CORNING

Corning® Varioptic® Lenses has created a programmable lens that can be reconfigured on demand by a voltage change. The lens can adapt rapidly and continuously from diverging to converging and be modeled to support demanding variable focus applications.

Advantages

The traditional way to perform the auto focus function is to mechanically move the lens module to adjust the back focal length (distance to the image sensor) depending on object distance. This method presents several drawbacks:

    - Requires bulky and fragile motors
    - Friction of small parts that can lead to damage and malfunction
    - Noise and high power consumption
    - Slow focus speed