Optical device with adjustable optical surface

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PATENT NO 8995063
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13056546

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An adjustable optical device comprising at least a deformable optical surface activated by linear fluidic actuators comprising: a material layer comprising an upper surface on which the optical surface is provided and a bottom surface; an actuator layer comprising a plurality of linear fluidic actuators separated by at least one cavity, where at least one linear fluidic actuator is a pillar extending in the actuation direction (L) which is non parallel to the bottom surface of the material layer, said pillar comprising a wall delimiting an internal cavity and where an upper surface of said pillar is continuously linked to a zone of the bottom surface of the material layer; fluidic inlets suitable for introducing a fluid in at least one internal cavity of a pillar linear fluidic actuator.

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  • ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE);CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNR

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bonnin, Thierry Charenton Le Pont, FR 38 362
Mercier, Raymond Antony, FR 2 0
Perrot, Sylvain Palaiseau, FR 9 32
Rousseau, Benjamin Charenton Le Pont, FR 52 260
Taboury, Jean Sceaux, FR 8 633

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