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US 2019/0163029 A1Published application
Multi-function lens device
AssigneeSilicon Touch Technology Inc.
InventorCHI-YUAN CHIN
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Abstract
The instant disclosure provides a multi-function lens device including a liquid crystal lens unit and a controller. Two liquid crystal lens structures of the liquid crystal lens unit respectively have a first matrix electric field and a second matrix electric field, and different electric field areas of the first and second matrix electric fields cooperate with each other according to a predetermined operation mode provided by the controller for generating at least two divisional scenes on a display screen of the multi-function lens device.
Claims10
A multi-function lens device, including:
- a liquid crystal lens unit;
- and
- a controller electrically connected to the liquid crystal lens unit;
- wherein the liquid crystal lens unit includes at least two liquid crystal lens structures, and each of the liquid crystal lens structures includes a first electrode set, a second electrode set and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode set and the second electrode set;
- wherein the second electrode set includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure, the first electrode structure including a first transparent insulating layer and a first electrode layer disposed on the first transparent insulating layer, the second electrode structure including a second transparent insulating layer and a second electrode layer disposed on the second transparent insulating layer;
- wherein the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first conductive lines, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second conductive lines, and the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are separated from each other and alternatively arranged for providing a matrix electric field to the liquid crystal layer;
- wherein the at least two liquid crystal lens structures respectively have a first matrix electric field and a second matrix electric field, the first matrix electric field including a first electric field area and a second electric field area separated from the first electric field area, the second matrix electric field including a third electric field area and a fourth electric field area separated from the third electric field area, the first electric field area and the third electric field area corresponding to each other, the second electric field area and the fourth electric field area corresponding to each other;
- wherein the controller provides a predetermined operation mode;
- wherein the controller controls the at least two liquid crystal lens structures according to the predetermined operation mode for enabling the first electric field area of the first matrix electric field and the third electric field area of the second matrix electric field to cooperate with each other, thereby generating a first divisional scene on a display screen, the first divisional scene corresponding to the first electric field area and the third electric field area;
- wherein the controller controls the at least two liquid crystal lens structures according to the predetermined operation mode for enabling the second electric field area of the first matrix electric field and the fourth electric field area of the second matrix electric field to cooperate with each other, thereby generating a second divisional scene on a display screen, the second divisional scene corresponding to the second electric field area and the fourth electric field area.
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A multi-function lens device, the multi-function lens device being connected to a controller and including a liquid crystal lens unit, the liquid crystal lens unit including at least two liquid crystal lens structures, each of the liquid crystal lens structures including a first electrode set, a second electrode set and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode set and the second electrode set;
- wherein the second electrode set includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure, the first electrode structure including a first transparent insulating layer and a first electrode layer disposed on the first transparent insulating layer, and the second electrode structure including a second transparent layer and a second electrode structure disposed on the second transparent layer;
- wherein the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first conducive lines, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second conductive lines, and the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are alternatively arranged for providing a matrix electric field to the liquid crystal layer;
- wherein each of the two liquid crystal lens structures includes a first matrix electric field and a second matrix electric field, the first matrix electric field including a first electric field area and a second electric field area separated from the first electric field area, the second matrix electric field including a third electric field area and a fourth electric field area separated from the third electric field area, the first electric field area and the third electric field area corresponding to each other, the second electric field area and the fourth electric field area corresponding to each other;
- wherein the liquid crystal lens unit enables the first electric field area of the first matrix electric field and the third electric field area of the second matrix electric field to cooperate with each other for generating a first divisional scene on the display screen corresponding to the first electric field area and the third electric field area based on a predetermined operation mode provided by the controller, and the liquid crystal lens unit enables the second electric field area of the first matrix electric field and the fourth electric field area of the second matrix electric field to cooperate with each other for generating a second divisional scene on the display screen corresponding to the second electric field area and the fourth electric field area based on the predetermined operation mode provided by the controller.
1 more element
A multi-function lens device, including:
- at least two liquid crystal lens structures adjacent to and corresponding to each other;
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- a controller electrically connected to the two liquid crystal lens structures, the liquid crystal lens structures being controlled by the controller for providing a plurality of electric field areas;
- wherein a first functional scene is formed by an original image light through a first image processing provided by the cooperation of one of the electric field areas of one of the liquid crystal lens structures with another one of the electric field areas of another one of the liquid crystal lens structures;
- wherein the original image light forms a second functional scene by a second image processing provided by the cooperation of another one of the electric field areas of one of the liquid crystal lens structures with another one of the electric field areas of another one of the liquid crystal lens structures;
- wherein the first image processing process and the second image processing process are the same or different.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.