Measuring What Matters: Smart Glass Quality in LED Edge-Lit Sunroofs

Transparent glass remains essential for vehicle safety, and new smart glass technologies are transforming these surfaces into multifunctional systems for visibility, comfort, energy efficiency, and user interaction. As these designs evolve, manufacturers face increasingly stringent quality requirements and greater challenges in detecting subtle defects in layered glass and illuminated images.

We introduce key passive and active smart glass technologies in this webinar and show how manufacturers are using them in current and next‑generation vehicles for sun protection, driver visibility, climate control, solar energy management, lighting, and interactive displays. With more complex glass structures, manufacturers need advanced visual inspection solutions to ensure automotive‑grade quality and maintain the integrity of embedded functional layers.

We will present a real-world case study focused on etched patterns in an LED edge‑lit sunroof, outlining the manufacturer’s quality challenges and the inspection approach used to detect and measure defects accurately.

Key Takeaways

• Functional differences between passive (photochromic, thermochromic) and active (electrochromic, PDLC, SPD) smart glass
• Applications in modern automotive designs
• Common production defects and how to detect them
• Essential capabilities of inspection equipment, supported by a customer case study

Date: April 21, 2026

Time: 2 PM EDT (11 AM PDT / 8 PM CEST)