It’s the first time I see such an “electric lens” patent from Sony. It describes a zoom lens having normal optical elements and in the center two liquid crystal lenses. The liquid crystal lenses can change the “refractive index” with the use of electric signal.

Sony writes: To achieve miniaturization of the optical system, it […]

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2016-12-15 16:33