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AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSongtao Wu, Debasish Banerjee, Brian K. Woods, Ryota Tomizawa
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Systems and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the aesthetics of absorption components that harvest solar energy by displaying an image formed with structural ink and a lens that selectively displays the image while directing light for energy capture. In one embodiment, the system includes a lens that directs incident light within a first angular range towards absorption components and a second angular range towards viewing material. The system also includes the viewing material applied to the lens within predetermined areas, the viewing material forms an image. The system also includes the viewing material being a color pigment having a reflector core that reflects the incident light at the second angular range within the predetermined areas. The system also includes the absorption components being located within and outside the predetermined areas, the absorption components capturing energy from the incident light within the first angular range.
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