Patent ID: 11880103
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A head mounted device comprising:
a frame; and
an optical element mounted in the frame, the optical element comprising:
a scene-side boundary layer;
an eyeward boundary layer; and
a solution disposed between the scene-side boundary layer and the eyeward boundary layer, the solution including liquid crystals co-mingled with photochromic dye molecules, wherein the photochromic dye molecules are matched to the liquid crystals to provide a first cross-section of the photochromic dye molecules at a first coordinate of the optical element having a first temperature, and wherein the photochromic dye molecules are matched to the liquid crystals to provide a second cross-section of the photochromic dye molecules at a second coordinate of the optical element having a second temperature.