Electronic eyeglasses and methods of manufacturing

US9442305B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC. · JP

Inventors

• Ronald D. Blum · Roanoke, US
• Sophie Adams · Forest, US
• David Boyd · Roanoke, US
• Richard Clompus · Trinidad, US
• Mark Graham · Sarasota, US
• Joshua N. Haddock · Roanoke, US
• Robert Hall · Toronto, CA
• Venki Iyer · Roanoke, US
• William Kokonaski · Gig Harbor, US
• Charles Willey · Roanoke, US
• Yongping Wang · Zhejiang, CN
• Claudio Dalla Longa · Possagno, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02C2200/08
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are devices and methods for the design and manufacturing of electronic eyeglasses and associated components thereof. Electronic eyeglasses consist of electro-active lenses, receiving electrical signals that turn them on and off from an electronic control module. The electronic control module is embedded within a temple of the eyeglass frame, and is powered by a removable power source pack residing at a temple tip through a flexible cable. Various methods describe the interconnection schemes between the components of the electronic eyeglasses.