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Device and method for reducing optical blurring

US7933509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2007
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B5/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera-movement compensation device includes a first liquid-crystal cell with a pair of parallel transparent plates and a first voltage source coupled to the first liquid-crystal cell and able to apply and alter a first voltage gradient across the plates of the first liquid-crystal cell. The device also includes a second liquid-crystal cell having a pair of parallel transparent plates and disposed so that each of the plates of the second liquid-crystal cell is parallel to the plates of the first liquid-crystal cell and in light communication with at least one wave of light passing through the plates of the first liquid-crystal cell, a second voltage source coupled to the second liquid-crystal cell and able to apply and alter a second voltage gradient across the surfaces of the second liquid-crystal cell, and a movement detector coupled to the voltage sources to alter the slope of the voltage gradients in proportion to a movement.

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