公开(公告)号：WO2019207464A3

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：PCT/IB2019/053315

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  BACHAR, Gil ,  BARAK, Gal ,  KOWAL, Yiftah

IPC: G02B13/00

Abstract: Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.

公开(公告)号：WO2021111301A2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：PCT/IB2020/061333

申请日：2020-12-01

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  KOWAL, Yiftah ,  BOLTINSKY, Daniel

IPC: G02B7/18 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G03B17/12 ,  G03B17/17 ,  G03B30/00 ,  G03B9/60

Abstract: Actuators for providing an extended two-degree of freedom rotation range to an optical path folding element (OPFE) such as a prism or mirror in mobile devices such as smartphones, comprising a yaw sub-assembly having a yaw rotation axis, a pitch sub-assembly carrying the OPFE, the pitch sub-assembly including a pivot rotation mechanism and having a pitch rotation axis; and a stationary sub-assembly, wherein the actuator is operative to rotate the OPFE in two rotation directions, a first rotation for yaw around the yaw rotation axis and a second rotation for pitch around the pitch rotation axis, and wherein the rotation for pitch includes rotation using the pivot rotation mechanism.

公开(公告)号：WO2019207464A2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：PCT/IB2019/053315

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  BACHAR, Gil ,  BARAK, Gal ,  KOWAL, Yiftah

IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract: Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.

公开(公告)号：WO2022190049A2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：PCT/IB2022/052194

申请日：2022-03-11

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  KOWAL, Yiftah ,  GOLDSTEIN, Kobi ,  BOLTANSKI, Rami ,  MANOR, Itay ,  BOLTINSKY, Daniel ,  GRUSHKA, Oriel ,  BHUS, Vinay

IPC: G02B13/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G02B7/09 ,  G02B13/02 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera module for use in a portable electronic device. The camera module comprises a shiftable lens barrel comprising an objective assembly holding coaxially one or more lens elements defining an optical axis. The camera module has a retractable cover window. The lens barrel has an operative state and a collapsed state and the cover window has a corresponding extended and retracted position. The camera further comprises an actuator including a driving motor; a pop-out assembly actuatable by the actuator. The pop-out assembly includes a driving cam configured to be driven rotationally by the actuator, a carrier configured to receive the lens barrel and an image sensor configured to image a field of view of the objective assembly when the lens barrel is in the operative state.

公开(公告)号：WO2022023914A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：PCT/IB2021/056693

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： KOWAL, Yiftah ,  GOULINSKI, Nadav ,  KORMAN, Tal ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim

IPC: G01D5/14 ,  G01R33/06 ,  G01B7/04

Abstract: Position sensing units, comprising a magnetic assembly (MA) having a width W measured along a first direction and a height H measured along a second direction and including at least three magnets having respective magnetic polarizations that define along the first direction at least a left MA domain, a middle MA domain and a right MA domain, wherein the magnetic polarizations of each MA domain are different, and a magnetic flux measuring device (MFMD) for measuring a magnetic flux B, wherein the MA moves relative to the MFMD along the first direction within a stroke L that fulfils 1mm ≤ L ≤ 100mm, stroke L beginning at a first point x0 and ending at a final point xmax, and wherein a minimum value Dmin of an orthogonal distance D, measured along the second direction between a particular MA domain and the MFMD, fulfills L/Dmin>10.

公开(公告)号：WO2023002371A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：PCT/IB2022/056646

申请日：2022-07-19

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  KOWAL, Yiftah ,  GOLDSTEIN, Kobi ,  BOLTINSKY, Daniel ,  DEUTSCH, Dana ,  GRUSHKA, Oriel ,  MANOR, Itay

IPC: G03B17/04 ,  G02B7/09 ,  F03G7/06

Abstract: Pop-out cameras brought to at least an extended operational position and a collapsed position by pop-out mechanisms that include shape-memory alloy (SMA) materials. A camera may comprise a lens including a plurality of lens elements, an image sensor, and a pop-out mechanism configured to control at least one air-gap between the lens elements or between a lens element and the image sensor to bring the camera to an operative pop-out state and to a collapsed state, wherein the pop-out mechanism includes at least one component made from a SMA material.

公开(公告)号：WO2022097071A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：PCT/IB2021/060244

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： YEDID, Itay ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  RUDNICK, Roy ,  GOULINSKI, Nadav ,  KORMAN, Tal ,  KOWAL, Yiftah

IPC: G02B13/02 ,  G02B7/09 ,  G02B7/10 ,  H04N3/08 ,  G03B37/02 ,  G01C11/02

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-FOVT), 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-FOVT, 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.

公开(公告)号：WO2021220080A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：PCT/IB2021/052802

申请日：2021-04-04

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： KOWAL, Yiftah ,  SCHERER, Michael

IPC: H01L43/04 ,  H01L43/06 ,  G01R1/44 ,  G01R33/07

Abstract: Systems and methods for eliminating or mitigating T-effects on Hall sensors. A system may comprise a magnet-coil arrangement for providing a relative movement therebetween to obtain a relative position, a Hall sensor for sensing the relative movement, a temperature sensor located in proximity of the Hall sensor for providing temperature sensing, and a controller having two or more channels coupled to Hall sensor and to the temperature sensor and configured to control the relative movement and to provide, based on the temperature sensing, a temperature correction input to the Hall sensor for compensating a temperature effect on the Hall sensor sensing.

公开(公告)号：WO2020174325A2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：PCT/IB2020/051405

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： SHABTAY, Gal ,  GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  BRONSTEIN, Emil ,  YEDID, Itay ,  RUDNICK, Roy ,  DROR, Michael ,  BACHAR, Gil ,  KOWAL, Yiftah

IPC: G02B7/04 ,  G03B17/04 ,  G03B19/02 ,  G02B13/0045 ,  G02B13/0065 ,  G02B15/143103 ,  G02B7/102 ,  G03B17/17 ,  G03B2205/0046 ,  G03B2205/0069 ,  G03B30/00 ,  G03B5/00 ,  H04N17/002 ,  H04N5/2254 ,  H04N5/2258 ,  H04N5/23212 ,  H04N5/23296

Abstract: Multi-cameras and in particular dual-cameras comprising a Wide camera comprising a Wide lens and a Wide image sensor, the Wide lens having a Wide effective focal length EFLW and a folded or non-folded Tele camera comprising a Tele lens with a first optical axis, a Tele image sensor and an OPFE, wherein the Tele lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens element group G1, a second lens element group G2 and a third lens element group G3, wherein at least two of the lens element groups are movable relative to the image sensor along the first optical axis to bring the Tele lens to a Macro state or to two zoom states, wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the Tele lens is changed from EFLT,min in one zoom state to EFLT,max in the other zoom state, wherein EFLTmin > 1.5 x EFLW and wherein EFLTmax > 1.5 x EFLTmin,. In the Macro state, the lens with EFLT,min allows for focusing on objects with short object-camera distances such as 5cm. Actuators for enabling the movements are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：WO2022034402A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-17

申请号：PCT/IB2021/056617

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: COREPHOTONICS LTD.

Inventor： GOLDENBERG, Ephraim ,  COHEN, Noy ,  KOWAL, Yiftah

IPC: G02B13/00 ,  G02B7/08 ,  G02B7/09 ,  G02B13/16 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B27/64

Abstract: A Tele folded camera operative to compensate for an undesired rotational motion of a handheld electronic device that includes such a camera, wherein the compensation depends on the undesired rotational motion and on a point of view of the Tele folded camera.