A road vehicle capable of autonomous driving has a windshield (10) and a control system (30) being configured to selectively control a regular visible light transmittance of the windshield (10) between two or more electrically switchable light states that provide respective levels of visual access through the windshield (10) from outside the vehicle according to a driving context for the vehicle.

A composite pane, in particular for a projection assembly, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged between the outer and the inner pane, wherein the outer and the inner pane have in each case an outer face and an inner face, and the inner face of the outer pane and the outer face of the inner pane face one another, a first masking strip, which is arranged regionally on one of the outer faces or the inner faces of the inner or the outer pane, an electrically conductive coating, and a reflection layer, which is suitable for reflecting light, wherein the reflection layer is arranged spatially in front of the first masking strip when viewed from the inner pane toward the outer pane, wherein the first masking strip overlaps the reflection layer at least in one region.

A composite pane having an electrically controllable functional element that can be switched in segments, includes first and second panes joined to one another via an intermediate layer, and a functional element with a plurality of side edges embedded in the intermediate layer. The functional element includes, arranged flat one over another, a first surface electrode and a second surface electrode, between which an active layer is arranged flat. The first surface electrode is divided into multiple segments by a separating line. A group of first busbars electrically conductively contact the first surface electrode, and each segment of the first surface electrode is electrically conductively contacted by one busbar from the group of the first busbars. A second busbar electrically conductively contacts the second surface electrode.

A laminated pane with electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein an optoelectronic functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is incorporated into the intermediate layer, including an active layer, to which transparent sheetlike control electrodes are assigned on both surfaces, between a first carrier film and a second carrier film, wherein the intermediate layer, which surrounds the optoelectronic functional element, and the carrier films contain, in each case, thermoplastic material, wherein at least one capacitive touch element is integrated into the optoelectronic functional element such that a portion of at least one control electrode of the optoelectronic functional element is separated and provided with a signal lead for detecting a capacitive touch or approach signal.

A laminated glass, includes a glass plate, a polymer layer, and a functional device layer, wherein, the polymer layer is located between the glass plate and the functional device layer; the laminated glass further optionally includes another polymer layer, which is located at the other side of the functional device layer, opposite to the glass plate; the polymer layers each independently include polymer, which is selected from crosslinked ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer, and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer.

A composite pane with electrical contact-making means is described, having: a first pane and a second pane, which panes are connected to one another over their surface by means of a thermoplastic intermediate layer, at least one electrically conductive coating at least on the inner surface of the first pane, at least one busbar on a region of the electrically conductive coating, and at least one electrically conductive contact strip on at least one region of the busbar, wherein the contact strip is connected to at least one electrical feed line, and at least one region of the contact strip is in direct contact with the busbar.

A motor vehicle glazing including two sheets of glass, outer and inner, brought together by one or more inserted thermoplastic sheets, at least one electrically powered functional assembly being inserted between the sheets of the glazing, a capacitive sensor controlling power supply of the functional assembly by a unit for processing signals emitted by the sensor, the sensor also being inserted into the glazing on a transparent substrate coated with an equally transparent conductive layer, a layer in which the sensor is formed.

A vehicular laminated glass having a light control film, having deterioration of the appearance as viewed from inside or outside the vehicle suppressed and a favorable field of view secured.

A vehicular laminated glass comprising a pair of glass plates provided to face each other, an interlayer provided between the pair of glass plates, and a light control film capable of switching the visible light transmittance provided inside the interlayer, wherein the light control film has a first substrate and a second substrate provided to face each other, a light control layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sealing material provided on the periphery of the light control layer, and in a plan view, at least a part of the periphery of the light control film is away from the periphery of the pair of glass plates with a distance of at most 5 mm.

A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane, which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the composite pane has an opaque masking region and a transparent see-through region, wherein the intermediate layer has a functional element which covers the entire see-through region, wherein at least one region of the side edge of the functional element does not extend as far as the side edge of the composite pane but is arranged within the masking region, and wherein the surface of the outer pane facing away from the intermediate layer has a pattern of coated regions in the masking region which are provided with a partially transparent reflective coating.

A transparent display device includes a transparent substrate, a film provided on the transparent substrate via an adhesive layer, and a plurality of light-emitting units provided on the film, wherein each of the light-emitting units includes a light-emitting diode having a surface area of 1 mm.sup.2 or less, a thickness of the film is 2 ?m or more and 400 ?m or less, a value obtained by multiplying a tensile strength of the film by the thickness is 5?10.sup.2 (Pa.Math.m) or more, and a transmittance of visible light is 20% or more.