A filter assembly including a thin-film filter and a lens is disclosed with the effect of reducing angular shift experienced due to high angles of incidence from a light source. The thin-film filter is curved such that the filter surface is normal to the light rays emanating from a light source. Curvature of the thin-film filter is aided by the production of the multi-layer filter through a thermoforming process resulting in a flexible filter capable of being curved. The curved filter can be affixed to, or embedded within, a lens.
A thin-film interference filter has a thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in groups to form a plurality of repeat unit blocks. The thin-film interference filter is flexible enough to be bendable to a radius of curvature of 250 mm or even less without permanently damaging the thin-film interference filter. The thin-film interference filter may have a second thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in repeat unit blocks may have a different optical transmission spectrum. At least one interlayer between the first thin-film interference multi-layer stack and the second thin-film interference multi-layer stack may block a range of wavelengths of infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light. A defect layer of a different optical thickness than neighboring thin-film layers forming the repeat unit blocks, thereby creating a Fabry Pérot resonance cavity.
A method of making an optical filter film with varying optical properties includes the step of drawing a multilayer polymeric preform into an optical filter and varying at least one environmental condition being a member of the group including of heat, pressure, tension, and a drawing speed, the at least one environmental condition being varied over time or over a distance, or both, and causing a variation in layer thickness within the optical filter. The preform may be drawn through a furnace subjecting the preform to a heating power that varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time. The preform may also be drawn through the furnace while the drawing speed varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time.
A hybrid optical filter includes a plurality of film layers laminated to one another. This renders the filter flexible enough to be bendable and to implement a combination of at least two different wavelength-dependent optical filtering properties in a single hybrid optical filter. Two or more of the optical filtering properties may be caused by interference-based blocking of different ranges of wavelengths of light. Additionally or alternatively, at least one of the optical filtering properties may be an absorptive blocking of a first range of wavelengths of light and at least another one of the optical filtering properties is an interference-based blocking of a second range of wavelengths of light. The first range of wavelengths and the second range of wavelengths may overlap to provide for customized ranges of blocked wavelengths.
A device may generate a multi-layer stack of sheets that may be adhered into a slab-shaped preform for thermal drawing. The sheets may include sublayers. Stacking the sub-layered sheets results in accumulation of layers in the final fabricated preform. The stacking process may use mechanical translation and conveyance to support placement of the sheets and fabrication of the stack.
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B29C 48/49 - Moyens pour plastifier ou homogénéiser la matière à mouler ou pour la forcer dans la filière ou la matrice utilisant plusieurs extrudeuses pour alimenter une matrice ou une filière
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B32B 37/04 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la stratification, p.ex. par polymérisation ou par liaison à l'aide d'ultrasons caractérisés par la fusion partielle d'au moins une couche
A device may generate a multi-layer stack of sheets that may be adhered into a slab- shaped preform for thermal drawing. The sheets may include sublayers. Stacking the sub-layered sheets results in accumulation of layers in the final fabricated preform. The stacking process may use mechanical translation and conveyance to support placement of the sheets and fabrication of the stack.
B29B 11/04 - Fabrication de préformes par assemblage de matière préformée
B29C 48/28 - Stockage de la matière extrudée, p.ex. par enroulement ou empilement
B29C 48/36 - Moyens pour plastifier ou homogénéiser la matière à mouler ou pour la forcer dans la filière ou la matrice
B29C 64/194 - Procédés de fabrication additive impliquant des opérations supplémentaires effectuées sur les couches ajoutées, p.ex. lissage, meulage ou contrôle d’épaisseur pendant l’empilage des couches
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B32B 37/15 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la stratification, p.ex. par polymérisation ou par liaison à l'aide d'ultrasons caractérisés par les propriétés des couches avec au moins une couche qui est fabriquée et immédiatement stratifiée avant d'atteindre un état stable, p.ex. dans lesquels une couche est extrudée et stratifiée à l'état semi-pâteux
A thin-film interference filter has a thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in groups to form a plurality of repeat unit blocks. The thin-film interference filter is flexible enough to be bendable to a radius of curvature of 250 mm or even less without permanently damaging the thin-film interference filter. The thin-film interference filter may have a second thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in repeat unit blocks may have a different optical transmission spectrum. At least one interlayer between the first thin-film interference multi-layer stack and the second thin-film interference multi-layer stack may block a range of wavelengths of infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light. A defect layer of a different optical thickness than neighboring thin-film layers forming the repeat unit blocks, thereby creating a Fabry Perot resonance cavity.
