Patent · US Expired

Device for detecting a parameter associated with the state of a vehicle, especially an automobile

US6768099B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 2001
Grant dateJul 27, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 13, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/552
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the detection of parameters that are representative of a state associated with an automobile windscreen (1), by optical means. The inventive device comprises a module (20) that is sensitive to at least one of the aforementioned parameters and which is at least partially embedded in a layer (11) of the windscreen. Said windscreen comprises two glass panels (10a, 10b), which are separated by a spacer comprising the part of the module (20) that is embedded.

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