Optical defocus lens and method for implementing optical defocus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12259598-B2
Application number	US-202318512526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2023
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

An optical defocus lens includes: a first lens layer and at least one liquid crystal lens layer, where the first lens layer is a concave lens, a convex lens, or a plano lens, a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the at least one liquid crystal lens layer is controlled by an electric field, to converge or diverge polarized light that is incident to a direction of each liquid crystal lens layer to form a focal point; a first liquid crystal lens layer is configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a first direction to form a first focal point; and the first lens layer or a second liquid crystal lens layer is configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a second direction to form a second focal point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical defocus lens, comprising:
a first lens layer having a concave lens, a convex lens, or a plano lens; and
at least one liquid crystal lens layer, wherein a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the at least one liquid crystal lens layer is controlled by an electric field, to converge or diverge polarized light incident to a direction of each liquid crystal lens layer to form a focal point, wherein the at least one liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a first liquid crystal lens layer configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a first direction to form a first focal point, and
a second liquid crystal lens layer configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a second direction to form a second focal point, wherein the second liquid crystal lens layer is different from the first liquid crystal lens layer, the second direction is different from the first direction, and positions of the first focal point and the second focal point are different.

2. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a plurality of liquid crystal lens regions, wherein a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the plurality of liquid crystal lens regions is controlled by an electric field, to converge or diverge polarized light incident to a direction of each liquid crystal lens region to form a focal point.

3. The optical defocus lens according to claim 2 , wherein focal powers of at least two of the plurality of liquid crystal lens regions are different.

4. The optical defocus lens according to claim 3 , wherein liquid crystal molecules in different liquid crystal lens regions at the at least two liquid crystal lens regions are controlled by different electric fields, and voltages of the different electric fields are different; or
liquid crystal materials of different liquid crystal lens regions at the at least two liquid crystal lens regions are different.

5. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a first alignment layer, wherein an alignment direction of the first alignment layer is the first direction; and
a second liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a second alignment layer, wherein an alignment direction of the second alignment layer is the second direction, and the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction; and that the first lens layer or the second liquid crystal lens layer in the at least one liquid crystal lens layer is configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a second direction to form a second focal point, wherein the second liquid crystal lens layer is configured to converge or diverge the polarized light in the second direction to form the second focal point.

6. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the first lens layer comprises a first alignment layer, wherein an alignment direction of the first alignment layer is the first direction, the first liquid crystal lens layer configured to converge or diverge the polarized light in the first direction to form the first focal point;
the second liquid crystal lens layer comprises a second alignment layer, wherein an alignment direction of the second alignment layer is the second direction; the first direction and the second direction are different but are not orthogonal;
the second liquid crystal lens layer is configured to converge or diverge the polarized light in the second direction to form the second focal point; and
the first lens layer is configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a third direction to form a third focal point, and a position of the third focal point is different from a position of the first focal point or a position of the second focal point.

7. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein when a magnitude of the electric field changes, the position of the focal point formed by the liquid crystal lens layer changes.

8. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal lens layer comprises a transparent substrate and an annular electrode layer comprising a plurality of annular electrodes, wherein electrode lines of the plurality of annular electrodes are led out through the transparent substrate.

9. The optical defocus lens according to claim 8 , wherein a high-impedance transparent material is filled between the plurality of annular electrodes.

10. The optical defocus lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical defocus lens further comprises a power supply and a voltage control circuit that are configured to generate the electric field.

11. Glasses, comprising:
a power supply,
a voltage control circuit, wherein the power supply and the voltage control circuit are configured to generate an electric field, and
an optical defocus lens,
comprising:
a first lens layer having a concave lens, a convex lens, or a plano lens, and
at least one liquid crystal lens layer, wherein a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the at least one liquid crystal lens layer is controlled by an electric field, to converge or diverge polarized light incident to a direction of each liquid crystal lens layer to form a focal point, wherein the at least one liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a first liquid crystal lens layer configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a first direction to form a first focal point, and
a second liquid crystal lens layer configured to converge or diverge polarized light in a second direction to form a second focal point, wherein the second liquid crystal lens layer is different from the first liquid crystal lens layer, the second direction is different from the first direction, and positions of the first focal point and the second focal point are different.

12. The glasses according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a glasses frame and glasses legs, wherein the power supply and the voltage control circuit are disposed on the glasses frame, at least one of the glasses legs or the optical defocus lens.

13. The glasses according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one liquid crystal lens layer comprises:
a plurality of liquid crystal lens regions, wherein a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the plurality of liquid crystal lens regions is controlled by an electric field, to converge or diverge polarized light incident to a direction of each liquid crystal lens region to form a focal point.

14. A method for implementing optical defocus applied to an optical defocus lens, comprising:
converging or diverging, by a first liquid crystal lens layer in at least one liquid crystal lens layer, polarized light in a first direction under control of a first electric field to form a first focal point, wherein the optical defocus lens comprises a first lens layer and the at least one liquid crystal lens layer, the first lens layer is a concave lens, a convex lens, or a plano lens, and a refractive index of liquid crystal molecules in each of the at least one liquid crystal lens layer is controlled by an electric field; and
converging or diverging, by the first lens layer, polarized light in a second direction to form a second focal point, or
converging or diverging, by a second liquid crystal lens layer in the at least one liquid crystal lens layer, the polarized light in the second direction under control of a second electric field to form the second focal point, wherein
the second liquid crystal lens layer is different from the first liquid crystal lens layer, the second direction is different from the first direction, an

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Youming
• Fan Zhixiang
• Sun Lifeng

Classifications

• G02F2203/07

  Polarisation dependent · CPC title

• G02F1/29

  for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection · CPC title

• G02C2202/16

  Laminated or compound lenses · CPC title

• G02B3/10

  Bifocal lenses; Multifocal lenses · CPC title

• G02C7/06

  bifocal; multifocal {; progressive (G02C7/041 takes precedence)} · CPC title