US 11,982,796 B2
Zoom dual-aperture camera with folded lens
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Gal Avivi, Tel Aviv (IL); and Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,514.
Application 18/319,514 is a continuation of application No. 18/147,162, filed on Dec. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,703,668.
Application 18/147,162 is a continuation of application No. 17/878,281, filed on Aug. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,567,305, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 17/878,281 is a continuation of application No. 17/577,430, filed on Jan. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,543,633, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Application 17/577,430 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,266, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,262,559, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Application 17/126,266 is a continuation of application No. 16/664,841, filed on Oct. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,976,527, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/664,841 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,412, filed on May 3, 2019, granted, now 10,509,209, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Application 16/402,412 is a continuation of application No. 16/172,761, filed on Oct. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,571,665, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/172,761 is a continuation of application No. 15/820,917, filed on Nov. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,156,706, issued on Dec. 18, 2018.
Application 15/820,917 is a continuation of application No. 15/177,688, filed on Jun. 9, 2016, granted, now 9,829,684, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Application 15/177,688 is a continuation of application No. 14/717,258, filed on May 20, 2015, granted, now 9,392,188, issued on Jul. 12, 2016.
Application 14/717,258 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/455,906, filed on Aug. 10, 2014, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288679 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 7/10 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 13/0065 (2013.01) [G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G02B 13/009 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 13/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile electronic device, comprising: a camera comprising a Wide sub-camera that includes a Wide lens module and a Wide image sensor and is configured to provide a Wide image, wherein the Wide lens module has a Wide lens symmetry axis along a first optical path between an object side and the Wide image sensor, and a Tele sub-camera that includes a Tele lens module with a height that does not exceed 8 mm, a Tele image sensor and a first reflecting element and is configured to provide a Tele image, wherein the Tele lens module has a Tele lens symmetry axis along a second optical path and comprises a group of 3 to 5 lens elements and wherein the lens elements in the group are designed to have a diameter not substantially exceeding the diameter of an aperture of the Tele sub-camera, wherein the Tele lens symmetry axis is substantially perpendicular to the Wide lens symmetry axis, and wherein the first reflecting element has a first reflecting element symmetry axis inclined substantially at 45 degrees to both the Wide lens symmetry axis and the Tele lens symmetry axis and is operative to provide a folded optical path between the object and the Tele image sensor; and
a processor configured to process the Tele image and the Wide image into an output image.