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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Donald Whitney, Melbourne, FL (US);
Adam Toner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A lens driver or lens driver circuitry for an ophthalmic apparatus comprising an electronic system which actuates a variable-focus optic is disclosed herein. The lens driver is part of an electronic system incorporated into the ophthalmic apparatus. The electronic system includes one or more batteries or other power sources, power management circuitry, one or more sensors, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry, and lens driver circuitry. The lens driver circuitry includes one or more power sources, one or more high voltage generators and one or more switching circuits. Specifically, the lens driver comprises an H-bridge/H-bridge controller for providing the proper voltage, including polarity, to drive the electronic included in the ophthalmic apparatus.