US 12,265,234 B2
Thin dual-aperture zoom digital camera
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); and Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/927,879.
Application 18/927,879 is a continuation of application No. 18/507,055, filed on Nov. 12, 2023, granted, now 12,164,115.
Application 18/507,055 is a continuation of application No. 18/180,304, filed on Mar. 8, 2023, granted, now 11,852,845, issued on Dec. 26, 2023.
Application 18/180,304 is a continuation of application No. 17/665,498, filed on Feb. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,614,635, issued on Mar. 28, 2023.
Application 17/665,498 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,289, filed on Mar. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,287,668, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/812,289 is a continuation of application No. 16/299,450, filed on Mar. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,620,450, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 16/299,450 is a continuation of application No. 15/456,506, filed on Mar. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,288,896, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 15/456,506 is a continuation of application No. 14/973,753, filed on Dec. 18, 2015, granted, now 9,599,796, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 14/973,753 is a continuation of application No. 14/373,500, granted, now 9,413,972, issued on Aug. 9, 2016, previously published as PCT/IB2014/062854, filed on Jul. 4, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/842,987, filed on Jul. 4, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2025/0044606 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 9/60 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 9/12 (2006.01); G02B 9/62 (2006.01); G02B 9/64 (2006.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 1/041 (2013.01); G02B 9/60 (2013.01); G02B 13/0045 (2013.01); G02B 13/009 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 9/00 (2013.01); G02B 9/12 (2013.01); G02B 9/62 (2013.01); G02B 9/64 (2013.01); G02B 13/00 (2013.01); G02B 13/002 (2013.01); G02B 13/004 (2013.01); G02B 13/18 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4913 (2015.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dual-aperture zoom camera, comprising:
a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFLw and EFLT and respective total track lengths TTLw and TTLT, wherein TTLw/EFLw>1.1 and TTLT/EFLT<1.0, wherein EFLT/EFLw=e, and wherein e is in the range 1.3-2.0; and
a lens movement mechanism including two actuators and configured to provide a lens movement (LMV) according to a camera tilt (CT) input, wherein a first actuator controls a first lens movement LMV1 of the Wide lens, and wherein a second actuator controls a second LMV2 of the Tele lens.