US 12,105,268 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 Apr. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/648,398.
Application 18/648,398 is a continuation of application No. 18/337,478, filed on Jun. 20, 2023, granted, now 12,007,537.
Application 18/337,478 is a continuation of application No. 18/319,514, filed on May 18, 2023, granted, now 11,982,796.
Application 18/319,514 is a continuation of application No. 18/147,162, filed on Dec. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,703,668, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
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 2024/0280792 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 7/10 (2021.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/04 (2006.01); 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)
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded camera, comprising:
a lens module having a lens optical axis;
a first reflecting element that folds light from a first optical path between an object and the lens to a second optical path that is parallel to the lens optical axis and is perpendicular to the first optical path;
an image sensor having an image sensor height measured along an axis parallel to the first optical path,
wherein the camera is characterized by a camera height between 4 and 8 mm measured along the axis parallel to the first optical path,
wherein the lens module includes a plurality of N lens elements Li along the lens optical axis, 1≤i≤N,
wherein each lens element Li has a respective optical height Hi defining a maximal optically used diameter of the lens element Li,
wherein a first lens element L1 is closest to an object and has an optical height H1,
wherein Hi≤H1, and
wherein the image sensor height is larger than H1.