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US 10,122,902 B2Granted
Integrated image sensor and lens assembly
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsScott Patrick Campbell, Thomas Czepowicz
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Abstract
An integrated image sensor and lens assembly comprises a lens barrel adhered to a lens holder or a lens barrel adhered to an image sensor assembly using an adhesive. The lens barrel and lens holder or the lens barrel and the image sensor assembly are bonded based on the sheer strength of the adhesive. Thus, adhesive expansion does not substantially affect the distance between the lens and the image sensor and therefore does not affect the focal plane of the assembly.
Claims17
An integrated image sensor and lens assembly comprising:
- an image sensor substrate;
- an image sensor assembly mounted on the image sensor substrate and housing an image sensor, the image sensor assembly having one or more side walls oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the image sensor substrate;
- a lens barrel comprising:
- an interior surface through which a channel exists, the lens barrel including one or more lenses within the channel affixed to the interior surface of the lens barrel along a first region of the interior surface, and the lens barrel positioned such that the image sensor assembly protrudes into the channel;
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- an adhesive formed between a second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel and the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly to bond the second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly,
- wherein the first region of the interior surface affixing the one or more lenses and the second region of the interior surface bonded to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly are aligned along a plane perpendicular to the image sensor substrate, further wherein the second region of the interior surface lens barrel is directly adhered to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly via the adhesive.
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A camera comprising:
- an integrated image sensor and lens assembly comprising:
- an image sensor substrate;
- an image sensor assembly mounted on the image sensor substrate and housing an image sensor, the image sensor assembly having one or more side walls oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the image sensor substrate;
- a lens barrel comprising an interior surface through which a channel exists, the lens barrel including one or more lenses within the channel affixed to the interior surface of the lens barrel along a first region of the interior surface, and the lens barrel positioned such that the image sensor assembly protrudes into the channel;
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- an adhesive formed between a second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel and the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly to bond the second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly,
- wherein the first region of the interior surface affixing the one or more lenses and the second region of the interior surface bonded to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly are aligned along a plane perpendicular to the image sensor substrate, further wherein the second region of the interior surface lens barrel is directly adhered to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly via the adhesive.
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A camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- electronics internal to the camera body to power the camera and to process images captured by the camera;
- an integrated image sensor and lens assembly comprising:
- an image sensor substrate;
- an image sensor assembly mounted on the image sensor substrate and housing an image sensor for capturing the images, the image sensor assembly having or more side walls oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the image sensor substrate;
- a lens barrel comprising an interior surface through which a channel exists, the lens barrel including one or more lenses within the channel affixed to the interior surface of the lens barrel along a first region of the interior surface, and the lens barrel positioned such that the image sensor assembly protrudes into the channel;
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- an adhesive formed between a second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel and the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly to bond the second region of the interior surface of the lens barrel to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly,
- wherein the first region of the interior surface affixing the one or more lenses and the second region of the interior surface bonded to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly are aligned along a plane perpendicular to the image sensor substrate, further wherein the second region of the interior surface lens barrel is directly adhered to the one or more side walls of the image sensor assembly via the adhesive.
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