Nippon Soken, Inc.

Takasi Taguchi

Tadashi Hattori

Yoshiki Ueno

An antiglare mirror for an automobile including a metal layer for reflecting incident light and a liquid crystal layer in front of the reflecting surface of the metal layer. The reflected light is colored by forming a transparent dielectric layer on the reflecting surface of the metal layer. The transparent dielectric layer has a higher refractivity than that of the liquid crystal layer. A desired color tone is obtained by selecting the thickness of the transparent dielectric layer.

Antiglare mirror for an automobile

A reflecting mirror for use as a rearview mirror in an automobile, the mirror having a plurality of thin layers arranged on a glass plate. One of the layers is made of a transparent dielectric material having a refractive index which is not less than a refractive index of WO.sub.2 and the other is made of a metal material having a reflecting factor ranging between 50-70%. The light introduced into the mirror is reflected at different borders formed in the mirror between the layers so as to provide lights of different phases. Therefore, there is an interference, and, consequently, the mirror provides a certain selected tone in accordance with the value of the optical thickness of the transparent dielectric layer, resulting in an anti-glare effect and a deep color.

Reflecting mirror for an automobile

A reflecting mirror for use as a rearview mirror in an automobile, the mirror having a plurality of thin layers arranged on a glass substratum plate. One of the layers is made so that it has an electric resistance, a pair of electrodes being connected thereto. An electric current is applied in order to generate heat to remove cloudiness or frost on the reflecting surface of the mirror. The mirror may also have a heat wave-reflecting layer for reflecting heat waves from the electric resistance layer.

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