US 12,085,788 B2
Eyewear with variable optical characteristics
Ryan Saylor, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Benjamin J. Meunier, San Clemente, CA (US); and Christopher John Anderson, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Oakley, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by Oakley, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,051.
Application 17/361,051 is a continuation of application No. 16/126,983, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,048,103.
Application 16/126,983 is a continuation of application No. 15/594,475, filed on May 12, 2017, granted, now 10,073,282, issued on Sep. 11, 2018.
Application 15/594,475 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2015/060103, filed on Nov. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/079,418, filed on Nov. 13, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057654 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G02C 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 7/101 (2013.01) [G02C 7/102 (2013.01); G02C 7/104 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyewear comprising:
an optical filter configured to switch between a first filter state and a second filter state, wherein a change in an average chroma value as a result of switching between the first filter state and the second filter state is greater than or equal to about 5%; and the optical filter comprising:
an absorber having an absorbance spectral profile, the absorbance spectral profile comprising at least one absorbance peak in a visible spectrum, wherein a change in a location of a wavelength of the at least one absorbance peak when switching between the first filter state and the second filter state is greater than or equal to about 5 nm.