US 12,464,242 B2
Multi-aperture cameras with at least one two state zoom camera
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL); Roy Rudnick, Tel Aviv (IL); Michael Dror, Tel Aviv (IL); Gil Bachar, Tel Aviv (IL); Emil Bronstein, Tel Aviv (IL); and Itay Yedid, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 15, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/208,765.
Application 19/208,765 is a continuation of application No. 19/037,313, filed on Jan. 27, 2025, granted, now 12,335,622.
Application 19/037,313 is a continuation of application No. 18/935,540, filed on Nov. 3, 2024, granted, now 12,244,927, issued on Mar. 4, 2025.
Application 18/935,540 is a continuation of application No. 18/744,650, filed on Jun. 16, 2024, granted, now 12,167,135, issued on Dec. 10, 2024.
Application 18/744,650 is a continuation of application No. 18/350,872, filed on Jul. 12, 2023, granted, now 12,052,502, issued on Jul. 30, 2024.
Application 18/350,872 is a continuation of application No. 18/167,985, filed on Feb. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,743,587, issued on Aug. 29, 2023.
Application 18/167,985 is a continuation of application No. 17/954,432, filed on Sep. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,611,706, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Application 17/954,432 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,083, filed on Apr. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,477,386, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 17/717,083 is a continuation of application No. 16/975,721, granted, now 11,336,830, issued on May 17, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2020/050002, filed on Jan. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/809,871, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/787,826, filed on Jan. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0274662 A1, Aug. 28, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 15/143103 (2019.08); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded camera module, comprising:
a lens comprising a plurality of (N) lens elements divided from an object side to an image side into a first lens element group (G1), a second lens element group (G2), and a third lens element group (G3);
an image sensor; and
an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light entering the folded camera module via a first optical path (OP1) towards a second optical path (OP2);
wherein G2 is stationary,
wherein G1 and G3 are movable together as one unit relative to the image sensor and to G2 to bring the lens to two zoom states,
wherein the lens has an effective focal length (EFL) that varies from a minimal value (EFLmin) in a first zoom state to a maximal value (EFLmax) in a second zoom state,
wherein EFLmax≥1.5×EFLmax,
and wherein the EFL is in the range of 10 mm to 40 mm.