ELECTRO-OPTIC LENS WITH INTEGRATED COMPONENTS FOR VARYING REFRACTIVE PROPERTIES

• US 20080106633A1
• Filed: 08/23/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dwight Duston, Ronald Blum, William Kokonaski
• Original Assignee: Dwight Duston, Ronald Blum, William Kokonaski
• Inventors: Kokonaski, William, Duston, Dwight, Blum, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US11/844,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20080106633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/345
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/08 Auxiliary lenses; Arrangements for varying focal length
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/083 Electrooptic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/294 Variable focal length devices

Abstract

A lens system for dynamically collecting refractive error is disclosed, the lens system comprising: a lens having at least one electro-active element having a refractive property that is alterable, the lens being capable of being shaped to fit a housing without hindering performance of the electro-active element, a controller in communication with each of the at least one electro-active element thereto, and an input generator adapted for generating an input signal and transmitting the input signal to the controller, the input signal being generated based at least in part on an input parameter.

Claims

1. Electronic eyewear, comprising:

a) a range finding focus sensor;

b) a controller in communication with said focus sensor; and

c) an electrical power source, wherein said range finding focus sensor, said controller and said electrical power source are physically stacked upon one another.

2. The electronic eyewear of claim 1, wherein said focus sensor and said controller are electrically connected to the lens and are located external to the lens.

3. The electronic eyewear of claim 1, wherein said focus sensor and said controller are electrically connected to the lens and located internally within the lens.

4. An electro-active lens, comprising:

a) a controller; and

b) an electrical power source, wherein said electrical power source and said controller are physically stacked upon one another.

5. The electro-active lens of claim 4, wherein said focus sensor and said controller are electrically connected to the lens and located external to the lens.

6. The electro-active lens of claim 4, wherein said focus sensor and said controller are electrically connected to the lens and located internally within the lens.

7. An electro-active lens, comprising:

a) a controller;

b) a range finding focus sensor, in communication with said controller; and

an electrical power source connected to said controller and said focus sensor, wherein said electrical power source, said focus sensor, and said controller circuit components are physically stacked upon one another.

8. The electro-active lens of claim 7, wherein said focus sensor, said controller, and said power source are electrically connected to the lens and located external to the lens.

9. The electro-active lens of claim 7, wherein said focus sensor, said controller, and said power source are electrically connected to the lens and located internally within the lens.

10. An electro-active spectacle lens mounted to a frame, comprising an electrical power source electrically connected to the lens, wherein said power source is located adjacent to a nose pad.