Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Eyewear and methods for making eyewear
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Application No.: US15850187Application Date: 2017-12-21
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Publication No.: US10591746B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Brent Macinnis
- Applicant: Brent Macinnis
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa
- Assignee: Brent Macinnis
- Current Assignee: Brent Macinnis
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa
- Agency: Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Agent Douglas G. Gallagher; Kevin C. Oschman
- Main IPC: G02C7/02
- IPC: G02C7/02

Abstract:
Conventional eyewear devices such as spectacles typically include one or more refractive lenses. Such lenses may be thick or bulky. According to an aspect of the disclosure, a metalens-based eyewear devices is provided. The eyewear device includes one or more lenses. Each lens comprises a substantially transparent lens body. Each lens further comprises at least one metalens integrated with the body. Each metalens comprises a respective substantially transparent substrate, and a respective plurality of subwavelength structures arranged on the substrate in a pattern to interact with visible light. The lens body may be planar. The lenses of such eyewear (including at least one metalens) may be thinner and/or lighter than conventional refractive lenses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190196220A1 EYEWEAR AND METHODS FOR MAKING EYEWEAR Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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