Patent ID: 11927773
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A liquid lens comprising:
a lens body including a cavity, a first control electrode segment, a second control electrode segment, and a common electrode;
a first liquid disposed within the cavity and in electrical communication with the common electrode;
a second liquid disposed within the cavity;
an insulating layer in contact with the first liquid and the second liquid and separating the first liquid and the second liquid from the first control electrode segment and the second control electrode segment; and
a driver having an operational state and a heating state;
wherein in the operational state, the driver drives a voltage differential across the first control electrode segment and the common electrode, and across the second control electrode segment and the common electrode, to manipulate the first liquid to alter light transmitted through the liquid lens; and
wherein in the heating state, the driver drives a voltage differential across the first control electrode segment and the second control electrode segment, with the first liquid receiving current therefrom and resisting the current flow between the first control electrode segment and the second control electrode segment, thereby raising a temperature of the first liquid from a current temperature to a predetermined temperature that is higher than the current temperature.