US 12,081,856 B2
Systems for pop-out camera
Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Yiftah Kowal, Tel Aviv (IL); Kobi Goldstein, Tel Aviv (IL); Rami Boltanski, Tel Aviv (IL); Itay Manor, Tel Aviv (IL); Daniel Boltinsky, Tel Aviv (IL); Oriel Grushka, Tel Aviv (IL); and Vinay Bhus, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Lid., Tel Aviv (IL)
Appl. No. 17/928,328
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/052194
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/190049, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,335, filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,144, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,732, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,244, filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,072, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,972, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,660, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194960 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 17/04 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G03B 17/04 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module for use in a portable electronic device, the camera module comprising:
a lens barrel comprising an objective assembly holding coaxially one or more lens elements defining an optical axis, the lens barrel being configured to be axially movable between an operative state and a collapsed state;
a cover window arranged over the lens barrel and configured to be axially movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
an actuator including a driving motor;
a cover window pop-out assembly actuatable by the actuator, the cover window pop-out assembly including a driving cam configured to be driven rotationally by the driving motor, the driving cam being coupled to the cover window so that a rotation of the driving cam causes the cover window to axially move between the retracted position and the extended position;
a back housing configured for accommodating camera module, and a front housing configured to maintain axially the driving cam on the back housing while allowing rotation of the driving cam;
a front ball bearing coupling between the front housing and to the driving cam, and/or a back ball bearing between the driving cam and the back housing;
a carrier configured to receive the lens barrel;
a barrel pop-out assembly configured to cause the lens barrel to axially move from the collapsed state to the operative state; and
an image sensor configured to image a field of view of the objective assembly when the lens barrel is in the operative state,
wherein the camera module is included in the portable electronic device.