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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60K 2350/106 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1028 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1076 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2013 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2052 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2095 (2013.01); B60K 2350/921 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/107 (2013.01); B60R 2300/205 (2013.01); B60R 2300/207 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8033 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle camera includes an image sensor and a variable lens. The variable lens includes a liquid crystal layer that includes liquid crystal molecules having an arrangement that depends on a voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer. The variable lens is configured to, based on the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer, alter light that is introduced into the image sensor.