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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Tarak Gandhi, San Diego, CA (US);
Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ian Rickard Muldoon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a system for controlling the focus of a lens is disclosed. The system may generally include a sensor configured to detect changes in a focal distance of the lens and a thermal device configured to adjust a lens temperature of the lens. In addition, the system may include one or more computing devices communicatively coupled to the sensor and the thermal device. The computing device(s) may be configured to control the thermal device such that the lens temperature is adjusted in a manner that reduces variations in the focal distance.