Patents by Inventor Michele CAPPUCCILLI

Michele CAPPUCCILLI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260118668
    Abstract: A projection assembly for displaying a virtual image for a viewer whose eye position is located in an eyebox, includes at least a laminated pane having a projection region and a main see-through region, wherein the projection region is arranged outside the main see-through region, and the laminated pane has an opaque masking layer outside the main see-through region at least in the projection region, an image display device arranged on the interior side, which is directed towards the projection region, wherein the image display device is a matrix display, and a control element that is suitable for selectively controlling different matrices of the image display device for displaying the virtual image for different positions of the eyebox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Julian GREVERATH, Gabriele REUFSTECK, Martin ARNDT
  • Publication number: 20260061844
    Abstract: A laminated pane includes an outer pane with an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface, a thermoplastic intermediate layer, an inner pane with an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface, a masking layer arranged between the outer and inner panes, an electrically switchable functional film switchable between a first switching state with lower optical transmission and a second switching state with higher optical transmission by applying an operating voltage. The electrically switchable functional film is arranged, when viewed perpendicularly through the laminated pane, directly adjacent to the masking layer or overlapping an opening in the masking layer. The masking layer and the electrically switchable functional film are arranged in one region of the laminated pane. The laminated pane includes a reflective layer for reflecting light on the outer-side surface and/or on the interior-side surface of the inner pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Adil JAAFAR, Florence JACQUES, Michael LABROT
  • Patent number: 12370780
    Abstract: A vehicle compound glazing unit with first and second regions including a first pane having first and second surfaces, a second pane having third and fourth surfaces, a first thermoplastic polymer interlayer, wherein the first interlayer is arranged between the second surface of the first pane and the third surface of the second pane, and a heatable layer or coating arranged at the second surface of the first pane or the third surface of the second pane, the heatable layer or coating provided with two or more electrical contacts. The vehicle compound glazing unit also includes a diffusely reflecting structure in the second region, which diffusely reflects incident light directed to the glazing unit from the interior of the vehicle and having a maximum gain in the range of 0.1 to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Johannes Wolf, Andreas Nositschka
  • Publication number: 20250037406
    Abstract: An arrangement for a driver assistance system of a vehicle, includes a radiation source for emitting infrared radiation, a radiation receiver for receiving infrared radiation, a windshield formed of an outer pane and an inner pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the windshield has at least one functional layer reflecting infrared radiation, wherein the radiation source is arranged such that infrared radiation can be reflected from the functional layer as first reflection radiation onto the face of a driver, the first reflection radiation can be reflected from the face of the driver as second reflection radiation onto the functional layer, and wherein the radiation receiver is arranged such that the second reflection radiation reflected from the functional layer as third reflection radiation can be reflected to the radiation receiver and received by the radiation receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Varun RAMESH KUMAR, Markus KEWITZ, Andreas GOMER
  • Patent number: 12158578
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing and display system includes a vehicle compound glazing unit including a layer or surface which diffusely reflects incident light directed to the glazing unit from the interior of the vehicle and having a maximum gain in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 and a viewing angle for a real image element generated within the glazing plane of more than 60°, in a first direction and of more than 30°, in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and a projector for projecting an image to the vehicle glazing unit to generate a real image in the plane of the glazing unit and wherein the vehicle compound glazing unit is a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Johannes Wolf, Patrick Gayout, Cecile Ozanam
  • Publication number: 20230347625
    Abstract: A vehicle compound glazing unit with first and second regions including a first pane having first and second surfaces, a second pane having third and fourth surfaces, a first thermoplastic polymer interlayer, wherein the first interlayer is arranged between the second surface of the first pane and the third surface of the second pane, and a heatable layer or coating arranged at the second surface of the first pane or the third surface of the second pane, the heatable layer or coating provided with two or more electrical contacts. The vehicle compound glazing unit also includes a diffusely reflecting structure in the second region, which diffusely reflects incident light directed to the glazing unit from the interior of the vehicle and having a maximum gain in the range of 0.1 to 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Johannes WOLF, Andreas NOSITSCHKA
  • Patent number: 11340453
    Abstract: A head-up display (HUD), includes an imaging unit, an optical element, which is suitable for deflecting the radiation of the imaging unit in the direction of a windshield and thereby irradiating an HUD region of the windshield in order to generate a virtual image, a positioning device, which is suitable for fixing the windshield in a defined arrangement relative to the optical element, and a camera unit, which is suitable for capturing the virtual image through the windshield from different eye positions, wherein the optical element is configured such that the entire virtual image lies within the depth of field range of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Ninet Babajani
