US 11,733,064 B1
Optical-path folding-element with an extended two degree of freedom rotation range
Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL); Gal Barak, Tel Aviv (IL); and Yiftah Kowal, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,727.
Application 18/299,727 is a continuation of application No. 17/984,355, filed on Nov. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,650,080.
Application 17/984,355 is a continuation of application No. 17/829,722, filed on Jun. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,506,513, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Application 17/829,722 is a continuation of application No. 17/013,561, filed on Sep. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,359,937, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 17/013,561 is a continuation of application No. 16/615,310, granted, now 11,268,829, issued on Mar. 8, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2019/053315, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,158, filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Int. Cl. G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/18 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G03B 17/17 (2021.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G01D 5/145 (2013.01) [G01P 13/00 (2013.01); G02B 7/18 (2013.01); G02B 7/1827 (2013.01); G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator for rotating an optical path folding element (OPFE), comprising:
a first sub-assembly;
a second sub-assembly; and
a stationary sub-assembly,
wherein the first sub-assembly is configured to rotate the OPFE relative to the stationary sub-assembly in an extended rotation range around a yaw rotation axis,
wherein the second sub-assembly is configured to rotate the OPFE relative to the first sub-assembly in an extended rotation range around a pitch rotation axis that is substantially perpendicular to the yaw rotation axis,
wherein a respective rotation of the OPFE is used for performing optical image stabilization (OIS),
and wherein the actuator is included in a folded camera.