A method may be provided for manufacturing coated panels of the type including at least a substrate and a top layer with a motif. The top layer may be provided on the substrate. The method may involve providing a synthetic material layer on the substrate. A relief may be provided on the surface of said synthetic material layer provided on the substrate. The relief may include a pattern of recesses. The pattern may be at least partially determined by at least one print that is applied by inkjet printing. The relief may be obtained by printing a mask directly on or in the synthetic material layer. After providing the mask, the synthetic material layer may be cured. The mask may provide for selective curing of the synthetic material layer, such that the synthetic material layer is not solidified or solidified at a lesser extent in correspondence of the mask. The not solidified or less solidified portions of the synthetic material layer may be removed by performing a material-removing treatment on the synthetic material layer thereby obtaining the relief.

A method may be provided for manufacturing coated panels of the type including at least a substrate and a top layer with a motif. The top layer may be provided on the substrate. The method may involve providing a synthetic material layer on the substrate. A relief may be provided on the surface of the synthetic material layer provided on the substrate. The relief may include a pattern of recesses and/or projections. The relief may be obtained by providing a mask on or in the synthetic material layer. The mask may enable a selective treatment of the synthetic material layer. A material-removing treatment or a material-depositing treatment may be performed on the synthetic material layer, such that the mask at least partially determines the pattern.

A method of making a monolithic multi-tone audio speaker cover. The method involves creating a hole pattern in a blank; forming a shape in the blank to make a shaped blank; treating or painting at least some of the surface of the shaped blank with a primary treatment or color to prepare a treated or painted shaped blank; masking an area of the treated or painted shaped blank with a masking material to cover at least a portion of the treated or painted shaped blank; and applying a secondary color to the unprotected area.

A method is provided. In the method, a substrate having a first region and a second region on a substrate surface is provided. A film deposition material to form a first chemical bond in the first region and a second chemical bond in the second region is supplied to the substrate surface. The second bond has a second bond energy lower than a first bond energy of the first chemical bond. A film is selectively formed in the first region by supplying an energy lower than the first bond energy of the first chemical bond and higher than the second bond energy of the second chemical bond.

A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts.

A method for decorating the surface of a mechanical part including structuring, on the surface to be decorated, a masking layer having a thickness that is at least equal to the thickness of the decoration element to be produced; making, in the masking layer, at least one opening that coincides with the location on the surface to be decorated where the decoration element is to be produced, the opening having a contour that is identical to the contour of the decoration element and defining a volume with the mechanical part; filling the volume delimited by the masking layer and the surface to be decorated of with a filling material wherein the decoration elements are sought to be produced; and removing the masking layer.

An imprinting system according to an embodiment includes a first measuring device measuring an intensity of light reflected from an end of a shot area of a monitor substrate being an area on which imprinting has been performed, a dripping condition generating device generating a dripping condition of a resin-based mask material on the basis of the measured intensity of light, and an imprinting apparatus performing imprinting using the dripping condition. The imprinting apparatus includes a second measuring device measuring an intensity of light reflected from an end of a first shot area of a production substrate being an area on which imprinting has been performed, and a control unit adjusting arrangement of droplets of a resin-based mask material ejected on a second shot area of the production substrate being an area on which imprinting is to be performed on the basis of an intensity of light reflected from an end of the first shot area.

Soft-matter technologies are essential for emerging applications in wearable computing, human-machine interaction, and soft robotics. However, as these technologies gain adoption in society and interact with unstructured environments, material and structure damage becomes inevitable. A robotic material that mimics soft tissues found in biological systems may be used to identify, compute, and respond to damage. This material includes liquid metal droplets dispersed in soft elastomers that rupture when damaged to create electrically conductive pathways that are identified with a soft active-matrix grid. These technologies may be used to autonomously identify damage, calculate severity, and respond to prevent failure within robotic systems.

A substrate having a burnable coating mask includes: a substrate having a first section and a second section; a mask coating layer over the first section of the substrate; and a functional coating layer over at least a portion of the mask coating layer and over the second section of the substrate. A method of segmenting a substrate having a layer thereover, a method of preparing a segmented substrate having a layer thereover, a segmented substrate, and a transparency are also disclosed.

A method of applying a film to upper and lower appliques of a rear slider window assembly includes providing a support structure and positioning a rear slider window assembly at the support structure, with the rear slider window assembly including spaced apart fixed window panels, upper and lower appliques extending between the spaced apart fixed window panels, and a frame portion attached at the fixed window panels and appliques. An applicator includes first and second applicating devices for dispensing a strip of film onto a respective applique. The applicator is moved to a starting position where a roller of each applicating device presses an end region of the film onto the respective applique, and then is moved along the appliques with the rollers rolling along the respective appliques to press the film onto the appliques. The film strips are cut and pressed onto the respective appliques.