Device for generating a display image on a composite glass pane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9922621-B2
Application number	US-201214131680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2012
Priority date	Aug 29, 2011
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A device for generating a display image on a composite glass pane is described. The device has: a composite glass pane with a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to each other via an intermediate layer that contains at least one luminescent pigment; a laser projector, which contains at least one laser and an optical system for deflecting a radiation of the laser, the radiation being directed within a region of the composite glass pane; a photodetector, which detects luminescent radiation of the luminescent pigment; and a control unit, which electronically connects the photodetector and the laser projector.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for generating a display image on a composite glass pane, comprising:
a composite glass pane with a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to each other via an intermediate layer containing at least one luminescent pigment;
a laser projector, which contains at least one laser and an optical system for deflecting a laser radiation of the at least one laser, wherein the laser radiation is directed within a region of the composite glass pane;
a photodetector, which detects luminescent radiation of the at least one luminescent pigment, wherein the luminescent radiation has a different wavelength than the laser radiation, wherein the photodetector is positioned and aligned such that luminescent radiation from at least an entire region of the composite glass pane accessible to the laser radiation can be detected, wherein a wavelength range detectable by the photodetector is adapted to a wavelength range of the luminescent radiation of the at least one luminescent pigment by a spectral filter in front of an active surface of the photodetector; and
a control unit, which electronically connects the photodetector and the laser projector,
wherein the control unit interrupts an emission of radiation from the laser projector when no luminescent radiation is detected by the photodetector.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the photodetector includes at least one camera with a two-dimensional image sensor.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the photodetector includes at least one single pixel photo sensor.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit compares signals transmitted by the laser projector and by the photodetector.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the laser projector includes a diode laser and the diode laser emits radiation with a wavelength from 360 nm to 420 nm.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system for deflecting the radiation includes at least one MEMS microscanner.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation is linearly polarized with a polarization ratio of at least 50:1, a p-polarized radiation striking the composite glass pane in a p-polarized manner.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein an angle of incidence θ of the radiation when the radiation strikes the composite glass pane is from 20° to 70°.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the laser projector emits radiation with a periodically repeating pulse sequence.

10. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an infrared photodetector that is connected to the control unit and that detects infrared radiation reflected by the composite glass pane, wherein the infrared photodetector is sensitive in a wavelength range from 4 μm to 10 μm.

11. The device according to claim 10 , further comprising an infrared radiation source that emits infrared radiation within the wavelength range from 4 μm to 10 μm to the composite glass pane.

12. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an ultrasound source and an ultrasound detector that are connected to the control unit, wherein the ultrasound source emits an ultrasound signal to the composite glass pane and the ultrasound detector detects the ultrasound signal after it is reflected by the composite glass pane.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit includes at least one integrated circuit.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one luminescent pigment includes at least one hydroxyalkyl terephthalate with the chemical formula R 1 —COO-Ph(OH) x —COO—R 2 , wherein
R 1 , R 2 is an alkyl or allyl radical having 1 to 10 C atoms,
Ph is a phenyl ring,
OH is a hydroxyl group bonded to the phenyl ring, and
x is a whole number from 0 to 4.

15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an antireflective coating is arranged on a surface of the first pane facing the laser projector, the antireflective coating comprising a layer containing a porous silicon dioxide.

16. A method for generating a display image on a composite glass pane, comprising:
directing a laser radiation of a laser via an optical system of a laser projector at a composite glass pane containing at least one luminescent pigment and transmitting a projector ON signal by the laser projector to a control unit when the laser radiation leaves the laser projector;
transmitting a photodetector ON signal by a photodetector to the control unit when a luminescent radiation of the at least one luminescent pigment from a region of the composite glass pane accessible to the radiation of the laser is detected, wherein the luminescent radiation has a different wavelength than the laser radiation, wherein the photodetector is positioned and aligned such that luminescent radiation front at least an entire region of the composite glass pane accessible to the laser radiation can be detected, wherein a wavelength range detected by the photodetector is adapted to a wavelength range of the luminescent radiation of the at least one luminescent pigment by a spectral filter in front of an active surface of the photodetector, and
interrupting an emission of radiation via the control unit from the laser projector when the projector ON signal is received and, at the same time, no photodetector ON signal is received by the control unit.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein
the radiation is directed at regular time intervals at a predefined position, in an edge region of the region accessible to the radiation,
the photodetector includes a camera with a two-dimensional image sensor, the camera configured to monitor occurrences of a regular luminescent signal from the predefined position on the composite pane, and
the control unit interrupts the emission of laser radiation from the laser projector when a regular luminescent signal from the predefined position is not detected on the composite glass pane.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein
the radiation is directed at regular time intervals at a predefined position within the laser projector,
the laser projector includes a photodetector, the photodetector configured to monitor occurrences of a regular radiation signal, and
the control unit interrupts the emission of the laser radiation from the laser projector when the regular radiation signal is not detected by the photodetector.

19. A method comprising:
using the device for generating the display image on the composite glass pane according to claim 1 as a transparent display in buildings, motor vehicles, airplanes, helicopters, and/or watercraft.

Assignees

• Alschinger Matthias
• Labrot Michael
• Letocart Philippe
• Bergs Bianca
• Elmer Monique
• Laluet Jean Yves
• Lecamp Guillaume
• Neander Marcus
• Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Alschinger Matthias
• Labrot Michael
• Letocart Philippe
• Bergs Bianca
• Elmer Monique
• Laluet Jean-Yves
• Lecamp Guillaume
• Neander Marcus

Classifications

• G03B21/204

  using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence (using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197) · CPC title

• G02B1/04

  made of organic materials, e.g. plastics (G02B1/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03B21/60

  characterised by the nature of the surface · CPC title

• G03B21/62

  Translucent screens · CPC title

• G02B26/101

  with both horizontal and vertical deflecting means, e.g. raster or XY scanners (colour television using laser beams scanning a display screen H04N9/3129) · CPC title