Abstract:
A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFLw and EFL T and respective total track lengths TTLw and TTL T and wherein TTLw/EFLw > 1.1 and TTL T /EFL T
Abstract:
Folded camera modules, comprising: an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path toward a second optical path that is substantially orthogonal to the first optical path; a lens with a lens optical axis along the second optical path and an effective focal length in the range of 5-40mm; an image sensor; a module frame with an inner wall pointing towards the OPFE and having a module height H M , a module length L M and a module width W M ; and an OPFE actuator for rotating the OPFE around a first rotation axis and around a second rotation axis that is perpendicular to the first rotation axis to perform optical image stabilization (OIS) by more than ± 1 degrees around respectively, a first OIA direction and a second OIS direction, wherein a minimum distance Y Min between the OPFE and the inner wall of the module frame in an extreme rotation OPFE position measured along a direction parallel to the second optical path fulfills Y Min ≤ 2mm, wherein Y Min /L M ≤ 0.075, wherein a minimum distance X MIN between the OPFE and the inner wall of the module frame in an extreme rotation OPFE position measured along a direction perpendicular to both the first optical path and the second optical path fulfills X Min ≤ 3mm, and wherein X Min /W M ≤ 0.25.
Abstract:
Folded camera modules, comprising: an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path toward a second optical path that is substantially orthogonal to the first optical path; a lens with a lens optical axis along the second optical path and an effective focal length in the range of 5-40mm; an image sensor; a module frame with an inner wall pointing towards the OPFE and having a module height H M , a module length L M and a module width W M ; and an OPFE actuator for rotating the OPFE around a first rotation axis and around a second rotation axis that is perpendicular to the first rotation axis to perform optical image stabilization (OIS) by more than ± 1 degrees around respectively, a first OIA direction and a second OIS direction, wherein a minimum distance Y Min between the OPFE and the inner wall of the module frame in an extreme rotation OPFE position measured along a direction parallel to the second optical path fulfills Y Min ≤ 2mm, wherein Y Min /L M ≤ 0.075, wherein a minimum distance X MIN between the OPFE and the inner wall of the module frame in an extreme rotation OPFE position measured along a direction perpendicular to both the first optical path and the second optical path fulfills X Min ≤ 3mm, and wherein X Min /W M ≤ 0.25.
Abstract:
Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OP2 to a third optical path OP3, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOV T ), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOV T , wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.
Abstract:
Folded digital cameras, comprising a lens with N ≥ 4 lens elements Li and having an EFL, an aperture diameter DA, a f-number f/#, a TTL, and a BFL, wherein each lens element has a respective focal length fi and wherein a first lens element L1 faces an object side and a last lens element LN faces an image side; an image sensor having a sensor diagonal (SD); and an optical path folding element (OPFE) for providing a folded optical path between an object and the image sensor, wherein the lens is located at an object side of the OPFE, wherein the EFL is in the range of 8mm 0.75 and the OPFE is oriented at an angle β with respect to the lens OA, and wherein 45°
Abstract:
Folded digital cameras, comprising a lens with N ≥ 4 lens elements Li and having an EFL, an aperture diameter DA, a f-number f/#, a TTL, and a BFL, wherein each lens element has a respective focal length fi and wherein a first lens element L1 faces an object side and a last lens element LN faces an image side; an image sensor having a sensor diagonal (SD); and an optical path folding element (OPFE) for providing a folded optical path between an object and the image sensor, wherein the lens is located at an object side of the OPFE, wherein the EFL is in the range of 8mm 0.75 and the lens has a lens thickness, LT, measured along OP1, wherein GAPi marks a minimum gap between two consecutive lens elements Li and Li+1, and wherein GAPi/LT
Abstract:
Folded digital cameras, comprising a lens with N ≥ 4 lens elements Li and having an EFL, an aperture diameter DA, a f-number f/#, a TTL, and a BFL, wherein each lens element has a respective focal length fi and wherein a first lens element L1 faces an object side and a last lens element LN faces an image side; an image sensor having a sensor diagonal (SD); and an optical path folding element (OPFE) for providing a folded optical path between an object and the image sensor, wherein the lens is located at an object side of the OPFE, wherein the EFL is in the range of 8mm 0.75 and the OPFE is oriented at an angle β with respect to the lens OA, and wherein 45°