The disclosure relates to the field of glass technology, and in particular, to a patterned glass and a vehicle
Dimmable glass can switch between transparent and opaque states through various methods such as electric control, temperature control, light control, and pressure control. Due to various limitations, almost all mass-produced dimmable glass on the market is electrically controlled dimmable glass. By controlling partitions of the dimmable glass, different patterns can be displayed. However, the current partitioned dimmable glass is prone to uneven patterned-glass dimming due to unreasonable pattern settings.
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a patterned glass and a vehicle, which are capable of optimizing the display uniformity of patterns of a partitioned dimmable patterned glass and enhancing the user experience.
In a first aspect, a patterned glass is provided by the disclosure. The patterned glass includes a display region having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. A direction from the first edge towards the second edge serves as a first direction. The patterned glass further includes an outer glass, an inner glass, and a light control functional layer disposed between the outer glass and the inner glass. The light control functional layer has multiple partitions distributed in the first direction at intervals. Each of the multiple partitions has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side are sequentially distributed in the first direction, and a distance between the first side and the second side is greater than or equal to 20 mm.
In a possible embodiment, each of the multiple partitions has multiple corners, where a radius of curvature of each of the multiple corners is greater than or equal to 1 mm.
In a possible embodiment, the first side is a straight line or a curve.
In a possible embodiment, one of the multiple partitions located at the first edge serves as a first partition, one of the multiple partitions located at the second edge serves as a second partition, and at least one of the multiple partitions located between the first edge and the second edge serves as at least one third partition. The first partition, the at least one third partition, and the second partition are arranged at intervals in the first direction.
In a possible embodiment, the at least one third partition is implemented as multiple third partitions, where the multiple third partitions are arranged at intervals and are the same in shape.
In a possible embodiment, each of the at least one third partition has a first sub-partition, a second sub-partition, and a third sub-partition, where the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the third sub-partition.
In a possible embodiment, one of the multiple partitions located at the first edge serves as a first partition, one of the multiple partitions located at the second edge serves as a second partition, and regions located between the first edge and the second edge among the multiple partitions serve as multiple third partitions and at least one fourth partition, where each adjacent two third partitions among the multiple third partitions are spaced apart from each other by one fourth partition and are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the one fourth partition.
In a possible embodiment, each of the multiple third partitions has a first sub-partition, a second sub-partition, and a third sub-partition, where the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the third sub-partition.
In a possible embodiment, the display region further has a third edge and a fourth edge opposite the third edge, where the third edge and the fourth edge are located between the first edge and the second edge. The first sub-partition has a first branch, a second branch, and a third branch, where the first branch extends in the first direction, the second branch and the third branch are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the first branch, both one end of the second branch and one end of the third branch are connected to one end of the first branch, another end of the second branch extends to the third edge, and another end of the third branch extends to the fourth edge.
In a possible embodiment, the display region further has a third edge and a fourth edge opposite the third edge, where the third edge and the fourth edge are located between the first edge and the second edge. Each of the multiple third partitions has a first branch, a second branch, and a third branch, where the first branch extends in the first direction, the second branch and the third branch are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the first branch, both one end of the second branch and one end of the third branch are connected to one end of the first branch, another end of the second branch extends to the third edge, and another end of the third branch extends to the fourth edge.
In a possible embodiment, each of the multiple third partitions has a first section, a second section, and a third section arranged in sequence in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, where the second section is longer than both the first section and the third section in the first direction.
In a possible embodiment, the patterned glass further includes a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer. The first conducting layer is disposed between the light control functional layer and the inner glass, and the second conducting layer is disposed between the light control functional layer and the outer glass. Alternatively, the first conducting layer is disposed between the light control functional layer and the outer glass, and the second conducting layer is disposed between the light control functional layer and the inner glass.
In a possible embodiment, the patterned glass further includes two adhesive layers. One of the two adhesive layers is disposed between the first conducting layer and the inner glass, and another one of the two adhesive layers is disposed between the second conducting layer and the outer glass. Alternatively, one of the two adhesive layers is disposed between the second conducting layer and the inner glass, and another one of the two adhesive layers is disposed between the first conducting layer and the outer glass.
In a second aspect, a vehicle is further provided in the disclosure. The vehicle includes a vehicle body and the above-mentioned patterned glass. The patterned glass is connected to the vehicle body.
To describe the solutions in the disclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the disclosure, and those of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other accompanying drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
For the sake of convenience, the terms related to embodiments of the disclosure are explained first.
Terms “a plurality of” and “multiple” mean that the number is two or more.
Terms “connect” may be understood in a broad sense. For example, A and B are connected, which can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the disclosure will be clearly described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Dimmable glass can switch between transparent and opaque states through various methods such as electric control, temperature control, light control, and pressure control. Almost all mass-produced dimmable glass on the market is electrically controlled dimmable glass. By controlling partitions of the dimmable glass, different patterns can be displayed. The current partitioned dimmable glass is prone to uneven patterned-glass dimming due to unreasonable pattern settings. Specifically, if a channel width of one of partitions is insufficient, the single-channel dimming of an independent partition will have a voltage drop, causing uneven dimming.
