An apparatus comprising a switchable optical filter comprising a layer of switchable material, the switchable material comprising a photochromic/thermochromic, a photochromic/photochromic, or a photochromic/electrochromic compound; a first light source providing light of a wavelength that causes the switchable material to transition from a faded state to a dark state, or a dark state to a faded state; and a switch for controlling activation of the first light source

An apparatus comprising a switchable optical filter comprising a layer of switchable material, the switchable material comprising a photochromic/thermochromic, a photochromic/photochromic, or a photochromic/electrochromic compound; a first light source providing light of a wavelength that causes the switchable material to transition from a faded state to a dark state, or a dark state to a faded state; and a switch for controlling activation of the first light source

The present invention relates to dichromic mirrored patterns on fashion eyewear that exhibits variable opacity on the exterior of a photochromic lens in response to changing lighting conditions wherein the pattern can go from virtually transparent to opaque. The dichromic mirror pattern(s) can be coated in multi-color pattern sections and can be coated so that some pattern sections ave variable opacity and other pattern sections have a fixed high opacity. The effect can also be produced on an optical film to be applied to many optical surfaces.

The present invention relates to dichromic mirrored patterns on fashion eyewear that exhibits variable opacity on the exterior of a photochromic lens in response to changing lighting conditions wherein the pattern can go from virtually transparent to opaque. The dichromic mirror pattern(s) can be coated in multi-color pattern sections and can be coated so that some pattern sections ave variable opacity and other pattern sections have a fixed high opacity. The effect can also be produced on an optical film to be applied to many optical surfaces.

The photosensitive composition according to the present invention is a photosensitive composition including a semiconductor particle (A), a photopolymerizable compound (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the photosensitive composition satisfies any one or more of the following (a) to (c): (a) the photosensitive composition further includes a stabilizer (E), and a content of the stabilizer (E) is 8% by mass or more based on the total amount of the photosensitive composition; (b) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a (meth)acrylate compound (C1) having a molecular weight of 180 or less; and (c) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a compound (C2) having a vinyl ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group in the same molecule.

Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical article including a photochromic compound, an acyclic methacrylate having a molecular weight of 500 or more (a component A), and a bifunctional (meth)acrylate containing a structure selected from the group consisting of a cyclic structure and a branch structure (component B).

Embodiments comprise an eyewear having a lens, the lens having an optical filter. A transmittance spectral profile of the optical filter comprises a transmission valley having a minimum transmittance with a spectral bandwidth, wherein the minimum transmittance of the transmittance valley is positioned at a first wavelength from about 450 nm to about 475 nm; and the spectral bandwidth, equal to the full width of the transmittance valley at the minimum transmittance plus 30%, is less than or equal to about 30 nm.

A problem is presented in that conventional photochromic compounds cannot be considered adequate in terms of the colorizing/decolorizing rate and durability, and the production process therefore has many steps. The present invention provides an industrially applicable photochromic compound that has both a rapid colorizing/decolorizing reaction and high durability and can also be synthesized at a low cost. This compound is characterized in that etheric oxygen atoms are bonded to the carbon atoms at position 1 of a pyranoquinazoline (8H-pyrano[3,2-f]quinazoline) skeleton and position 10 of a naphthopyran (3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran) skeleton, said compound having photochromic properties and being a photochromic compound that has both a rapid colorizing/decolorizing reaction and high durability. Also provided is an industrially applicable photochromic compound that can be synthesized at a low cost.

Provided is a moisture curable polyurethane composition that is a moisture curable polyurethane having an isocyanate group on one end of a molecule thereof. The moisture curable polyurethane composition contains a moisture curable polyurethane (A) and an organic solvent (B). The moisture curable polyurethane (A) is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in a molecule thereof (A1) with a low-molecular weight polyol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof and having a number average molecular weight of 50-300 (A2). Also provided is a laminate including an optical substrate and a polyurethane resin layer comprising the moisture curable polyurethane composition.

A system for customization of a photochromic article (14) includes a container (12) having an interior (28). At least one actinic radiation source (34) is located in the interior (28) of the container (12). At least one deactivation radiation source (36) is located in the interior (28) of the container (12). A method of customizing a photochromic article (14) includes inserting a photochromic article (14) having at least one non-thermally reversible photochromic material into a container (12) having at least one actinic radiation source (34) and actuating the at least one actinic radiation source (34) to activate the at least one non-thermally reversible photochromic material.