  • Publication number: 20220091414
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing and display system includes a vehicle compound glazing unit including a layer or surface which diffusely reflects incident light directed to the glazing unit from the interior of the vehicle and having a maximum gain in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 and a viewing angle for a real image element generated within the glazing plane of more than 60°, in a first direction and of more than 30°, in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and a projector for projecting an image to the vehicle glazing unit to generate a real image in the plane of the glazing unit and wherein the vehicle compound glazing unit is a windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Johannes WOLF, Patrick GAYOUT, Cecile OZANAM
  • Patent number: 11127216
    Abstract: An HUD system, includes at least one first HUD device, namely an AR-HUD device, with at least one first image source for displaying a first image produced by at least one hologram in a first display section of a display region and at least one second HUD device with at least one second image source for displaying a second image produced using geometric projection optics in a second display section of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Martin Arndt
  • Publication number: 20210263312
    Abstract: A head-up display (HUD), includes an imaging unit, an optical element, which is suitable for deflecting the radiation of the imaging unit in the direction of a windshield and thereby irradiating an HUD region of the windshield in order to generate a virtual image, a positioning device, which is suitable for fixing the windshield in a defined arrangement relative to the optical element, and a camera unit, which is suitable for capturing the virtual image through the windshield from different eye positions, wherein the optical element is configured such that the entire virtual image lies within the depth of field range of the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Ninet BABAJANI
  • Patent number: 11052578
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic combination film suitable for a composite glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic combination film includes at least one defined area, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a variable wedge angle, the method including providing a first thermoplastic film, producing a second thermoplastic film with a variable wedge angle, wherein the three-dimensional shape of second thermoplastic film is obtained by molding on a mold, and joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Wolfgang Von Avenarius
  • Patent number: 11052639
    Abstract: Thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film includes a defined region, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a non-zero wedge angle, and a region surrounding the defined region on all sides, in which the thermoplastic film has a substantially constant thickness, wherein the maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than the thickness in the surrounding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Wolfgang Von Avenarius, Li-Ya Yeh
  • Publication number: 20210031494
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite pane suitable as a projection surface of a projection assembly, wherein (a) a polarisation-selective coating is provided on a carrier film; (b) the polarisation-selective coating is transferred from the carrier film onto a laminating film, by (i) arranging the carrier film and the laminating film areally one atop the other with the coating positioned therebetween to form a film stack, (ii) treating the film stack for at least 2 hours at a pressure of at least 8 bar and a temperature of 80° C. to 120° C. in an autoclave, and (iii) peeling the carrier film off the laminating film, with the coating remaining on the laminating film; (c) the laminating film is arranged areally between a first pane and a second pane; and (d) the first pane is laminated with the second pane via the laminating film to form the composite pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Ali-Osman KIZMAZ, Harald STOFFEL, Uwe VAN DER MEULEN
  • Publication number: 20200269472
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic combination film suitable for a composite glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic combination film includes at least one defined area, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a variable wedge angle, the method including providing a first thermoplastic film, producing a second thermoplastic film with a variable wedge angle, wherein the three-dimensional shape of second thermoplastic film is obtained by molding on a mold, and joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Wolfgang VON AVENARIUS
  • Publication number: 20200147934
    Abstract: Thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film includes a defined region, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a non-zero wedge angle, and a region surrounding the defined region on all sides, in which the thermoplastic film has a substantially constant thickness, wherein the maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than the thickness in the surrounding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Wolfgang VON AVENARIUS, Li-Ya YEH
  • Publication number: 20200126305
    Abstract: An HUD system, includes at least one first HUD device, namely an AR-HUD device, with at least one first image source for displaying a first image produced by at least one hologram in a first display section of a display region and at least one second HUD device with at least one second image source for displaying a second image produced using geometric projection optics in a second display section of the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Martin ARNDT