housing arrangements · CPC title

• C03C4/10 Primary

  for infrared transmitting glass · CPC title

• B32B17/10119

  having a composition deviating from the basic composition of soda-lime glass, e.g. borosilicate · CPC title

• B32B17/10036

  comprising two outer glass sheets · CPC title