US 12,443,099 B2
Large aperture continuous zoom folded tele cameras
Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); and Nadav Goulinski, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/991,770.
Application 18/991,770 is a continuation of application No. 18/661,967, filed on May 13, 2024, granted, now 12,210,278.
Application 18/661,967 is a continuation of application No. 18/257,592, granted, now 12,019,363, issued on Jun. 25, 2024, previously published as PCT/IB2022/057189, filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,336, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0123549 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 30/00 (2021.01); G03B 17/17 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 30/00 (2021.01) [G03B 17/17 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera, comprising:
a lens including a plurality of N lens elements marked Li where 1≤i≤N and an optical path folding element (OPFE), wherein a first lens element L1 faces an object side and a last lens element LN faces an image side, wherein the lens is divided into two lens groups marked G1 and G2, wherein at least one of the plurality of lens elements is located at an object side of the OPFE and has an associated first optical axis, wherein at least one other of the plurality of lens elements is located at an image side of the OPFE and has an associated second optical axis, and wherein the lens has an effective focal length (EFL); and
an image sensor,
wherein the EFL can be varied continuously between a minimal EFLMIN and a maximum EFLMAX by independent movement of G1 and G2 along the second optical lens axis,
wherein EFLMAX/EFLMIN is equal to or larger than 1.5,
wherein the image sensor is operative to be moved with respect to both G1 and G2 for optical image stabilization (OIS) and for focusing, and
wherein the camera has an aperture diameter DA and is included in a camera module having a shoulder with a shoulder height SH, wherein the SH is measured in a direction of the first optical axis and is equal to 1.5 mm+a height chosen from a higher of: a height of the image sensor or a height of a highest of the plurality of lens elements located on the image-side of the OPFE, and wherein DA>SH.