US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on May 19 for "Lens barrel with an integrated tunable lens" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,847, issued on May 19, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Lens barrel with an integrated tunable lens" was invented by Lidu Huang (Danville, Calif.), Michael Andrew Brookmire (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Vijay Kumar (Fremont, Calif.) and Ingrid Anda Cotoros (Hillsborough, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens barrel with one or more integrated tunable lens is described. The lens barrel may be a part of an imaging device. The imaging device may include a lens, a tunable lens, and a lens barrel. The tunable lens is configured to adjust its optical power in accordance with an applied signal. The len...