A laminated glass according to the present invention is a windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield including an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes.

An abnormality in an imaging apparatus configured to generate an image or in an optical member located on an optical path for capturing the image can be accurately determined, irrespective of the environment. An image processing apparatus includes a first receiver configured to receive a first image, a second receiver configured to receive a second image having an imaging range that includes at least a portion of an imaging range of the first image, and a controller configured to determine an abnormality in the first image or the second image based on a common portion in the imaging ranges of the first image and the second image.

An abnormality in an imaging apparatus configured to generate an image or in an optical member located on an optical path for capturing the image can be accurately determined, irrespective of the environment. An image processing apparatus includes a first receiver configured to receive a first image, a second receiver configured to receive a second image having an imaging range that includes at least a portion of an imaging range of the first image, and a controller configured to determine an abnormality in the first image or the second image based on a common portion in the imaging ranges of the first image and the second image.

A rear glass according to the invention is for attachment to a lift-up backdoor that closes an opening in a rear portion of a vehicle, and includes a glass plate, a defogger disposed in a vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and a shared antenna installed on the glass plate upward or downward of the defogger, the shared antenna including a power supply unit, an AM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and an FM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and a relationship between an element length L.sub.AM of the AM antenna, a center wavelength λ.sub.FM-C corresponding to a reception frequency band of the FM antenna and a wavelength shortening coefficient α of the glass plate satisfying 0.49×α×λ.sub.FM-C≤L.sub.AM≤0.67×α×λ.sub.FM-C.

Aspects of the invention generally relate to a display sign heating apparatus, method of making and using the same and more particularly to a display sign for preventing or mitigating snow and icing from interfering with the display.

A circuit-including film comprising: a resin film (1); and a conductive fine wire circuit (A) and a conductive circuit (B) independent of the conductive fine wire circuit (A), which are arranged on one surface of the resin film (1), wherein the resin film (1) contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl acetal resin, an ionomer resin and an ethylene-(vinyl acetate) copolymer resin.

The invention discloses an iridescent intelligent bathroom mirror, including a glass substrate, a control module, and a lamp strip module, wherein a front face of the glass substrate is provided with a reflecting area and a light emitting area, and a back face of the glass substrate is provided with a coaxial connecting frame; a periphery of an outside surface of the connecting frame is provided with a mounting groove; the lamp strip module includes an inner lamp strip and an RGB outer lamp strip; the inner lamp strip is arranged on the back face of the glass substrate; and the RGB outer lamp strip is arranged in the mounting groove.

Laminated glass includes: an outer glass plate having a first side and a second side; an inner glass plate that is arranged opposing the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as a shape of the outer glass plate; and an intermediate layer arranged between the outer and the inner glass, wherein the intermediate layer has a heat-generating layer including: a first bus bar that extends along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar that extends along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines arranged so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other, and when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second bus bars, an amount of heat generated per unit length of each of the heating lines is 2.0 W/m or less.

A laminated glazing usable as a heatable glazing for means of transportation. Also, a method for producing the laminated glazing and a method for decreasing the sheet resistance of the laminated glazing.

Methods relating to and an apparatus including: a smart device and an integrated heating module are provided. The apparatus includes: a smart device having an electrically switchable material, a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer, wherein the electrically switchable material is retained between a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer; and an integrated heating module configured between the electrically switchable material and one of: the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer, wherein the integrated heating module is configured to provide resistant heating along at least a portion of the electrically switchable material.