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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8441737 | Variable focus lens and spectacles The invention provides a variable focus lens formed from a ring with a front surface and a rear surface, a flexible membrane is attached to a radially inner part of the front surface, and a front cover is attached to a radially outer part of the front surface, a rea... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8427754 | Display device with an active matrix of electrowetting cells The invention relates to an active matrix with data driver circuit and selection driver circuit, where the active matrix is electrically connected with the driver circuits and where it comprises electrowetting cells (EW cells) arranged in rows and columns. An EW cel... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427753 | Use of a fluid mixture for electrowetting a device The invention relates to the use of a fluid mixture for electrowetting in a device that is suitable for this. According to the invention, the fluid mixture consists of at least two components, namely an electrically inducible liquid and an electrically inert ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427755 | Fluidic lens and method of manufacturing the same A fluidic lens and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The fluidic lens includes a transparent optical fluid and a double elastomer membrane. An outer membrane of the double elastomer membrane that is externally exposed includes a Poly DiMethyl Siloxane ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8422142 | Membrane device the membrane of which can be deformed by actuation with a fast response time Device including a membrane and a support defining a cavity containing a fluid, where the membrane includes an anchoring area to the support, a central area able to be deformed following a displacement of fluid and an actuation area between the anchoring and central... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8416503 | Electrowetting device An electrowetting device includes: a substrate having a non-hydrophobic insulating layer; a surrounding wall formed on an upper surface of the insulating layer; a microchamber surrounded by an inner surface of the surrounding wall and formed over the upper surface o... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8414121 | Non-round fluid filled lens optic An optical and mechanical design of a sealed, non-round fluid-filled lens capable of providing variation of optical power. The fluid lens includes at least three optical components: at least one mostly rigid optical disc, at least one mostly flexible optical membran... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416504 | Optical device and housing An optical device includes a first substrate which is transparent to incident light, a second substrate which is transparent to incident light, and a frame member which connects the first substrate to the second substrate. A lens chamber surrounded by the first subs... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8373931 | Liquid lens and apparatus incorporating the same A liquid lens includes a vessel having an inner wall and configured to contain liquid, an electrolyte liquid and a non-electrolyte liquid forming an interface therebetween and being contained in the vessel, and a voltage applying unit which applies a voltage to the ... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8363328 | Liquid lens A liquid lens including at least two phase liquids covered with a protection member having transparent portions allowing transmission of light includes an elastic film configured to separate the at least two phase liquids within the protection member, a connection p... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8355209 | Liquid lens A liquid lens in which are contained an insulating first liquid and a conductive second liquid having non-miscibility and different refractive indexes, optical characteristics being changed by a change of an interface shape of the first and second liquids by applyin... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8339711 | Active matrix device and method of driving the same An electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device which includes a plurality of array elements configured to manipulate one or more droplets of fluid on an array, each of the array elements including a corresponding array element driver circuit, wherein each array eleme... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8305691 | Fluid lens element for use in changing thermal operating environment There is provided a lens element configured so that optical characteristics thereof remain substantially stable over a range of operating temperatures. In one embodiment, a fluid lens element can be provided that includes a membrane having a formation formed thereon... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8279528 | 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; ... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8264777 | Portable electronic device having an electro wetting display illuminated by quantum dots A portable electronic device (510) having a self illuminating display (200, 202, 204, 206, 300, 512) that reduces both the thickness of known displays and processing steps in the fabrication thereof is provided. The portable electronic device (510 | 09/11/2012 |
| 8264778 | Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and electrowetting display panel having the display substrate A display substrate includes a base substrate, a reflection-polarization member, a first electrode, an insulation layer and a pixel wall. The reflection-polarization member is disposed on the base substrate to reflect and polarize incident light. The first electrode... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8254034 | Fluidic adaptive lens with a lens membrane having suppressed fluid permeability Fluidic adaptive lens devices containing impermeable elastomer membrane, and systems employing such lens devices, along with methods of fabricating such lens devices, are disclosed. In the embodiments, processes and techniques of creating transparent, impermeable el... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8238033 | Liquid lens device and manufacturing method therefor A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes: 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, an electrode kept in contact with the first liquid, ... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8238032 | Variable focus point lens A variable focal point lens includes a transparent tank, which comprises a transparent enclosure containing a transparent flexible membrane separating the inner volume of the transparent tank into an upper tank portion and a lower tank portion. The upper tank portio... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8233221 | Adjustable lens system for real-time applications An adjustable fluid type lens system is provided that allows e.g. ultrasound imaging through the lens during adjustment of the lens. The lens includes a container enclosing two immiscible fluids, e.g. water and oil, being in contact with each other at an interface. ... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8213090 | Electrowetting pixel structure An electrowetting pixel structure includes a substrate, a hydrophobic dielectric layer, a non-polar liquid, a polar liquid, at least one electrode, and at least one contact hole. The hydrophobic dielectric layer is formed on the substrate, the non-polar liquid cover... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8199409 | Electrowetting elements and optical display devices The present invention relates to reducing backflow in an electrowetting element for modifying a radiation beam characteristic. The electrowetting element comprises a first and a second fluid which are immiscible with each other and are switchable between a first con... | 06/12/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
