US 12,189,274 B2
Compact folded camera structure
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL); Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL); and Noy Cohen, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/664,484.
Application 18/664,484 is a continuation of application No. 18/479,081, filed on Oct. 1, 2023, granted, now 12,007,672.
Application 18/479,081 is a continuation of application No. 18/178,582, filed on Mar. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,809,066, issued on Nov. 7, 2023.
Application 18/178,582 is a continuation of application No. 17/715,093, filed on Apr. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,619,864, issued on Apr. 4, 2023.
Application 17/715,093 is a continuation of application No. 16/338,483, granted, now 11,333,955, issued on May 17, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2018/058974, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/618,304, filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,324, filed on Nov. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0302719 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 17/17 (2021.01); G03B 15/03 (2021.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 17/17 (2013.01) [G03B 15/03 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded camera, comprising:
an optical path folding element (OPFE) section including an OPFE for folding an optical path from a first direction to a second direction, the OPFE section having an external OPFE height Hp in the first direction;
a lens section positioned between the OPFE and an image sensor, the lens section having at least one external lens section height HL in the first direction; and
a back focal length (BFL) section extending between the lens section and the image sensor and having an external BFL section height HBFL in the first direction, wherein HBFL<HL,
wherein a bottom external surface of the OPFE section and bottom external surfaces of the lens section and the BFL section are coplanar and wherein a top external surface of the lens section and a top external surface of the BFL section are not coplanar.