US 11,852,845 B2
Thin dual-aperture zoom digital camera
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); and Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,304.
Application 18/180,304 is a continuation of application No. 17/665,498, filed on Feb. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,614,635.
Application 17/665,498 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,289, filed on Mar. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,287,668, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/812,289 is a continuation of application No. 16/299,450, filed on Mar. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,620,450, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 16/299,450 is a continuation of application No. 15/456,506, filed on Mar. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,288,896, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 15/456,506 is a continuation of application No. 14/973,753, filed on Dec. 18, 2015, granted, now 9,599,796, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 14/973,753 is a continuation of application No. 14/373,500, granted, now 9,413,972, issued on Aug. 9, 2016, previously published as PCT/IB2014/062854, filed on Jul. 4, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/842,987, filed on Jul. 4, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221575 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 9/60 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01); G02B 9/62 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 9/64 (2006.01); G02B 9/12 (2006.01); G02B 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 1/041 (2013.01); G02B 9/60 (2013.01); G02B 13/009 (2013.01); G02B 13/0045 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 9/00 (2013.01); G02B 9/12 (2013.01); G02B 9/62 (2013.01); G02B 9/64 (2013.01); G02B 13/00 (2013.01); G02B 13/002 (2013.01); G02B 13/004 (2013.01); G02B 13/18 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4913 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system, comprising:
a) a Wide camera that includes a Wide lens with an effective focal length EFLW and a total track length TTLW; and
b) a Tele camera that includes a Tele lens with five lens elements along a Tele lens optical axis and with an effective focal length EFLT, a total track length TTLT and a F number smaller than 3.2,
wherein the five lens elements include, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element L1 with positive refractive power and a focal length f1, a second lens element L2 with negative refractive power, a third lens element L3, a fourth lens element L4, and a fifth lens element L5, wherein f1 is smaller than TTLT/2, wherein the camera system is a dual-aperture zoom camera embedded in a mobile device,
wherein a ratio e=EFLT/EFLw is in the range 1.3-2.0,
wherein TTLW/EFLW>1.1,
wherein TTLT/EFLT<1.0,
wherein EFLT is in the range 5-12 mm,
and wherein a height difference between the Tele and Wide cameras is equal to or smaller than 1.65 mm.