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公开(公告)号:US20230306222A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18295461
申请日:2023-04-04
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Michael A. McCoy , Glenn E. Casner , Anne C. Gold , Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann , Charles A. Shaklee , Robert W. Shannon , Gautam Singh , Guruprasad Somasundaram , Andrew H. Tilstra , John A. Wheatley , Caroline M. Ylitalo , Arash Sangari , Alexandra R. Cunliffe , Jonathan D. Gandrud , Kui Chen-Ho , Travis L. Potts , Maja Giese , Andreas M. Geldmacher , Katja Hansen , Markus G.W. Lierse , Neeraj Sharma
CPC classification number: G06K19/06037 , G02B5/12 , G02B5/124 , G02B5/305 , G02B5/3025 , G06K2019/0629
Abstract: The present disclosure includes in one instance an optical article comprising a data rich plurality of retroreflective elements that are configured in a spatially defined arrangement, where the plurality of retroreflective elements comprise retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties, and where data rich means information that is readily machine interpretable. The present disclosure also includes a system comprising the previously mentioned optical article, an optical system, and an inference engine for interpreting and classifying the plurality of retroreflective elements wherein the optical system feeds data to the inference engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20230276881A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18024333
申请日:2021-09-15
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Lok-Man NG , Michael A. McCoy , Shri Niwas , Xing Xia
CPC classification number: A41D31/325 , A41D13/01 , B32B5/028 , B32B7/12 , B32B37/144 , B32B2307/422 , B32B2264/202 , B32B2437/00 , B32B2307/416 , B32B2307/724 , B32B2262/0276 , B32B2255/26
Abstract: A breathable, high-visibility garment comprising an apertured fabric and a non-occlusive, unsupported, retroreflective laminate that is adhesively bonded to an outer major surface of at least one region of the apertured fabric.
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公开(公告)号:US20220365260A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-17
申请号:US17764281
申请日:2020-09-29
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kui Chen-Ho , Graham M. Clarke , Kevin W. Gotrik , Michael A. McCoy , Christopher A. Merton , Aaron M. Nash , Shri Niwas , Anthony F. Schultz , Carla S. Thomas , Tien Yi T.H. Whiting , Ying Xia , Scott J. Jones
Abstract: A retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer and a discontinuous binder-borne reflective layer that is provided by a portion of a fractured binder-borne reflective sheet.
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公开(公告)号:US11493674B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-08
申请号:US15733032
申请日:2018-10-25
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kui Chen-Ho , Ann M. Gilman , Kevin W. Gotrik , Scott J. Jones , Daniel M. Lentz , Michael A. McCoy , Shri Niwas , Matthew S. Stay , Ramasubramani Kuduva Raman Thanumoorthy , Ying Xia
Abstract: A retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer. At least some of the retroreflective elements include a reflective layer that is embedded between the transparent microsphere and the binder layer. At least some of the embedded reflective layers are localized reflective layers.
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公开(公告)号:US11373076B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US16486382
申请日:2017-09-27
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Michael A. McCoy , Anne C. Gold , Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann , Glenn E. Casner , Timothy J. Gardner , Steven H. Kong , Gautam Singh , Jonathan T. Kahl , Nathan J. Anderson , Catherine L. Aune , Caroline M. Ylitalo , Britton G. Billingsley , Muhammad J. Afridi , Kui Chen-Ho , Travis L. Potts , Robert W. Shannon , Guruprasad Somasundaram
Abstract: Optical articles including a spatially defined arrangement of a plurality of data rich retroreflective elements, wherein the plurality of retroreflective elements comprise retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties and at least two different optical contrasts with respect to a background substrate when observed within an ultraviolet spectrum, a visible spectrum, a near-infrared spectrum, or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US11360247B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16638990
申请日:2018-10-25
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Michael A. McCoy , John Allen Wheatley , Gilles J. Benoit , Charles Allen Shaklee
Abstract: A portable detection system comprises an energy source configured to transmit energy, a retroreflective article, a detector configured to sense retroreflective energy produced by interaction of the energy transmitted from the source and the retroreflective article, and an indicator that indicates the detection of the retroreflective energy, wherein at least one of the energy source and the detector are configured to be worn by a user.
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公开(公告)号:US20200264352A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US15733031
申请日:2018-10-25
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kui Chen-Ho , Anne C. Gold , Silvia G. B. Guttmann , Michael A. McCoy , Shri Niwas , Matthew S. Stay , Ying Xia
Abstract: An exposed-lens retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer. At least some of the retroreflective elements comprise a reflective layer disposed between the transparent microsphere and the binder layer and at least one localized color layer that is embedded between the transparent microsphere and the reflective layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20200012911A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-09
申请号:US16486382
申请日:2017-09-27
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Michael A. McCoy , Anne C. Gold , Glenn E. Casner , Timothy J. Gardner , Steven H. Kong , Gautam Singh , Nathan J. Anderson , Caroline M. Ylitalo , Britton G. Billingsley , Muhammad J. Afridi , Travis L. Potts , Robert W. Shannon , Guruprasad Somasundaram
Abstract: Optical articles including a spatially defined arrangement of a plurality of data rich retroreflective elements, wherein the plurality of retroreflective elements comprise retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties and at least two different optical contrasts with respect to a background substrate when observed within an ultraviolet spectrum, a visible spectrum, a near-infrared spectrum, or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US10197714B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US15308646
申请日:2015-04-30
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Shri Niwas , Michael A. McCoy , Ying Xia
Abstract: Retroreflective articles include a layer of optical elements, the layer of optical elements being divided into at least a first segment (110) and second segment (120), and a bead bond layer (170) containing a colorant. The optical elements are partially embedded in the bead bond layer. The optical elements include transparent microspheres (140), a transparent polymeric layer (180), and at least one reflective layer. In the first segment of optical elements, the reflective layer is a dielectric reflective layer (150), and in the second segment of optical elements, the reflective layer is a reflective metallic layer (160). The retroreflective articles have improved wash durability.
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公开(公告)号:US10054724B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-21
申请号:US15504037
申请日:2015-04-30
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Michael A. McCoy , Daniel J. Schmidt , Shri Niwas , Ying Xia
CPC classification number: G02B5/128 , B29D11/00615 , B82Y30/00 , G02B5/0825 , G02B5/0883
Abstract: An exposed lens retroreflective article (100), transfer articles comprising same, and methods of making same. The retroreflective article can include a binder layer (114); a layer of transparent microspheres (108) partially embedded in the binder layer; and reflective layer (110) disposed between the binder layer and the microspheres. The reflective layer (110) can include a dielectric mirror, which can include a first stack (115) and a second stack (111) positioned in planar contact with the first stack, wherein each of the first stack and the second stack comprises at least one bilayer (119), wherein each bilayer comprises a first material with a first bonding group and a second material with a complementary second bonding group. The transfer article can include the retroreflective article and a carrier web. The method can include partially embedding transparent microspheres in a carrier web; applying the reflective layer to the microspheres, and applying a binder layer composition to the reflective layer.
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