Abstract: An electrochromic cell including a chamber including an electrochromic formulation, and at least two electrodes that are part of the same electrochemical cell and that include a conducting material deposited on the inner surface of the chamber. At least one of the electrodes includes a layer of a transparent conductive oxide and a layer including a conductive polymer, the layer including a conductive polymer being the only part of the at least one electrode that is in contact with the electrochromic formulation.

Abstract: A gel medium containing at least one non-aqueous solvent and a crosslinked polymer resulting from the reaction of a polyfunctional polymer containing at least two carboxyl moieties capable of undergoing crosslinking reactions, the polyfunctional polymer having a molecular weight from 2,000 g/mol to 3,000,000 g/mol, and a crosslinking agent chosen from a polycarbodiimide or a polyaziridine.

Abstract: A method and system for image display with a head-mounted device, which use a seethrough tunable diffractive mirror, such as a see-through tunable holographic mirror or seethrough tunable LCD array mirror, which mirror is useful in providing augmented reality.

Abstract: An optical element is configured to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer. The optical element has two main surfaces and includes at least one holographic diffusive element having diffusive properties resulting from spatial variations of refractive index of said holographic diffusive element. The spatial variation of refractive index is greater than 0.001 at at least one given wavelength, on a distance less than 30 ?m. An optical equipment includes the optical element and methods for recording a holographic medium onto an optical lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochromic solution and a use thereof, wherein the said solution comprises: a solvent; a thickening polymer agent having a molecular weight of at least 50,000 g/mol, preferably 200,000 g/mol, more preferably of at least 250,000 g/mol; at least an additive having a molecular weight between 300 and 50,000 g/mol, preferably between 320 and 20,000 g/mol; a redox chemical mixture in solution in said solvent said mixture being constituted of at least one electrochromic reducing compound and at least one electrochromic oxidizing compound, and which colors in the presence of an applied voltage and which bleaches to a colorless condition in the absence of an applied voltage. The invention further relates to a device comprising said solution.

Abstract: A spectacle lens includes an activable optical filter having at least an electrochromic device and being configured to be actively switched between at least three configurations. In the first configuration, the activable optical filter is uniform. In the second configuration, the activable optical filter attenuates selectively light from a localized light source. In the third configuration, the activable optical filter is uniform. Furthermore, the chromaticity difference ?Chrom between each of the configurations is smaller than or equal to 20.

Abstract: Active optical filter adapted for a spectacle lens, the active optical filter being configured so as to filter light radiations over at least one predetermined range of wavelengths, wherein the full width at half maximum of the filtering function of the optical filter is smaller than or equal to 100 nm.

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method of manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens including a base lens that includes at least a layer of low-birefringence material and at least one holographic component recorded on a surface of the layer of low-birefringence material, and an auxiliary lens assembled to the base lens.

Abstract: An optical article that includes an ophthalmic lens that includes a substrate, a first layer comprising liquid crystals being disposed on at least part of the substrate, and a first and a second electrode made of a conductive material, and a voltage source electrically connected to the first and second electrodes and configured to control an orientation of the liquid crystals depending on the voltage applied. The ophthalmic lens further includes a second layer made of photoconductive material placed between the electrodes, and the optical article further includes a light projector configured to project a light pattern on the second layer of the ophthalmic lens, the second layer being locally conductive when illuminated by the light pattern, the light pattern corresponding to a pattern of refractive index modification to be induced by the liquid crystals of the first layer.

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens including an active matrix including pixels, addressing rows serving to control the pixels, data columns serving to supply electrical power to pixels, and at least one transistor for each pixel. In the matrix of the ophthalmic lens: each row or column undulates continuously but non-periodically on either side of a theoretical straight addressing or data line connecting the two end terminals of the row or column.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides systems, methods and ophthalmic lenses for image display of a virtual image, such as the display of a holographic image. According to the invention, an ophthalmic lens is advantageously configured for optimizing the visualization of said displayed virtual images.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer structure for an electrochromic cell, to a electrochromic cell and an ophthalmic device incorporating the multilayer structure, to corresponding uses of the multilayer structure, and to methods for manufacturing the multilayer structure, the electrochromic cell and the ophthalmic device. The multilayer structure includes:—a transparent flexible substrate including a thermoplastic polymeric film, the flexible substrate having two main surfaces, at least one being configurated to be a barrier to oxygen, water vapor and/or solvents, and—a electrically conductive layer which surmounts the flexible substrate to form a flexible first part of the electrochromic cell, the electrically conductive layer being configured to form an electrode of the electrochromic cell and including a deformable electrically conductive nanostructure. The flexible first part is formed to a curved shape defined by a first curvature including at least one of a cylindrical, toric and spherical curvature.

Abstract: A spectacle lens including an activable optical filter, the activable optical filter being configured to be actively switched between at least three configurations, wherein in the first configuration, the color perception of the spectacle wearer is unaltered, in the second configuration the activable optical filter provides a specific filtering function, in the third configuration vision of the spectacle wearer is protected against glare.

Abstract: An electrochromic device including a selective membrane separating two liquid media including at least one electrochromic compound and at least one compound able to be oxidized or reduced and showing low energy consumption.

Abstract: A spectacle lens including an activable optical filter, the activable optical filter being configured to be actively switched between at least three configurations, wherein in the first configuration, the color perception of the spectacle wearer is unaltered, in the second configuration the activable optical filter provides a specific filtering function, in the third configuration vision of the spectacle wearer is protected against glare.

Abstract: A method and system for image display with a head-mounted device, which use a seethrough tunable diffractive mirror, such as a see-through tunable holographic mirror or seethrough tunable LCD array mirror, which mirror is useful in providing augmented reality.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a material containing mesogenic compounds forming a liquid crystal mix with a stabilized blue phase. The method includes the steps of a) inducing the liquid crystal mix, contained in a chemical composition, to form the blue phase, then b) illuminating the chemical composition with a light beam of visible wavelength in order to trigger the polymerization of monomers contained in the chemical composition, to obtain the material comprising the liquid crystal mix in the blue phase stabilized by the polymerized monomers. The chemical composition contains a mesogenic system and a chemical photo-initiator system adapted to trigger the polymerization of the monomers when illuminated by the light beam of visible wavelength, in which the mesogenic system includes the mesogenic compounds forming the liquid crystal mix, a chiral dopant adapted to induce the blue phase, and a monomer mix comprising the monomers adapted to polymerize.

Abstract: A method and system for image display with a head-mounted device, which use a see-through tunable diffractive mirror, such as a see-through tunable holographic mirror or see-through tunable LCD array mirror, which mirror is useful in providing augmented reality.

Abstract: Active optical filter adapted for a spectacle lens, the active optical filter being configured so as to filter light radiations over at least one predetermined range of wavelengths, wherein the full width at half maximum of the filtering function of the optical filter is smaller than or equal to 100 nm.

Abstract: A method for controlling an ophthalmic system including at least one optical element, at least one measuring sensor, at least one interface for communication with a communicating external electronic device, and at least one processor connected to the optical element and used to control a variation of a functionality relating to the optical element. The method includes: obtaining at least one measurement using the sensor, selecting at least one piece of information obtained by a communicating external electronic device, determining an instruction based on the measurement acquired by the sensor and the information obtained by the communicating external electronic device, and executing the instruction by the processor to control the variation of the functionality relating to the optical element.