The present disclosure describes one or more communities of components (e.g., comprising one or more sensors and/or transceivers) that are configured to automatically locate and/or self-locate their members. The community of components includes a plurality of stationary components, and may include at least one transitory component.

A vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element having front and rear glass substrates with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The front glass substrate includes a specularly reflective perimeter layer at least partially around a perimeter border region of the rear side of the front glass substrate. At least one light source is disposed behind the perimeter layer. With the vehicular rearview mirror assembly mounted at the vehicle and when the at least one light source is electrically powered, the at least one light source emits light that passes through the perimeter border region of the second side of the front glass substrate and that is visible to a viewer viewing the first side of the front glass substrate of the electrochromic reflective element at the perimeter layer.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing occurrence of foaming in an end part of the laminated glass, and increasing the transparency of the laminated glass without conducting a high-temperature and high-pressure process by an autoclave. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and includes a first layer, and when a specific compression creep test is conducted for a test sample A having a diameter of 8 mm and a thickness of 0.8 mm obtained by cutting out the first layer, a variation in thickness of the test sample A before and after the compression creep test is 50 .Math.m or more and 325 .Math.m or less.

An electrochromic device is provided. The device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The device includes electrochromic material, with the first substrate, the electrochromic material and the second substrate forming a laminate, the first substrate offset in a lateral direction from the second substrate along at least a portion of an edge of the electrochromic device. The device includes a plurality of terminals coupled to the electrochromic material, with at least two of the plurality of terminals exposed on the first substrate by the first substrate being offset in the lateral direction from the second substrate. A method of manufacturing an electrochromic device is also provided.

To provide laminated glass that can significantly reduce air bubbles remaining inside.

Laminated glass having a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate laminated to each other, which has a first interlayer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and being in contact with the first glass substrate, a second interlayer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and being in contact with the second glass substrate, first and second functional members disposed between the first interlayer and the second interlayer and being in contact with the first interlayer and the second interlayer, wherein the first and second functional members have a higher rigidity than the first and second interlayers, and the first and second functional members are spaced apart from each other by a distance d when the laminated glass is viewed in plan view, and said distance d is at least 15 mm.

A method for producing a laminated pane with a functional element with electrically switchable optical properties, includes creating a first stack of layers including a first pane, a first thermoplastic laminating film, a separating film, a second thermoplastic laminating film, a second pane, laminating the first stack of layers while being heated, taking the first pane with the first thermoplastic laminating film off the second pane with the second thermoplastic laminating film, and the at least one separating film is removed from the stack of layers, providing a functional element having an active layer, placing the functional element into the stack of layers, whereby a second stack of layers is formed, laminating the second stack of layers to form a laminated pane, wherein the separating film is detachable residue-free from the first thermoplastic laminating film and the second thermoplastic laminating film.

Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations.

A laminated glass pane (1) comprises a first glass pane (10A), a second glass pane (10B) and an optically active film (20) laminated between the glass panes. The optically active film comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer separated by at least one intermediate layer. The first and second conductive layers are contacted by a first (12A) and second (12B) connection wire, respectively. The optically active film is fully covered by both glass panes. Both the first and the second connection wires protrude out from the active film passing a first edge (14A) of the first glass pane in a same direction (18). The second glass pane protrudes outside the first edge of the first glass pane in the direction by an off-set distance (16). The off-set distance is at least equal to a smallest width of the first and second connection wires.

A method is directed to modifying the color in transmission of an optical system that incorporates an electrochromic device. Such a modified optical system makes it possible to combine the notions of effectiveness in the chromatic variation on the one hand, and of limitation of losses in light transmission on the other hand.

The present disclosure provides a light adjusting glass, including: a basic light adjusting structure and a functional light adjusting structure which are disposed in a laminated manner; the basic light adjusting structure is configured to adjust a transmittance of light rays irradiated on the basic light adjusting structure; the functional light adjusting structure is configured to reflect light rays in a specific wave band irradiated on the functional light adjusting structure.