LAMINATED GLAZING WITH REDUCED OUTSIDE LIGHT REFLECTION AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY

Abstract

A laminated glazing with light transmission LT in the visible spectrum of at least 70%, includes two clear glass sheets bonded to one another by an adhesive interlayer, wherein one of the two faces of the glass sheets on the inside of the laminated structure is coated with a stack of thin layers adapted to reflect at least 17% of p-polarized light projected under an incident angle of 65°, and wherein the adhesive interlayer is tinted so as to absorb 5 to 25% of visible light.

Claims

1. A laminated glazing with light transmission LT in the visible spectrum of at least 70%, consisting of two clear glass sheets bonded to one another by an adhesive interlayer to form a laminated structure, wherein one of the-two faces of the two clear glass sheets on an inside of the laminated structure is coated with a stack of thin layers adapted to reflect at least 17% of p-polarized light projected under an incident angle of 65°, and wherein the adhesive interlayer is tinted so as to absorb 5 to 25% of visible light.

2. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the stack of thin layers is adapted to reflect at least 19% of p-polarized light.

3. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the stack of thin layers includes silver.

4. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the stack of thin layers comprises a single layer of silver.

5. The laminated glazing according to claim 4, wherein the layer of silver is inserted between alternations of layers with high and low refractive index.

6. The laminated glazing according to claim 4, wherein the stack of thin layers mainly contains, in addition to the layer of silver, layers with high refractive index.

7. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of each of the two glass sheets is comprised between 0.5 and 2.5 mm.

8. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the tinted adhesive interlayer consists of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and has a thickness comprised between 0.38 and 1.52 mm.

9. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive interlayer comprises an upper strip tinted to a greater degree, so as to absorb 40 to 100% of visible light.

10. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein dyes of the tinted adhesive interlayer absorb visible and near-infrared light.

11. The laminated glazing according to claim 10, wherein the adhesive interlayer contains nanoparticles of cesium-doped tungsten oxide WO.sub.x:Cs so as to absorb light with wavelengths comprised between 750 and 1200 nm.

12. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive interlayer has a composition or a structure that grants it an acoustic damping property.

13. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein a free face of the glass sheet coated with the stack of thin layers comprises an anti-reflective coating.

14. The laminated glazing according to claim 1, wherein two opposing edges of a surface of the stack of thin layers are connected to electrodes connected to an electric power supply, so as to make the stack of thin layers heatable.

15. A system comprising a laminated glazing and a projector of p-polarized light, wherein the laminated glazing has a light transmission LT in the visible spectrum of at least 70%, consists of two clear glass sheets bonded to one another by an adhesive interlayer to form a laminated structure, the p-polarized light is projected onto the laminated glazing according to an incident angle that does not vary from the Brewster’s angle of the air/clear glass interface by more than 15°, wherein a face on an inside of the laminated structure of one of the two clear glass sheets closest to the projector is coated with a stack of thin layers adapted to reflect at least 17% of p-polarized light projected under an incident angle of 65°, and wherein the adhesive interlayer is tinted so as to absorb 5 to 25% of visible light.

16. A method comprising providing a laminated glazing according to claim 1 as a windscreen with a head-up display HUD of a vehicle, wherein the clear glass sheet of the two clear glass sheets that is coated with a reflective stack of thin layers is oriented towards the a side of the a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and a projector emits p-polarized light onto the a free surface of the laminated glazing on the side of the passenger compartment of the vehicle according to an incident angle that does not vary from the Brewster’s angle by more than 15°.

17. The laminated glazing according to claim 12, wherein the structure is a three-layer structure.

Description

EXAMPLE

[0026] Five compositions of laminated glazings according to the invention are disclosed in the table hereunder.

TABLE-US-00001 material 1 2 3 4 5 Soda-lime glass 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm PVB 0.76 mm 0.76 mm 0.76 mm 0.76 mm 0.76 mm SiN 70 nm 70 nm 60 nm 60 nm 60 nm SiZrN 10 nm 10 nm ZnO 10 nm 10 nm 10 nm NiCr 0.3 nm 0.3 nm 0.3 nm 0.3 nm 0.3 nm Ag 11 nm 12 nm 12 nm 11 nm 13 nm ZnO 10 nm 10 nm 10 nm SiZrN 10 nm 10 nm SiN 30 nm 35 nm 25 nm 20 nm 20 nm Soda-lime glass 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm 2.1 mm

[0027] The PVB is tinted so as to absorb 15% of visible light.