A method of making an optical filter film with varying optical properties includes the step of drawing a multilayer polymeric preform into an optical filter and varying at least one environmental condition being a member of the group including of heat, pressure, tension, and a drawing speed, the at least one environmental condition being varied over time or over a distance, or both, and causing a variation in layer thickness within the optical filter. The preform may be drawn through a furnace subjecting the preform to a heating power that varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time. The preform may also be drawn through the furnace while the drawing speed varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time.
B29C 48/08 - Moulage par extrusion, c. à d. en exprimant la matière à mouler dans une matrice ou une filière qui lui donne la forme désirée; Appareils à cet effet caractérisées par la forme à l’extrusion de la matière extrudée plate, p.ex. panneaux flexible, p.ex. pellicules
A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.
C03B 23/037 - Finition des feuilles de verre par étirage
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B21C 9/00 - Refroidissement, chauffage ou lubrification du matériau à étirer
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C03B 37/025 - Fabrication de fibres ou de filaments de verre par étirage ou extrusion à partir de tubes, tiges, fibres ou filaments ramollis par chauffage
C03B 37/026 - Etirage de fibres renforcées par un fil métallique
C03B 37/027 - Fibres constituées de différentes variétés de verre, p.ex. fibres optiques
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An eyewear article for wearing outside of the human eye includes a flexible, transparent interference filter film with a multi-layer structure, wherein the interference filter film includes at least one filter layer with a layer thickness dimensioned to reduce a transmission of light of a selected range of wavelengths by optical interference. The interference filter film may have a static cling surface configured for removable attachment to a lens surface or an attachment layer affixed to the interference filter film for temporary or permanent attachment to a lens surface, for example by adhesion. The interference filter film may alternatively be bonded to an optical lens or form a separate structure for mechanical or magnetic mounting on eyeglasses.
A thin-film interference filter has a thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in groups to form a plurality of repeat unit blocks. The thin-film interference filter is flexible enough to be bendable to a radius of curvature of 250 mm or even less without permanently damaging the thin-film interference filter. The thin-film interference filter may have a second thin-film interference multi-layer stack composed of individual thin-film layers arranged in repeat unit blocks may have a different optical transmission spectrum. At least one interlayer between the first thin-film interference multi-layer stack and the second thin-film interference multi-layer stack may block a range of wavelengths of infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light. A defect layer of a different optical thickness than neighboring thin-film layers forming the repeat unit blocks, thereby creating a Fabry Pérot resonance cavity.
An optical filter for a display includes a filter film with at least one optical filter layer. The filter layer blocks a band of optical wavelengths and is transparent for optical wavelengths outside the band. The filter film has a thickness within the range of 25 microns through 1 mm. The filter film may include one or more laminate layers that are optically transparent in the wavelengths of the band blocked by the filter layer. The filter film may include one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers in layered contact with one or more transparent electrode layers and one or more layers of polymers in layered contact with the one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers.
G02F 1/1335 - Association structurelle de cellules avec des dispositifs optiques, p.ex. des polariseurs ou des réflecteurs
G02F 1/1333 - Dispositions relatives à la structure
G02F 1/1347 - Disposition de couches ou de cellules à cristaux liquides dans lesquelles un faisceau lumineux est modifié par l'addition des effets de plusieurs couches ou cellules
A hybrid optical filter includes a plurality of film layers laminated to one another. This renders the filter flexible enough to be bendable and to implement a combination of at least two different wavelength-dependent optical filtering properties in a single hybrid optical filter. Two or more of the optical filtering properties may be caused by interference- based blocking of different ranges of wavelengths of light. Additionally or alternatively, at least one of the optical filtering properties may be an absorptive blocking of a first range of wavelengths of light and at least another one of the optical filtering properties is an interference-based blocking of a second range of wavelengths of light. The first range of wavelengths and the second range of wavelengths may overlap to provide for customized ranges of blocked wavelengths.
A method of making an optical filter film with varying optical properties includes the step of drawing a multilayer polymeric preform into an optical filter and varying at least one environmental condition being a member of the group including of heat, pressure, tension, and a drawing speed, the at least one environmental condition being varied over time or over a distance, or both, and causing a variation in layer thickness within the optical filter. The preform may be drawn through a furnace subjecting the preform to a heating power that varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time. The preform may also be drawn through the furnace while the drawing speed varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time.
A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.
