Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens array
- Patent Title (中): 镜头阵列
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Application No.: US12306909Application Date: 2007-07-10
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Publication No.: US07952809B2Publication Date: 2011-05-31
- Inventor: Yuichi Takai
- Applicant: Yuichi Takai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rockey, Depke & Lyons, LLC
- Agent Robert J. Depke
- Priority: JP2006-188781 20060710; JP2006-341595 20061219
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/064049 WO 20070710
- International Announcement: WO2008/007797 WO 20080117
- Main IPC: G02B1/06
- IPC: G02B1/06 ; G02B3/12

Abstract:
A lens array capable of making the characteristics of lens elements uniform is provided. A lens array 10 according to the present invention includes first liquid 11 that is conductive, second liquid 12 that is insulative and that has a refractive index different from that of the first liquid, and a plurality of lens elements 13 forming lens surfaces 13A at an interface between the first liquid 11 and the second liquid 12. The lens surfaces 13A of the lens elements 13 reversibly vary in accordance with output control of an applied voltage. The lens array is structured such that the adjacent lens elements 13 liquidly communicate with each other, whereby differences in the amounts of the first liquid 11 and the second liquid 12 between the lens elements can be avoided and the lens characteristics can be made uniform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090268303A1 LENS ARRAY Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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