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).
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Publication number: 20260118668Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: April 30, 2026Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Julian GREVERATH, Gabriele REUFSTECK, Martin ARNDT
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Publication number: 20260061844Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 5, 2026Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Adil JAAFAR, Florence JACQUES, Michael LABROT
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Patent number: 12370780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Johannes Wolf, Andreas Nositschka
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Publication number: 20250037406Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Varun RAMESH KUMAR, Markus KEWITZ, Andreas GOMER
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Patent number: 12158578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Johannes Wolf, Patrick Gayout, Cecile Ozanam
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Publication number: 20230347625Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Johannes WOLF, Andreas NOSITSCHKA
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Patent number: 11340453Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Ninet Babajani
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Publication number: 20220091414Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Johannes WOLF, Patrick GAYOUT, Cecile OZANAM
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Patent number: 11127216Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michele Cappuccilli, Martin Arndt
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Publication number: 20210263312Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Ninet BABAJANI
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Patent number: 11052578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Wolfgang Von Avenarius
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Patent number: 11052639Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Martin Arndt, Michele Cappuccilli, Wolfgang Von Avenarius, Li-Ya Yeh
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Publication number: 20210031494Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Ali-Osman KIZMAZ, Harald STOFFEL, Uwe VAN DER MEULEN
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Publication number: 20200269472Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Wolfgang VON AVENARIUS
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Publication number: 20200147934Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Wolfgang VON AVENARIUS, Li-Ya YEH
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Publication number: 20200126305Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Martin ARNDT