A composite pane includes outer and inner panes joined via an intermediate layer, an electrochromic functional element with electrically controllable optical properties within the intermediate layer, wherein the total solar energy transmittance in the darkened state is higher than in the bright state and/or the energy transmittance in the darkened state is higher than in the bright state, and an infrared protection layer having at least one silver-containing layer and arranged on an interior-side surface of the inner pane facing the intermediate layer, on an interior-side surface of the outer pane facing the intermediate layer, or within the intermediate layer. The infrared protection layer interacts with the functional element such that the total solar energy transmittance through the composite pane in the darkened state is lower than in the bright state and/or the energy transmittance through the composite pane in the darkened state is lower than in the bright state.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of making bluish fogging less likely to occur. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a pigment, and in the interlayer film for laminated glass, a value YId obtained by subtracting a yellow index YIp calculated from parallel light transmittance from a yellow index YIt calculated from total light transmittance is −1.0 or more.

A laminated glass for vehicle is provided. The laminated glass includes an interlayer film having an infrared reflective layer that reflects an infrared ray and having a colored layer containing a coloring agent, and in the laminated glass, it is possible to suppress coloring of the reflected light. The laminated glass for vehicle according to the present invention includes: a first lamination glass member to be arranged at an exterior side of a vehicle; a second lamination glass member to be arranged at an interior side of a vehicle; and an interlayer film arranged between the first lamination glass member and the second lamination glass member, the interlayer film having an infrared reflective layer that reflects an infrared ray and having a colored layer containing a coloring agent, the infrared reflective layer being arranged closer to the second lamination glass member than the colored layer is, and the colored layer being arranged closer to the first lamination glass member than the infrared reflective layer is in the interlayer film. The laminated glass for vehicle satisfies a specific first configuration or a specific second configuration.

Boride particles represented by a general formula XB, (where X is at least one kind of metal element selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, Ca, and m is a number indicating an amount of boron in the general formula) are provided, wherein an amount of carbon included in the boride particles is 0.2% by mass or less, as measured by a combustion-infrared absorption method.

Multispectral camouflage systems, apparatuses, and methods describes herein may include an assembled array of one or more discrete camouflage units, wherein each of the one or more discrete camouflage units includes a composite material having at least one predetermined structurally related property and at least one predetermined camouflage-related property, and wherein each of the one or more discrete camouflage units is joined to one or more neighboring unit to provide a laterally positioned camouflage cover configured to conceal an object from visible detection, infrared detection, thermal imaging, and radar detection.

Disclosed herein is one or more embodiments of a pillow including a body including a base and side supports. The body includes a compressible material. The base includes a convexly curved bottom surface. The side supports extend vertically from the base. The base and side supports define an indent with a shape sized and arranged for a human head to fit in the indent. The side supports are arranged and sized to provide side support to the human head when the human head is resting in the indent. The indent extends from a first side of the base.

A heat ray shielding fine particle dispersion body and a heat ray shielding laminated transparent substrate that as well as exhibit heat ray shielding properties and suppressing a scorching sensation on the skin when used in structures such as window materials and the like, also enable usage of communication devices, imaging devices, sensors and the like that use near-infrared light interposing the heat ray shielding film or the heat ray shielding glass, containing a transparent thermoplastic resin, and wherein heat ray shielding fine particles are dispersed in the transparent thermoplastic resin, the heat ray shielding fine particles having elements L, M, tungsten, and oxygen, and a hexagonal crystal structure represented by a general formula (L.sub.AM.sub.B) W.sub.CO.sub.D, wherein the element L is an element selected from K, Rb, Cs, and the element M is one or more elements selected from K, Rb, and Cs and is different from the element L.

Provided are a novel naphthalocyanine compound, which has strong absorption in a near-infrared range, extremely weak absorption in a visible range, and high resistance such as light resistance and heat resistance, and exhibits excellent solubility in an organic solvent or a resin, a heat ray shielding material, and uses of the naphthalocyanine compound such as a heat ray shielding material and the like. The naphthalocyanine compound is represented by General Formula (1). ##STR00001## wherein, in Formula (1), M represents two hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal, or a derivative of a trivalent or tetravalent metal, R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, A represents Formula (2), and B represents Formula (3), ##STR00002## wherein, in Formula (2), R.sub.4 to R.sub.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryloxy group, or an arylthio group, and ##STR00003## wherein, in Formula (3), X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and or an imino group, R.sub.9 to R.sub.13 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an ester group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group.

There is provided a heat-ray shielding film mainly composed of polyvinyl acetal resin and capable of exhibiting excellent heat shielding properties, and a heat-ray shielding transparent laminated base material using the heat-ray shielding film, the heat-ray shielding film including: a compound having a heat-ray shielding function; a selective wavelength absorbing material; polyvinyl acetal resin, and a plasticizer; wherein the selective wavelength absorbing material has a transmittance profile in which a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 550 nm is 90% or more, and a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 450 nm is 40% or less.

A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.