US 12,259,639 B2
Compact folded camera
Itay Jerby, Tel Aviv (IL); Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL); Gal Avivi, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL); and Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/747,596.
Application 18/747,596 is a continuation of application No. 18/480,530, filed on Oct. 4, 2023, granted, now 12,038,671.
Application 18/480,530 is a continuation of application No. 17/110,344, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,809,065, issued on Nov. 7, 2023.
Application 17/110,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/332,946, granted, now 10,884,321, issued on Jan. 5, 2021, previously published as PCT/IB2017/058403, filed on Dec. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,271, filed on Jan. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0337903 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 17/04 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 3/02 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 17/04 (2013.01) [G02B 13/0035 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 3/02 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0507 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded camera module, comprising:
a movable lens barrel comprising a plurality of lens elements having a lens optical axis and positioned in an optical path between an optical path folding element (OPFE) and an image sensor, wherein the OPFE folds light from a first direction to a second direction, the second direction being substantially along the lens optical axis, and wherein the lens barrel has a lens barrel height along the first direction and a lens barrel surface;
an actuator for controlled lens movement, the actuator including a shield having a shield thickness, wherein the shield has a shield opening substantially the same length as the lens barrel such that the shield partially surround the lens barrel; and
a lid having a lid thickness and covering the shield opening,
wherein the folded camera has a camera height measured along the first direction, and wherein the camera height is substantially equal to a sum of the lens barrel height, the lid thickness, the shield thickness, a size of a first air gap between a first point on the lens barrel surface facing the lid and the lid, and a size of a second air gap between a second point on the lens barrel surface diametrically opposed to the first point and facing the shield and the shield.