US 12,244,927 B1
Multi-aperture cameras with at least one two state zoom camera
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Roy Rudnick, Tel Aviv (IL); Michael Dror, Tel Aviv (IL); Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL); Emil Bronstein, Tel Aviv (IL); and Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/935,540.
Application 18/935,540 is a continuation of application No. 18/744,650, filed on Jun. 16, 2024.
Application 18/744,650 is a continuation of application No. 18/350,872, filed on Jul. 12, 2023, granted, now 12,052,502, issued on Jul. 30, 2024.
Application 18/350,872 is a continuation of application No. 18/167,985, filed on Feb. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,743,587, issued on Aug. 29, 2023.
Application 18/167,985 is a continuation of application No. 17/954,432, filed on Sep. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,611,706, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Application 17/954,432 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,083, filed on Apr. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,477,386, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 17/717,083 is a continuation of application No. 16/975,721, granted, now 11,336,830, issued on May 17, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2020/050002, filed on Jan. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/809,871, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/787,826, filed on Jan. 3, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 15/143103 (2019.08); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded camera module, comprising:
a lens with a plurality of N lens elements along a lens optical axis divided into a lens element group (G1), a lens element group (G2) and a lens element group (G3);
an image sensor;
an optical path folding element (OPFE); and
an actuator for moving G1 and G3 together relative to the image sensor in a direction parallel to the lens optical axis to bring the lens to two zoom states,
wherein G1 and G3 are fixedly attached to each other,
wherein the lens has an effective focal length (EFL) that varies from a minimal value (EFLmin) in a first zoom state to a maximal value (EFLmax) in a second zoom state, wherein the lens has a f-number (F #), wherein a minimal value (F #min) of F #fulfills F #min<3.5, and wherein a maximal value (F #max) of F #fulfills F #max<5.