In view of above, the embodiments of the disclosure provide a patterned glass and a vehicle, which are capable of optimizing the display uniformity of patterns of a partitioned dimmable patterned glass and enhancing the user experience.
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It may be understood that the embodiments of the disclosure illustrate the vehicle 1000 with the patterned glass 100, but the patterned glass 100 can also be applied to buildings or other uses, and the embodiments of the disclosure do not limit the use of the patterned glass 100.
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Exemplarily, the light control functional layer 30 can be one of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal film (PDLC), a suspended particle device (SPD) film, or an electrochromism (EC) film.
The first conducting layer 40 has multiple first separation lines 41, and the second conducting layer 50 has multiple second separation lines 51. The first separation lines 41 can divide the first conducting layer 40 into multiple sections, and the multiple sections of the first conducting layer 40 are electrically insulated from each other. The second separation lines 51 can divide the second conducting layer 50 into multiple sections, and the multiple sections of the second conducting layer 50 are electrically insulated from each other. Each section is independently connected to a voltage source so that they can be separately controlled. Therefore, different areas of the patterned glass 100 can be independently controlled, thereby displaying patterns of the patterned glass 100. The first conducting layer 40, the light control functional layer 30, and the second conducting layer 50 may cooperate to form a dimmable layer (not illustrated). The sections of the first conducting layer 40 and the sections of the second conducting layer 50 cooperate to conduct part of regions of the light control functional layer 30 to form a pattern. That is, the light control functional layer 30 is divided into multiple partitions according to shapes of the sections of the first conducting layer 40 and shapes of the sections of the second conducting layer 50. The shapes of the sections of the first conducting layer 40 may the same as the shapes of the sections of the second conducting layer 50.
The dimmable layer may also include a first dielectric layer (not illustrated) and a second dielectric layer (not illustrated). The first dielectric layer may be disposed between the first conducting layer 40 and the adhesive layer 60 close to the outer glass 10. The second dielectric layer may be disposed between the second conducting layer 50 and the adhesive layer 60 close to the inner glass 20. Both the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer can be made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer can prevent internal components (i.e., the first conducting layer 40, the light control functional layer 30, and the second conducting layer 50) from directly contacting external structures, thereby protecting the internal components.
In one possible embodiment, the first conducting layer 40 is disposed between the light control functional layer 30 and the inner glass 20, and the second conducting layer 50 is disposed between the light control functional layer 30 and the outer glass 10. One adhesive layer 60 is disposed between the second conducting layer 50 and the outer glass 10, and another adhesive layer 60 is disposed between the first conducting layer 40 and the inner glass 20. That is, the inner glass 20, the one adhesive layer 60, the first conducting layer 40, the light control functional layer 30, the second conducting layer 50, the another adhesive layer 60, and the outer glass 10 are sequentially stacked. The outer glass 10 is a single layer of glass, of the patterned glass 100, facing the outside of the vehicle, and the inner glass 20 is a single layer of glass, of the patterned glass 100, facing the inside of the vehicle. A current may flow between the first conducting layer 40 and the second conducting layer 50, and the current may flow into the light control functional layer 30 through a current channel. Due to the photoelectric effect of the light control functional layer 30, the transparency of the patterned glass 100 can be changed. It may be noted that the first separation lines 41 and the second separation lines 51 can be straight lines and perpendicular to the light control functional layer 30. The first separation lines 41 and the second separation lines 51 can also be slightly curved. The disclosure does not limit the structure of the first separation lines 41 and the second separation lines 51.
In another possible embodiment, the positions of the first conducting layer 40 and the second conducting layer 50 in this embodiment are changed and thus different from that in the previous embodiments. The first conducting layer 40 is disposed between the light control functional layer 30 and the outer glass 10, and the second conducting layer 50 is disposed between the light control functional layer 30 and the inner glass 20. One adhesive layer 60 is disposed between the first conducting layer 40 and the outer glass 10, and another adhesive layer 60 is disposed between the second conducting layer 50 and the inner glass 20. That is, the outer glass 10, the one adhesive layer 60, the first conducting layer 40, the light control functional layer 30, the second conducting layer 50, the another adhesive layer 60, and the inner glass 20 are sequentially stacked.
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The display region 110 has a first edge 111, a second edge 112, a third edge 113, and a fourth edge 114. The first edge 111 is opposite to the second edge 112, the third edge 113 is opposite to the fourth edge 114, and the third edge 113 and the fourth edge 114 are arranged between the first edge 111 and the second edge 112. It may be noted that the layer structure of the patterned glass 100 in the display region 110 includes the light control functional layer 30. The layer structure of the patterned glass 100 in the non-display region 120 may not include the light control functional layer 30. Alternatively, the layer structure of the patterned glass 100 in the non-display region 120 may also include the light control functional layer 30, and the patterned glass 100 does not display patterns in the non-display region 120.
