Multi-camera filter mount
AssigneeMoondog Optics, Inc.
InventorsScott C. Cahall, Mark Bridges, Peter Lilley
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Abstract
A filter mount for removably coupling an optical element to an encasement for a personal electronics device that provides openings for light paths to at least first and second cameras within the encasement. The filter mount has a frame that defines a first orifice having a bayonet coupling, wherein the first orifice provides a first light path for imaging to at least the first camera, and a second orifice, adjacent to and coplanar with the first orifice and configured to provide a second light path for imaging to at least the second camera. Rotation of the filter mount frame within the bayonet coupling couples the filter mount against the encasement and opens at least the first and second light paths to the corresponding cameras.
Claims18
An optical filter mount comprising a frame, wherein the frame has:
- (i) a circular orifice that defines a first light path and that has a bayonet fitting for coupling to a camera encasement,
- wherein the circular orifice is offset from a central axis of the frame;
- (ii) a second orifice, coplanar with the circular orifice, that defines a second light path;
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- (iii) a threaded inner surface that bounds the circular and second orifices and that is configured to seat an optical element over both the circular orifice and the second orifice.
A filter mount for removably coupling an optical element to an encasement for a personal electronics device,
- wherein the encasement provides openings for light paths to at least first and second cameras within the encasement,
- the filter mount having a frame that is configured to seat at least one optical element, wherein the frame defines:
- (i) a first orifice having a bayonet coupling, wherein the first orifice provides a first light path for imaging to at least the first camera, wherein the first orifice is offset from a central axis of the frame;
- and
- (ii) a second orifice, adjacent to and coplanar with the first orifice and configured to provide a second light path for imaging to at least the second camera,
- and wherein rotation of the filter mount frame within the bayonet coupling couples the filter mount against the encasement and opens at least the first and second light paths to the corresponding cameras.
A method for mounting an optical filter comprising:
- providing a frame having a first circular orifice with a bayonet coupling and a second orifice that is coplanar with the first circular orifice, wherein the first circular orifice is offset from a central axis of the frame;
- attaching the optical filter to the frame, wherein the optical filter extends over the first and second orifices;
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- coupling the frame to an encasement for a device that has at least first and second cameras mounted along the same surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.