Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio wave-transmitting, wavelength-selective plate, which is characterized in that a layer composed of Ag fine particles is formed and that the central portions of the Ag fine particles contain an alloy (Ag alloy) formed of Ag and a metal which forms a homogeneous solid solution with Ag (hereinafter referred to as a homogeneous solid solution metal).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio wave-transmitting, wavelength-selective plate, which is characterized in that a layer composed of Ag fine particles is formed and that the central portions of the Ag fine particles contain an alloy (Ag alloy) formed of Ag and a metal which forms a homogeneous solid solution with Ag (hereinafter referred to as a homogeneous solid solution metal).

Abstract: A head-up display system comprising a transparent plate. A liquid crystal display generates a display light of information with a plane of polarization inclined by about 45° relative to an image plane vertical axis. A first optical rotation layer is disposed on a first surface of the transparent plate, and receives the display light from the liquid crystal display and optically rotates the plane of polarization of the display light by about 90°. A second optical rotation layer is between the image plane of the liquid crystal display and a second surface of the transparent plate, and optically rotates the plane of polarization of the display light by about 45° and allows S-polarized light to emanate toward the transparent plate at Brewster's angle. The S-polarized light is reflected on the second surface and is directed toward an eye of an operator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frequency selective plate having a radio wave transparent property. This frequency selective plate includes (a) a transparent substrate; (b) a mixture layer formed on the transparent substrate, the mixture layer containing a mixture of a metal nitride and Ag; and (c) Ag particles formed on the mixture layer, the Ag particles being two-dimensionally distributed on the mixture layer and being separated from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frequency selective plate having a radio wave transparent property. This frequency selective plate includes (a) a transparent substrate; (b) a mixture layer formed on the transparent substrate, the mixture layer containing a mixture of a metal nitride and Ag; and (c) Ag particles formed on the mixture layer, the Ag particles being two-dimensionally distributed on the mixture layer and being separated from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display system where polarized light rays from a display device impinge on a laminate at Brewster's angle or emerge therefrom at an angle equal to Brewster's angle. This laminate is a combination of a transparent platelike object and a functional film that is an optical rotatory film or a semitransparent film. The platelike object has a front major surface, facing the display device, and a back major surface. The display device has a polarizing member for polarizing light rays of the display device into S-wave or P-wave light rays. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the optical rotatory film is formed on the front or back major surface of the platelike object or in an inside of the platelike object, and S-wave light rays from the polarizing member are thrown against the front major surface of the laminate. With this, a part of the S-wave light rays is reflected from the front major surface of the laminate toward a viewer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display system where polarized light rays from a display device impinge on a laminate at Brewster's angle or emerge therefrom at an angle equal to Brewster's angle. This laminate is a combination of a transparent platelike object and a functional film that is an optical rotatory film or a semitransparent film. The platelike object has a front major surface, facing the display device, and a back major surface. The display device has a polarizing member for polarizing light rays of the display device into S-wave or P-wave light rays. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the optical rotatory film is formed on the front or back major surface of the platelike object or in an inside of the platelike object, and S-wave light rays from the polarizing member are thrown against the front major surface of the laminate. With this, a part of the S-wave light rays is reflected from the front major surface of the laminate toward a viewer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display system where polarized light rays from a display device impinge on a laminate at Brewster's angle or emerge therefrom at an angle equal to Brewster's angle. This laminate is a combination of a transparent platelike object and a functional film that is an optical rotatory film or a semitransparent film. The platelike object has a front major surface, facing the display device, and a back major surface. The display device has a polarizing member for polarizing light rays of the display device into S-wave or P-wave light rays. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the optical rotatory film is formed on the front or back major surface of the platelike object or in an inside of the platelike object, and S-wave light rays from the polarizing member are thrown against the front major surface of the laminate. With this, a part of the S-wave light rays is reflected from the front major surface of the laminate toward a viewer.

Abstract: A laminated transparent structure for a reflective display which is used, for example, as a head-up display of an automotive vehicle. The laminated transparent structure comprises a glass plate. A transparent layer is bonded to the glass plate. An optical rotation film is disposed between the glass plate and the transparent layer. Additionally, a hot-melt adhesive is disposed between the optical rotation film and the glass plate to bond the optical rotation film to the glass plate.

Abstract: A water sensor, such as a rain or dew sensor, includes a light emitting device for producing sensing light to be reflected in a transparent plate such as a windshield glass panel of a vehicle, a light receiving device for receiving the sensing light, and a hologram sheet having at least one hologram for defining a light path of the sensing light between the light emitting device and the light receiving device. The hologram sheet may be attached to the inside surface of a windshield glass panel or interposed between inside and outside glass layers of a laminated glass panel.

Abstract: A laminated glass to be used as a front windshield glass of an automotive vehicle, forming part of a head-up display system for displaying an image of light representing driving information on the windshield glass. The laminated glass comprises inboard-side and outboard-side glass plates of the vehicle. An intermediate film is disposed between and in contact with the inboard-side and outboard-side glass plates. A polarization-direction changing film is disposed between the first and second glass plates and bonded to the outboard-side glass plate with an adhesive containing an ultraviolet ray absorbing agent. The polarization-direction changing film functions to rotate a plane of polarization of light to be incident thereon.

Abstract: A laminated glass to be used as a front windshield of an automotive vehicle including a head-up display system. The laminated glass comprises outboard-side and inboard-side glass plates. An intermediate film is interposed between the inboard-side and outboard-side glass plates to bond the glass plates to each other. An optically functioning film such as a polarization-direction changing film is bonded to the outboard-side glass plate. At least one of the inboard-side glass plate, the outboard-side glass plate and the intermediate film is colored in a manner that a color difference between first and second parts of the laminate is not higher than 2.4, in which the first part includes the optically functioning film while the second part is other than the first part.

Abstract: A head-up display system of an automotive vehicle, comprising outboard-side and inboard-side glass plates constituting a front windshield glass. An intermediate film is disposed between the outboard-side and inboard-side glass plates to bond the glass plates. A polarization-direction changing layer is secured to the inboard surface of the outboard-side glass plate. A Brewster's angle regulating film is secured to the inboard surface of the inboard-side glass plate. The Brewster's angle regulating film has a refractive index different from that of the glass plates. A displaying device is provided to generate a display light of information. Additionally, a light-polarizing device is provided to polarize the display light into S-wave.

Abstract: A method of inspecting the location of a polarization-direction changing film relative to a transparent plate at a predetermined position. The method comprises the following steps: (a) disposing a first polarizing plate to face a first surface of the transparent plate and at a standard position at which the first polarizing plate has inner and outer peripheries, in section, defining therebetween an area corresponding to a permissible range for location of a peripheral edge of the polarization-direction changing film; (b) disposing a second polarizing plate to face a second surface of the transparent plate, in which the polarization-direction changing film is located relative to the transparent plate; and (c) observing a locational relationship between the peripheral edge of the polarization-direction changing film and the area of the first polarizing plate through the second polarizing plate so as to make a judgment as to whether the peripheral edge of the.

Abstract: A device for controlling transmittance of light therethrough includes first and second transparent substrates which are spaced from each other. The first substrate has at an end portion thereof a notch. First and second transparent electrode layers are respectively coated on inner surfaces of the first and second substrates for defining a space therebetween. The first layer is partially cut off so as to conform to a periphery of said notch. An electro-optically responsive material substantially fills up the space. The material is made so as to allow transmittance of light therethrough to change in response to voltages applied between the first and second layers. A terminal is received in said notch and said space, and is sized so as to be biased against the first substrate and the second layer so as to ensure an electrical contact between the terminal and the second layer.