The light control functional layer 30 has multiple partitions distributed in a first direction at intervals, where a direction from the first edge 111 towards the second edge 112 serves as the first direction, identified as X. Each partition has a first side 31 and a second side 32 opposite the first side 31, and the first side 31 and the second side 32 are arranged sequentially in the first direction. A distance between the first side 31 and the second side 32 at various positions in the same partition may be varied or unvaried. In a case where the distance between the first side 31 and the second side 32 at various positions in the same partition is varied, the minimum length of a spacing between the first side 31 and the second side 32 serves as distance a between the first side 31 and the second side 32, and the distance a is greater than or equal to 20 mm.
In a possible embodiment, each of the multiple partitions has multiple corners, where a radius of curvature of each of the multiple corners is greater than or equal to 1 mm.
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One of the multiple partitions located at the first edge 111 serves as the first partition 301, one of the multiple partitions located at the second edge 112 serves as the second partition 302, and regions located between the first edge 111 and the second edge 112 among the multiple partitions serve as one third partition 303. One first partition 301, the one third partition 303, and one second partition 302 are arranged sequentially in the first direction.
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The first sub-partition 3031 has a first branch 3031a, a second branch 3031b, and a third branch 3031c. The first branch 3031a extends in the first direction, the second branch 3031b and the third branch 3031c are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the first branch 3031a, both one end of the second branch 3031b and one end of the third branch 3031c are connected to one end of the first branch 3031a. Another end of the second branch 3031b extends to the third edge 113, and another end of the third branch 3031c extends to the fourth edge 114. The first branch 3031a may be connected to the second branch 3031b by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm. The first branch 3031a may be connected to the third branch 3031c by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm.
Since the second sub-partition 3032 is symmetrical to the first sub-partition 3031 about the third sub-partition 3033, the shape of the second sub-partition 3032 is a mirror image of the shape of the first sub-partition 3031. Therefore, the shape of the second sub-partition 3032 can refer to the shape of the first sub-partition 3031, and will not be described herein in detail.
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It may be understood that both the patterned glass 100 in
The patterned glass 100 in
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The first partition 301 and the second partition 302 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the third partition 303. The patterned glass 100 in
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The third partition 303 has a first section 303a, a second section 303b, and a third section 303c arranged in sequence in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second section 303b is longer than both the first section 303a and the third section 303c in the first direction. The second section 303b may be octagonal. The first section 303a and the third section 303c are the same as each other in shape and are rectangular. The first section 303a and the third section 303c are located on the two opposite sides of the second section 303b, respectively. The fourth partition 304 may be hourglass-shaped and located between the two third partitions 303. An edge of the fourth partition 304 may be spaced apart from an edge of the third partitions 303.
Each two adjacent segments of the second section 303b are connected to each other by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm. The first section 303a is smoothly connected to the second section 303b by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm. The third section 303c is smoothly connected to the second section 303b by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm.
In the patterned glass 100 in
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The first sub-partition 3031 has the first branch 3031a, the second branch 3031b, and the third branch 3031c. The first branch 3031a extends in the first direction. The second branch 3031b and the third branch 3031c are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the first branch 3031a. Both one end of the second branch 3031b and one end of the third branch 3031c are connected to one end of the first branch 3031a. Another end of the second branch 3031b extends to the third edge 113, and another end of the third branch 3031c extends to the fourth edge 114. The first branch 3031a is connected to the second branch 3031b by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm. The first branch 3031a is connected to the third branch 3031c by an arc with a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm.
Since the second sub-partition 3032 is symmetrical to the first sub-partition 3031 about the third sub-partition 3033, the shape of the second sub-partition 3032 is a mirror image of the shape of the first sub-partition 3031. Therefore, the shape of the second sub-partition 3032 can refer to the shape of the first sub-partition 3031, and will not be described herein in detail. For example, there may be three third partitions 303, where one fourth partition 304 is disposed between each two adjacent third partitions 303. Alternatively, there may be four third partitions 303, where one fourth partition 304 is disposed between each two adjacent third partitions 303. In this embodiment, there may be multiple third partitions 303, and the number of third partitions 303 is not limited in this embodiment.
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Similar to the patterned glass 100 in
The light control functional layer 30 of the patterned glass 100 in
The embodiments of the disclosure are described in detail above, specific examples are used herein to describe the principle and implementation manners of the disclosure. The description of the above embodiments is merely used to help understand the method and the core idea of the disclosure. Meanwhile, those skilled in the art may make modifications to the specific implementation manners and the application scope according to the idea of the disclosure. In summary, the contents of the specification should not be construed as limiting the disclosure.
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/098659, filed Jun. 14, 2022, and the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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Parent | PCT/CN2022/098659 | Jun 2022 | WO |
Child | 18978987 | US |