Patent ID: 8699141
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical apparatus comprising a first flexible membrane comprising an optically active area used to form images; a fixed lens; an optical axis extending through a center of the fixed lens and a center of the first flexible membrane a second flexible membrane having a non-moving periphery and not having an optically active area; wherein the first flexible membrane and the second membrane are coupled by a filler material; at least one electromagnetically displaceable component coupled to the filler material via at least a portion of the second flexible membrane, such that a displacement of the at least one electromagnetically displaceable component is operative to cause a deformation of the optically active area of the first flexible membrane by movement of the filler material; a lens shaper adjacent to the optically active area and being fixed in space longitudinally and radially with respect to the fixed lens and the optical axis, the lens shaper being separate and distinct from the at least one electromagnetically displaceable component; wherein the first membrane has a radial perimeter defined by the non-moving lens shaper; wherein the second flexible membrane is in contact with the at least one electromagnetically displaceable component and wherein the periphery of the second membrane is fixed in space with respect to the fixed lens.