US 12,481,116 B2
Lens stack with replaceable outer lens
Ingrid Cotoros, San Mateo, CA (US); and Ian Griggs, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/244,391.
Application 19/244,391 is a continuation of application No. 19/221,995, filed on May 29, 2025.
Application 19/221,995 is a continuation of application No. 18/731,977, filed on Jun. 3, 2024, granted, now 12,339,516.
Application 18/731,977 is a continuation of application No. 17/102,913, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 12,001,075, issued on Jun. 4, 2024.
Application 17/102,913 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/034804, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,939, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2025/0314848 A1, Oct. 9, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 7/021 (2013.01) [G02B 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 7/025 (2013.01); G02B 7/026 (2013.01); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 2003/0093 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capture device, comprising:
a lens barrel having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
one or more inner lenses disposed within the lens barrel;
a retaining ring configured to rotatably mount to and be removed from the lens barrel or a body of the image capture device at the first end of the lens barrel;
an outer lens configured to be secured by the retaining ring in a position covering the first end of the lens barrel;
an O-ring compressible between the outer lens and the lens barrel or the body of the image capture device; and
an image sensor mounted within the body of the image capture device at the second end of the lens barrel,
wherein the image sensor is configured to capture images based on light incident on the image sensor through the outer lens and the one or more inner lenses, and
wherein the retaining ring axially compresses the O-ring between the outer lens and the lens barrel or the body of the image capture device to form a waterproof seal.