Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical magnification device with a pair of bistable deformable reflectors
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Application No.: US15309321Application Date: 2015-02-05
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Publication No.: US10168515B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Michael Stewart Griffith , David Andrew Cocksedge , Leslie Charles Laycock
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Priority: EP14275110 20140507; GB1408027.9 20140507
- International Application: PCT/GB2015/050316 WO 20150205
- International Announcement: WO2015/170071 WO 20151112
- Main IPC: G02B17/06
- IPC: G02B17/06 ; G02B26/08

Abstract:
The following invention relates to an optical device for use in a system that requires optical zoom or focus abilities, particularly for providing pre-set zoom parameters with a very low energy requirement. There is provided an optical magnification device comprising at least one pair of optically aligned deformable reflectors, wherein each reflector pair has at least two configurations, wherein selection of a first and a second configuration of said deformable reflector pairs provides pre-defined magnification states, such that in any configuration one reflector is substantially concave and the other is substantially convex; at least one controller may cause both the reflectors to move between said at least two configurations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170059835A1 OPTICAL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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