Combiner for head-up display and glass with durable reflective coating

• US 5,066,102 A
• Filed: 10/09/1990
• Issued: 11/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hirano, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Henry, Jon W.
• Application Number:
  US07/594,630
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 350/174, 350/166, 350/600, 350/601, 428/428, 428/432, 428/701
• US Class Current: 359/630
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0194 with combiner of laminated type, for optical or mechanical aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0149 characterised by mechanical features G02B27/0176 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0808 having a single reflecting layer G02B5/0883, G02B5/0891 take precedence

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a combiner for head-up display, wherein a combiner part having a transparent, reflective coating formed thereon is provided in one part of the surface of a windshield glass, the combiner part having non-selecting reflection property.

Also disclosed is a glass with reflective coating of excellent durability, wherein at least one surface of the glass is covered with a reflective coating made up of a composite oxide of Ti, Ta and Si, as the principal component.

Claims

1. A combiner for head-up display comprising a combiner part which comprises a coating formed on a part of a surface of a windshield glass, said combiner part having a difference between a maximum reflectance and a minimum reflectance at the surface of said coating of not more than 5% in a wavelength range of 100 nm within the visible light region, said combiner part having a visible light reflectance, with an incident angle of approximately 0°

, in a range of from 9 to 18% and a visible light transmittance of at least 70%, said coating being a composite oxide of Ti, Ta and Si.

2. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 1, characterized in that said reflective coating has a refractive index of from 1.8 to 2.3.

3. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 1, characterized in that said reflective coating has an optical film thickness of from 400 to 2,300 Å

.

4. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 1, characterized in that said combiner part has a neutral color.

5. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 1 4, characterized in that said reflective coating has an optical film thickness of from 400 to 1,500 Å

.

6. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 1, characterized in that said reflective coating has the following composition, provided that the contents of silicon oxide (converted in terms of SiO₂), titanium oxide (converted in terms of TiO₂), and tantalum oxide (converted in terms of Ta₂ O₅) with respect to the total oxide components in the coating are respectively denoted by a, b and c (wt.%):

(i) a composition, where 10≦

a≦

40, and b ;

c=90 ;

10 to 50 ;

50;

or

(ii) a composition, where 40≦

a≦

50, and b ;

c=100 ;

0 to 50 ;

50 (the compositional ratio of b ;

c=100 ;

0 being excluded).

7. The combiner for head-up display according to claim 6, characterized in that said reflective coating has the composition of 20≦

a≦

50, and b ;

c=90 ;

10 to 50 ;

50.

8. A glass with reflective coating of excellent durability wherein at least a surface of said glass is covered with a reflective coating of a composite oxide of Ti, Ta, and Si.

9. The glass with reflective coating of excellent durability according to claim 8, characterized in that said reflective coating has the following composition, provided that the contents of silicon oxide (converted in terms of SiO₂), titanium oxide (converted in terms of TiO₂), and tantalum oxide (converted in terms of Ta₂ O₅) with respect to the total oxide components in the coating are respectively denoted by a, b and c (wt.%):

(i) a composition, where 10≦

a≦

40, and b ;

c=90 ;

10 to 50 ;

50;

or

(ii) a composition, where 40≦

a≦

50, and b ;

c=100 ;

0 to 50 ;

50 (the compositional ratio of b ;

c=100 ;

0 being excluded).

10. The glass with reflective coating of excellent durability according to claim 9, characterized in that said reflective coating has the composition of 20≦

a≦

50, and b ;

c=90 ;

10 to 50 ;

50.