Patent ID: 7556388
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: G02B,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A thin nearly wireless adaptive optical device comprising: (a) a flexible substrate; (b) a flexible optical layer attached to one surface of said flexible substrate; (c) a flexible electronics layer having a matrix architecture attached to said flexible substrate opposite of said flexible optical layer and electrically isolated therefrom, said matrix architecture electrically exposed opposite of said flexible substrate; (d) a plurality of actuators composed of an electrically responsive material and having a first end and a second end, said actuators communicating with said matrix architecture within said flexible electronics layer at said first end, each said actuator aligned so that expansion and contraction thereof intersects said flexible substrate; (e) at least one power switch communicating with said actuators along said flexible electronics layer; and (f) a reactive force element, each said actuator communicating with said reactive force element at said second end, each said actuator aligned so that expansion and contraction thereof intersects said reactive force element, said reactive force element resisting expansion and contraction of said actuators.