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Patent US8879161 - Variable power optical system - Google Patents
Liquid lens cells are used in a variable power optical system. In one embodiment, a stop is located between a first lens group comprising at least a first liquid lens cell and a second lens group comprising at least a second liquid lens cell. In one embodiment, a liquid lens cell controls an incident...http://www.google.com.ar/patents/US8879161?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8879161 - Variable power optical system
Publication number US8879161 B2
Application number US 13/441,749
Also published as CA2758206A1, CN102388325A, CN102388325B, EP2417479A2, EP2417479A4, EP2417479B1, US8154805, US9201175, US20100259833, US20120281295, US20150055224, WO2010117628A2, WO2010117628A3
Publication number 13441749, 441749, US 8879161 B2, US 8879161B2, US-B2-8879161, US8879161 B2, US8879161B2
Patent Citations (120), Non-Patent Citations (101), Referenced by (3), Classifications (10), Legal Events (1)
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International Classification G02B3/12, G02B15/00, G02B1/06, G02B3/14