Eyewear incorporating lenses with electronically variable optical properties
US8016415B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/13452
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electro-optic eyewear assembly having a frame with opposed ends, a pair of temples, and a hinge mechanically interconnecting each temple to a corresponding end of the frame. Each temple moveable between a wearing position and a storage position and at least one electro-optic lens carried by the frame and a control circuit carried by at least one of the temples. The electrical connection between the control circuit and the at least one electro-optic lens being made by moving one of the temples into physical contact with the frame when the temple carrying the control circuit is moved to a wearing position.
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