passing array of values from view to controller using ajax

Question

I have a form in my view page.it contains 5 text boxes,one search button.
while the user enters values in textbox(Entering all fields are not mandatory)and click on the search button,
the values I have to store it in an array and pass it to the controller and depending upon the search results 
i have to display the results of those searched records.
 
I am able to store the searched values in an array,now i want how to pass this array to the controller and how to 
access these values in the controller.