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Meta patents lens barrel with wire to adjust focus

Meta describes a camera component where a wire runs through the lens housing to send an electrical signal. This signal changes the shape of a special lens inside to adjust focus.

Why it mattersThis design simplifies how cameras change focus, which could make future phone or AR glasses cameras more compact.

In the filing’s own words

An imaging device includes a lens barrel configured to hold a tunable lens. A conductive via runs through lens barrel so an electrical signal can adjust an optical power of the tunable lens held by the lens barrel.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An imaging device comprising: a lens; a tunable lens configured to adjust an optical power of the tunable lens in accordance with an electrical signal; and a lens barrel including an integrated electrode for providing the electrical signal to the tunable lens, wherein the integrated electrode includes a conductive via running from an exterior surface of the lens barrel through the lens barrel to an interior surface of the lens barrel and to the tunable lens.

Facts

Company
Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title
LENS BARREL WITH VIA FOR ADJUSTING TUNABLE LENS
Publication number
US20260276939A1
Application number
19664148
Filed
Apr 30, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

G02B 7/021 Physics & computingG02B 26/0875 Physics & computingG06F 1/163 Physics & computingH04N 23/55 Electricity & electronicsG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0178 Physics & computing
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