US 12,216,267 B2
System and method for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens
Shailesh N. Joshi, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Ercan Mehmet Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,541.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185075 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 26/004 (2013.01) [G02B 1/041 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical device comprising:
a deformable lens having a photoswitch material that, when irradiated by a radiation, causes a curvature of a surface of the deformable lens to change from a first curvature to a second curvature based on an intensity of the radiation; and
a transparent layer coupled to an edge of the deformable lens that includes a plurality of light sources incorporated within the transparent layer and configured to selectively output the radiation that causes the curvature of the surface of the deformable lens to change from the first curvature to the second curvature.