Patent ID: 9307158
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G01J,G02F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A portable consumer electronics device comprising: a handheld portable device housing; and an electronic camera module integrated in the housing, the module having a focusing lens to focus light from a scene, an imaging sensor to receive the focused light, and an electro-optic variable aperture to allow different amounts of the light from the scene to reach the imaging sensor through an imaging path, wherein the aperture has an aperture stack that includes a front transparent conductor medium, an electrolyte medium, an active electro-chromic medium, and a rear transparent conductor medium, and wherein the front and rear transparent conductor mediums are directly connected to each other by a conductive section that is of the same material as the front and rear transparent conductor mediums and located within the imaging path.