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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Nathan Gleason, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry H. Yang, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02F 1/153 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G01J 1/04 (2013.01); G02F 1/153 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electro-optic aperture has a stack that includes a front transparent conductor medium, an active electro-chromic medium, and a rear transparent conductor medium. The front and rear transparent conductor mediums are directly connected to each other by a conductive section located within the imaging path. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.