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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Eun-sung Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Min-seog Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jong-hyeon Chang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A curvature control device includes: a first fluid having a light transmitting property and a polarity; a second fluid that has a light transmitting property and is not mixed with the first fluid; a chamber forming an inner space for containing the first fluid Fand the second fluid Fand including a lens area in which an interface between the first fluid and the second fluid forms an optical interface, and a plurality of channel areas in which another interface between the first fluid and the second fluid functions as a driving interface for inducing a variation in curvature of the optical interface; and an electrode portion generating an electric field for varying a position of the driving interface.