US 12,481,199 B2
Electronic device for adjusting light transmittance of tintable lens and method for controlling the same
Heonjun Ha, Suwon-si (KR); and Chulkwi Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,797.
Application 17/952,797 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/014107, filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0127508 (KR), filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096399 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/23 (2006.01); G02B 7/00 (2021.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC G02F 1/23 (2013.01) [G02B 7/003 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0112 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first transparent member and a second transparent member where at least one visual object is displayed;
a lens frame receiving at least a portion of the first transparent member and at least a portion of the second transparent member, the lens frame configured to:
allow an external electronic device, which includes at least one color-changeable lens and at least one reception coil configured to receive power from the electronic device and to transmit the received power to at least one color-changeable lens, to be detachably attached to the electronic device, and
allow the at least one color-changeable lens to be aligned with at least one of the first transparent member or the second transparent member when the external electronic device is attached to the lens frame;
one or more wearing members extending from the lens frame or coupled to the lens frame;
a driving circuit including a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit, disposed on the wearing member and configured to apply voltage to the at least one color-changeable lens;
at least one camera disposed in the lens frame and at least partially exposed to an outside through at least one hole formed in the lens frame;
at least one first transmission coil disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the at least one camera inside the lens frame, to be aligned with at least one reception coil and transmit power to the reception coil; and
a power transmission circuit configured to transfer a current to the at least one first transmission coil,
wherein the at least one color-changeable lens includes a plurality of first transparent electrodes that are configured to receive a voltage from the first driving circuit and a plurality of second electrodes that are configured to receive a voltage from the second driving circuit,
wherein the plurality of first transparent electrodes and the plurality of second transparent electrodes are disposed to cross each other,
wherein the color-changeable lens is configured such that a transmittance at an intersection between one of the first transparent electrode and one of the second transparent electrode, which receive voltages from the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, respectively, changes according to a magnitude of the applied voltages, and
wherein the transmittance of a partial area corresponding to a position at which a visual object is displayed is decreased or increased based on an ambient environment.