US 12,292,671 B2
Slim pop-out cameras and lenses for such cameras
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Tal Korman, Tel Aviv (IL); Roy Rudnick, Tel Aviv (IL); Kobi Goldstein, Tel Aviv (IL); Yiftah Kowal, Tel Aviv (IL); Michael Dror, Tel Aviv (IL); and Michael Scherer, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/768,244.
Application 18/768,244 is a continuation of application No. 17/567,417, filed on Jan. 3, 2022, granted, now 12,066,747.
Application 17/567,417 is a continuation of application No. 17/460,231, filed on Aug. 29, 2021, granted, now 12,072,609.
Application 17/460,231 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/291,475, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IB2020/058697, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,836, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,317, filed on May 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,913, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0361674 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 17/04 (2021.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/06 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 17/04 (2013.01) [G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 7/026 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 13/06 (2013.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera integrated in a mobile device, comprising:
an optics module comprising a lens assembly that includes N lens elements L1-LN starting with L1 on an object side, wherein N≥4;
an image sensor having a sensor diagonal SD in the range of 5-30 mm; and
a pop-out mechanism configured to control at least one air-gap between lens elements or between a lens element and the image sensor to bring the camera to an operative pop-out state and to a collapsed state, wherein the pop-out mechanism is configured to raise and lower a moving window element relative to a stationary surface of the mobile device and comprises an external module seal configured to prevent liquids and particles from penetrating the mobile device, the external module seal coupled to the moving window element and to the stationary surface so as to adapt to a motion of the moving window element.