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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189267 | Electrowetting display device The display device comprises a plurality of electrowetting elements. Each element comprises walls on a support plate for confining a first fluid to the space of the element. The walls of the electrowetting element cover a wall region of the support plate and the wal... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189266 | Optical element An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174772 | Display device with integrated photovoltaic layer A display device with a plurality of electrofluidic display cells may be used to display images to a viewer. The electrofluidic display cell could include a transparent electrowetting electrode and a fluid pathway that includes a viewable fluid channel and a fluid r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159754 | Optical device, electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical device Disclosed herein is an optical device including: a light-transmitting first main body which constitutes a part on a light incidence side; a light-transmitting second main body which constitutes a part on a light outgoing side; a third main body which is stacked betw... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149512 | Micro-shutter device and method of manufacturing the same Micro-shutter device applicable to display devices including a flexible display device and method of manufacturing same are provided. Micro-shutter device includes membrane. Frame including receiving hole in its center portion is bonded to membrane. Transparent subs... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134782 | Transparent optical component having cells filled with optical material A transparent optical component having cells (1) filled with an optical material is proposed, which has a high transparency. The cells of the component are filled to levels (h1, . . . , h5) which vary randomly, and the variations of whic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8111465 | Electrofluidic devices, visual displays, and methods for making and operating such electrofluidic devices Electrofluidic devices, visual displays formed from the electrofluidic devices, and methods for making and operating such electrofluidic devices Each electrofluidic device has a fluid vessel with first and second regions that contain an electrically conductive polar... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111464 | Optical lens and manufacturing method thereof A liquid optical lens which changes a focus due to a change in a shape of a translucent elastic membrane according to a change in a fluid pressure of a lens chamber and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid optical lens forms a dampproof coating me... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089699 | Optical element An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081389 | Electro-wetting device and a method of manufacturing the same An electro-wetting device is provided that can prevent deterioration of withstand voltage characteristics due to use of a high-dielectric constant film, thereby ensuring an insulating structure having high reliability. The electro-wetting device includes a conductiv... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072689 | Optical device with means of actuating a compact deformable membrane An optical device with a deformable membrane including an anchoring area on a support helping to contain a constant volume of liquid in contact with one of its faces, a substantially central area, configured to be deformed reversibly from a rest position, and an act... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072688 | Method for calibrating a photo-tunable microlens A method that comprises returning a droplet of conducting liquid of a tunable liquid microlens to a calibration position. Returning the droplet includes applying a first set of voltages between the conducting liquid and a first set of electrodes to move the droplet ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064142 | Fluidic lens with reduced optical aberration A fluidic lens device capable of providing variable focal power with reduced optical aberration is disclosed. The device includes a lens member and an actuator. The lens member comprises one or more elastic optical surfaces, a compliant support member in communicati... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064141 | Optical element An optical element includes an airtight container having opposing face walls in a thickness direction, and side walls connecting the end face walls; a first liquid sealed in the container and having polarity or conductivity; a second liquid sealed in the container a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059343 | Optical element and imaging device An optical element includes a first liquid; a second liquid that is immiscible with the first liquid and that has polarity or electrical conductivity; a first substrate portion; a second substrate portion; a sidewall portion; a second electrode disposed on one of th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040612 | Fluid lens with pressure release system Fluid lens system includes a container enclosing a fluid arranged to refract incoming waves. A pressure release mechanism is in contact with the fluid so as to compensate changes in its volume due to thermal variations. The pressure release mechanism is positioned w... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018658 | Fluidic adaptive lens systems and methods Fluidic adaptive lens devices, and systems employing such lens devices, along with methods of fabricating and operating such lens devices, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lens material is optimally selected to provide one or more desired characteristics for a va... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8000022 | Liquid lens system The invention is directed to an optical system (1). The optical system (1) has a housing (2) with an opening (3) extending through the housing (2) encompassing an in general constant volume (V). A membrane (6) with two or mo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990622 | Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a manipulator for reducing rotationally asymmetric image errors. The manipulator in turn contains a lens, an optical element and an interspace formed between the lens and the optic... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982963 | Liquid-based optical device and electronic device The present invention discloses an optical device comprising a container enclosing an insulating liquid (A) and a liquid responsive to an electric field (B), the insulating liquid (A) and the liquid responsive to an electric field (B) being immiscible and being in c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982964 | Liquid lens device and manufacturing method therefor A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes the steps of: preparing a body having a liquid chamber, a conductive first liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an insulating second liquid stored in the liquid chamber, and a hollow electrode pipe for making ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7948683 | Fluidic lens with manually-adjustable focus A fluidic lens may have a transparent window member, a transparent distensible membrane, an inner ring between the window member and membrane, and a top ring disposed such that the membrane is between the piston ring and the inner ring. A layer of liquid may be stor... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944617 | Lens array device and image display device A lens array device and an image display device using the lens array device, which allow a lens effect characteristic different from that of a single variable lens array to be easily obtained, are provided. The lens array device includes a variable lens array and a ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944618 | Optical element and imaging apparatus An optical element is disclosed. The optical element may include a container having a holding chamber, a polar or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber, a second liquid filled in the holding chamber and not mixing with the first liquid, first and sec... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940467 | Electrowetting device with polymer electrode The invention concerns an electrowetting optical device comprising a chamber (15) comprising first and second immiscible liquids (16, 18) contacting each other at a liquid-liquid interface (19), the first liquid being an insulating liquid and th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929218 | Variable lens The invention relates to a variable lens for controlling electromagnetic radiation that interacts with said lens in a controlled manner. The lens includes a container; a first dielectric fluid that is held in the container; a second dielectric fluid that is held in ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920330 | Tunable optical active elements The invention is directed to different optical active elements (1, 20, 22) such as tunable diffraction gratings and tunable phase shifters having in general a similar setup. The optical active elements (1, 20, 22) comprise an intermediate layer (4 | 04/05/2011 |
| 7898740 | Tunable optical array device comprising liquid cells A tunable optical component includes comprises a plurality of individual tunable liquid cells regularly arranged and integrated to at least one cell structure forming an array on the supporting substrate. A single liquid cell comprises several integrated cell walls,... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898741 | Colour display device A color display device (1) comprises a plurality of picture elements (3, 4, 5), the plurality of picture elements having a viewing side (5) and a rear side (6). Each picture element includes a light valve (7, 8, 9). The display dev... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7876506 | Electro-wetting display device An exemplary electro-wetting display (EWD) device includes a plurality of sub-pixel units. Each sub-pixel unit defines two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides. Each sub-pixel unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing toward the first su... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7855838 | Liquid optics zoom lens and imaging apparatus A high performance zoom lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The zoom lens systems employs liquid optics and a movable lens group to provide optical performance over the zoom focal length range at focus distances from close to infinity. The syste... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7839576 | Producing a transparent optical element comprising a substance contained in cells The invention concerns a method for producing a transparent optical element (1) including filling cells (10) of the element with a substance having an optical property. It consists in moving an amount of the substance (20) radially on the cells,... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830611 | Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a manipulator for reducing rotationally asymmetric image errors. The manipulator in turn contains a lens, an optical element and an interspace formed between the lens and the optic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826144 | High speed piezoelectric optical system with tunable focal length A varifocal optical system includes a substantially circular membrane deposited on a substrate, and a ring-shaped PZT thin film deposited on the outer portion of the circular membrane. The membrane may be a MEMS-micromachined membrane, made of thermal oxide, polysil... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817343 | Electrowetting lens An electrowetting lens which can move its optical axis using a multiple electrode structure includes: a substrate; a dielectric barrier wall formed on the substrate; polar and non-polar solutions fluidly contained inside the dielectric barrier wall; first and second... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813049 | Optical element An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813047 | Apparatus and method comprising deformable lens element An apparatus comprising a deformable lens element can be provided wherein a deformable lens element can be deformed to change an optical property thereof by the impartation of a force to the deformable lens element. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813048 | Inductorless electroactive lens driver and system An electroactive lens driver comprises a voltage generator generating a high alternating current voltage signal for application to an electroactive lens in response to a low direct current voltage signal. The voltage generator does not include an inductor or a trans... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808717 | Apparatus for forming variable fluid meniscus configurations Apparatus for providing a fluid meniscus with variable configurations by means of electrowetting. A fluid chamber (5) holds two different fluids (A, B) separated by a meniscus (14) of which the edge, having different sides, is constrained by the fluid ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791814 | Optical electrowetting device The invention relates to an optical electrowetting device comprising a conductive fluid (5; 101) and a non-conductive fluid (4; 102), said fluids being non miscible, and an insulating substrate (2; 103) on which both fluids are in contact and fo... | 09/07/2010 |
