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APPLE’S
NEW PATENT FOR
LENS SYSTEMS:
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
(IMAGE SOURCE:APPLE/USPTO)
APPLE GLASS
MAY COME WITH
ADJUSTABLE
LENSES
hiff of a new development at a big The stack of lenses could be a combination
tech company is cause for excitement of a liquid crystal adjustable lens along with a
Win the corporate world, in the media non-liquid-crystal adjustable lens. The liquid
and with geeks, and serious checking out by the crystal lens may include multiple cells filled
technology sector. Any rumour or leak will do. with an optical material that can be adjusted
This gets more pronounced when it’s about tech by applying power to it. This would work in
giant Apple. adjusting how the material allows light to pass
through. In addition, the voltage could be
The latest is more tangible, based on Apple’s regulated to provide different levels of correction
grant of a patent on 11 January 2022 titled based on where the wearer is looking. With
“Tunable and foveated lens systems”. The patent multiple layers of electrodes, the lens could
states it would use a stack of lenses for each eye adjust light with great precision, depending on
to allow for vision correction. This suggests the the vision correction that is needed.
company may be able to develop technology
into smart glasses to adjust and correct to the According to the patent, these features could
wearer’s vision. offer adjustments for different vision problems
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