US 11,703,618 B1
Display device including lens array with independently operable array sections
Kirk Erik Burgess, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/684,344.
Application 17/684,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/789,394, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,262,487.
Int. Cl. G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/166 (2019.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 3/14 (2013.01) [G02B 3/0075 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02F 1/166 (2019.01); G06F 1/1609 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid lens array comprising:
a plurality of independently operable array sections, each of the plurality of array sections comprising:
a base layer;
an aperture plate overlapping the base layer, the aperture plate defining a plurality of apertures extending through the aperture plate between an inner surface of the aperture plate facing the base layer and an outer surface of the aperture plate;
a liquid reservoir disposed between the base layer and the aperture plate; and
a side wall at least partially surrounding the liquid reservoir, the side wall extending between the base layer and the aperture plate,
wherein at least a portion of at least one of the base layer or the side wall is deformable in the presence of an electrostatic field to change liquid volumes extending from the liquid reservoir at least partially through the apertures defined in the aperture plate.