C03B 23/037 - Finition des feuilles de verre par étirage
B21C 9/00 - Refroidissement, chauffage ou lubrification du matériau à étirer
B29C 55/02 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de plaques ou de feuilles
B29C 55/06 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de plaques ou de feuilles suivant un seul axe, p.ex. étirage oblique parallèle à la direction d'alimentation
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C03B 37/026 - Etirage de fibres renforcées par un fil métallique
C03B 37/027 - Fibres constituées de différentes variétés de verre, p.ex. fibres optiques
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B29K 105/00 - Présentation, forme ou état de la matière moulée
An eyewear article for wearing outside of the human eye includes a flexible, transparent interference filter film with a multi-layer structure, wherein the interference filter film includes at least one filter layer with a layer thickness dimensioned to reduce a transmission of light of a selected range of wavelengths by optical interference. The interference filter film may have a static cling surface configured for removable attachment to a lens surface or an attachment layer affixed to the interference filter film for temporary or permanent attachment to a lens surface, for example by adhesion. The interference filter film may alternatively be bonded to an optical lens or form a separate structure for mechanical or magnetic mounting on eyeglasses.
G02F 1/1335 - Association structurelle de cellules avec des dispositifs optiques, p.ex. des polariseurs ou des réflecteurs
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p.ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulation; Optique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02F 1/13 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p.ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulation; Optique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des cristaux liquides, p.ex. cellules d'affichage individuelles à cristaux liquides
G02F 1/133 - Dispositions relatives à la structure; Excitation de cellules à cristaux liquides; Dispositions relatives aux circuits
G02F 1/1347 - Disposition de couches ou de cellules à cristaux liquides dans lesquelles un faisceau lumineux est modifié par l'addition des effets de plusieurs couches ou cellules
An optical filter for a display includes a filter film with at least one optical filter layer. The filter layer blocks a band of optical wavelengths and is transparent for optical wavelengths outside the band. The filter film has a thickness within the range of 25 microns through 1 mm. The filter film may include one or more laminate layers that are optically transparent in the wavelengths of the band blocked by the filter layer. The filter film may include one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers in layered contact with one or more transparent electrode layers and one or more layers of polymers in layered contact with the one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers.
G02F 1/1335 - Association structurelle de cellules avec des dispositifs optiques, p.ex. des polariseurs ou des réflecteurs
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p.ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulation; Optique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02F 1/13 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p.ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulation; Optique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des cristaux liquides, p.ex. cellules d'affichage individuelles à cristaux liquides
G02F 1/133 - Dispositions relatives à la structure; Excitation de cellules à cristaux liquides; Dispositions relatives aux circuits
G02F 1/1347 - Disposition de couches ou de cellules à cristaux liquides dans lesquelles un faisceau lumineux est modifié par l'addition des effets de plusieurs couches ou cellules
A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.
C03B 23/037 - Finition des feuilles de verre par étirage
B21C 9/00 - Refroidissement, chauffage ou lubrification du matériau à étirer
B29C 55/02 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de plaques ou de feuilles
B29C 55/06 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de plaques ou de feuilles suivant un seul axe, p.ex. étirage oblique parallèle à la direction d'alimentation
B29D 11/00 - Fabrication d'éléments optiques, p.ex. lentilles ou prismes
C03B 37/026 - Etirage de fibres renforcées par un fil métallique
C03B 37/027 - Fibres constituées de différentes variétés de verre, p.ex. fibres optiques
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Produits et services
Custom design and manufacture of optical filters and optical materials, namely, edge filters, long wave dichroic pass filters, short wave dichroic pass filters, single band pass filters, multi-band pass filters, single-notch filters, and multi-notch filters
A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.
B29C 47/00 - Moulage par extrusion, c. à d. en exprimant la matière à mouler dans une matrice ou une filière qui lui donne la forme désirée; Appareils à cet effet (moulage par extrusion-soufflage B29C 49/04)
B29C 55/02 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de plaques ou de feuilles
B29C 55/22 - Façonnage par étirage, p.ex. étirage à travers une matrice; Appareils à cet effet de tubes
C03B 37/025 - Fabrication de fibres ou de filaments de verre par étirage ou extrusion à partir de tubes, tiges, fibres ou filaments ramollis par chauffage
C03B 37/026 - Etirage de fibres renforcées par un fil métallique
C03B 37/027 - Fibres constituées de différentes variétés de verre, p.ex. fibres optiques
B29D 11/00 - Fabrication d'éléments optiques, p.ex. lentilles ou prismes
B21C 9/00 - Refroidissement, chauffage ou lubrification du matériau à étirer
