	US 11,703,383 B2
	Vehicle window having an anisotropic light sensor
Christopher Matheisen, Herzogenrath (DE); Gabor Varga, Herzogenrath (DE); Richard Stelzer, Aachen (DE); and Benjamin Kaplan, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/424,787
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050239 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/151942, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19153012 (EP), filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128398 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01)

CPC G01J 1/4204 (2013.01) [B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 17/10036 (2013.01); B32B 17/1055 (2013.01); B32B 17/1077 (2013.01); B32B 17/10165 (2013.01); B32B 17/10724 (2013.01); B32B 17/10752 (2013.01); B32B 17/10761 (2013.01); B32B 17/10779 (2013.01); G01J 1/0271 (2013.01); G01J 1/0437 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2605/006 (2013.01); B32B 2605/12 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A vehicle window with an anisotropic light sensor, comprising a first glass layer and a second glass layer, wherein an arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged, substantially parallel to the first glass layer, between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, wherein the vehicle window further comprises an aperture such that light can shine through the second glass layer and the aperture onto at least one of the light-sensitive elements, wherein the aperture through which the light can shine has a size smaller than a size of the arrangement of light-sensitive elements so that only part of the arrangement of light-sensitive elements is illuminated when the light goes through the aperture such that, depending on a direction of incident light, the sensor provides a signal that is indicative of the direction, wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements has a camera chip and wherein the arrangement of light-sensitive elements is arranged on a flexible film.