A process for producing a transparent layered element exhibiting a diffuse reflection property, to this layered element as such and to the use thereof in a plurality of industrial applications. There is also provided a projection or back-projection method implementing such a layered element.

Provided is laminated glass and a preparation method thereof, an electronic device housing, and an electronic device. The laminated glass comprises at least two glass members and at least one adhesive film disposed in a stacked manner, where the glass members and the adhesive film are alternately disposed, wherein decorative layers are provided on surfaces of at least two of the glass members facing toward the adhesive film, and at least two of the decorative layers independently comprise at least one of an etched texture, an optical coating layer, and a pattern layer.

Embodiments of the invention disclose a method of producing a portable electronic device cover glass. The method comprises providing a portable electronic device cover glass preform of a predefined thickness, for example ranging from 10 micrometers to 600 micrometers, and texturing a surface of the portable electronic device cover glass preform such that said surface is provided with a roughness that simulates the surface of paper in terms of a user's reading experience and writing experience.

A vehicle pane has a first and a second pane element that are joined to one another surface-to-surface such that the vehicle pane has a first pane face, a second pane face, a third pane face, and a fourth pane face. The second pane face has a first printed region and the third or fourth pane face has a second printed region for forming a viewing region along the vehicle pane. The first and second printed region are each designed with at least a first, second, and third zone. At least one of the first and/or second zones is at least partially printed and the third zones are not printed. The second zones are implemented as a transition region between the first zone and the third zone such that an optical effect of the first printed region is compensated by an optical effect of the second printed region.

A laminated glazing includes a first glass layer, a second glass layer, an interlayer, and an optical coating layer. The interlayer is between the first glass layer and the second glass layer and has a first textured surface with a texture. The optical coating layer is between the interlayer and the second glass layer and includes an optical coating material. One or more of the texture or the optical coating material is different between an outer region and a central region of the laminated glazing.

A glazing includes at least one first pane having a first primary surface and a second primary surface, at least one light source, at least one transparent light coupling system, wherein the light source is connected to the first primary surface of the first pane via the light coupling system such that light from the light source can be coupled into the first pane, and at least one light outcoupling system for outcoupling light from the first pane via at least one of the primary surfaces.

Methods are provided for fabricating electrochromic devices that mitigate formation of short circuits under a top bus bar without predetermining where top bus bars will be applied on the device. Devices fabricated using such methods may be deactivated under the top bus bar, or may include active material under the top bus bar. Methods of fabricating devices with active material under a top bus bar include depositing a modified top bus bar, fabricating self-healing layers in the electrochromic device, and modifying a top transparent conductive layer of the device prior to applying bus bars.

Laminated (and, in some cases, additionally etched) glazing units for cooperation with solar-energy systems during architectural integration thereof include an optically-transparent substrate in contact with an incident medium, on one side, and with a non-quarter-wave thin-film-stack based interference filter on another side, followed by an exit medium. Embodiments are practically applicable to conceal physical structures disposed behind them and characterized by IR-light transmittance that is enhanced (as compared with conventional glazing units based on quarter-wave thin-film-stacks and similarly utilized) to improve efficiency of a solar-energy system carrying at least a portion of such glazing unit on its front surface. Colour of reflected light perceived as a function of angle is sufficiently stabilized for practical applications. In specific cases, a solar-energy system is integrated inside or with such a glazing unit.

Light-control panels including layered optical components are described in this application. An example of a light-control panel includes first and second glazing layers and first and second switchable components extending between the first and second glazing layers. The light-control panel also includes a thermal coating extending between the first switchable component and the first glazing layer and a filter extending between the first and second switchable components.

A coated laminated glazing providing improved readability for data transponder device is disclosed. The coated laminated glazing includes a surface coating layer provided on at least one of face two or face three of the laminated glazing and having an etched area selectively provided on the surface coating layer. The coated laminated glazing includes a data transponder or antenna positioned below the etched area and sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate of the laminated glazing. Alternatively, the coated laminated glazing is fixed in close proximity to the etched area to face 1 or face 4 of the laminated glazing. The etched area is characterized by a plurality of disjoint patterns to provide improved data readability through RF transparency. The coated laminated glazing further includes one or more interlayers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.