• Smartphones

    While Smartphones are increasingly used as cameras, ensuring high quality pictures and video while maintaining overall size and cost constraints, is a true challenge. Experts have highlighted* the fact that a major cause for image quality degradation is the phone handshake blur, which can only be resolved by an Optical Image Stabilization system (OIS). Varioptic has integrated both Auto-Focus and Optical Image Stabilization capabilities in a single lens that can easily and cost effectively be added to Smartphone cameras.

    *: Xiao, F., Farrell, J.E., Catrysse, P.B., Wandell, B., "Mobile Imaging: The Big Challenge of the Small Pixel," Proc. SPIE 7250, 72500K (2009).

    Key features:

    • Hysteresis free and fast response time – enabling accurate focus control and OIS
    • High dynamic focus range – enabling accurate macro mode down to 3 cm
    • High optical tilt range – enabling efficient handshake correction for pictures and videos
    • High shock resistance and low power consumption - essential for smartphones
    • No moving parts – enabling silent and smooth OIS and AF for still pictures or videos

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    Medical

    Varioptic Liquid Lens products bring flexibility and highly reliable performance to a very demanding market. Medical imaging for diagnostic or monitoring will benefit from close distance focus, high image quality and miniature form factor enabled by Liquid Lens solutions.

    Key features:

    • Hysteresis free and fast response time – allowing ultra fast focusing algorithms
    • High dynamic range – enabling macro mode up to a few cm
    • High shock resistance and low power consumption – ideal for wireless devices
    • No moving parts – unmatched cycling performance (30M+ cycles)
    • Easy to integrate – high assembly yield with standard pick-and-place equipment

    Applications:

    • Dental cameras
    • Surgical cameras
    • Ophtalmologic equipment
    • Endoscopy
    • Optical diagnostic

    Customers include:

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    Consumer

    The Liquid Lens enables superior image quality, smooth continuous focusing, and excellent macro capability in consumer devices miniature cameras. Whether an application requires close-up still capture, video auto focus, video stabilization or tracking, the Liquid Lens is the ideal solution.

    Key features:

    • Optical Image Stabilization – creates crisp low-light pictures and stable videos
    • Hysteresis free and fast response time – allowing continuous and smooth auto focus
    • High dynamic range – enabling macro mode up to a few cm
    • Silent and magnetic-free – no cross-talk with microphone
    • Low power consumption and high shock resistance – ideal for handheld devices
    • Easy to integrate – high assembly yield with standard pick-and-place equipment

    Applications:

    • Low-vision aid
    • Teleconferencing
    • Camcorders
    • Webcams

    Customers include:

         

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    Biometrics

    Optical identification technologies bring new challenges in user interaction.
    Thanks to their macro capability, fast response and excellent optical quality, Liquid Lenses enable identification at any distance.

    Key features:

    • Hysteresis free and fast response time – allowing ultra fast focusing algorithms
    • High dynamic range – enabling macro mode up to a few cm
    • High shock resistance and low power consumption – ideal for wireless devices
    • High dynamic range – enabling macro mode up to a few cm
    • No moving parts – unmatched cycling performance (over 30 million cycles)
    • Easy to integrate – high assembly yield with standard pick-and-place equipment

    Applications:

    • Iris recognition
    • Face recognition
    • Contactless fingerprint recognition
    • Vein/facepalm recognition

    Customers include:

      

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    Industrial

    The Liquid Lens enables ultra fast variable focus systems with no wear and low power consumption. It is the ideal solution for applications, mobile or fixed, that require high throughput, high precision, reduced reading time, very large range of focus or a miniature size.

    Key features:

    • Hysteresis free and fast response time – allowing ultra fast focusing algorithms
    • Accurate and repeatable – allowing open-loop control
    • High shock resistance and low power consumption – ideal for handheld devices
    • No moving parts – unmatched cycling performance (over 30 million cycles)
    • Easy to integrate – high assembly yield with standard pick-and-place equipment

    Applications:

    • 2D Barcode reading systems
    • Industrial cameras
    • Industrial Endoscopy and inspection
    • Machine vision
    • Fiber optic inspection and manufacturing systems

    Customers include:

    1.Cognex

    2.Optoelectronics

    3.Microscan

    Integrating the liquid lens in your design could not be much simpler.
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