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US 11,693,221 B2Granted
Camera module, camera assembly, and electronic device
AssigneeGuangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
InventorWei Chen
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Abstract
A camera module, a camera assembly, and an electronic device are disclosed, which relate to the field of smart devices. The camera module includes a fixing member, a lens assembly, an image sensor, and a focusing assembly. The image sensor is configured to receive light transmitting through the lens assembly. In the focusing assembly, a first light-redirecting member is configured to redirect the light transmitting from the lens assembly to the image sensor; a second light-redirecting member is configured to redirect the light redirected by the first light-redirecting member, and configured to be movable relative to the fixing member to change a transmission distance of the light from the lens assembly to the image sensor.
Claims17
A camera module, comprising:
- a first light-redirecting member, configured to redirect light incident into the camera module;
- a lens assembly, configured to transmit the light redirected by the first light-redirecting member;
- an image sensor, wherein the lens assembly is disposed between the first light-redirecting member and the image sensor, and the light is transmitted from the first light-redirecting member to the lens assembly and further transmitted to the image sensor;
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- a focusing assembly, configured to receive and transmit the light transmitting through the lens assembly to the image sensor, wherein the focusing assembly comprises a second light-redirecting member and a third light-redirecting member configured to change a transmission distance of the light from the lens assembly to the image sensor by redirecting the light;
- wherein a direction in which the light is incident into the focusing assembly is substantially parallel to a direction in which the light is exited out of the focusing assembly;
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- wherein the camera module further comprises a fixing member, and the fixing member comprises:
- a top wall, defining a light incident hole;
- a bottom wall, opposite to the top wall;
- and
- a plurality of side walls, connected to the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein the top wall, the bottom wall, and the plurality of side walls cooperatively define a receiving space, and the plurality of side walls comprises:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall, connected to the first side wall;
- a third side wall, connected to the first side wall;
- and
- a fourth side wall, connected to the second side wall and the third side wall, and the image sensor is disposed on the fourth side wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at one side of the first side wall, and the top wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at an opposite side of the first side wall;
- wherein a portion of the third side wall at a position adjacent to the fourth side wall protrudes outwardly in a direction away from the second side wall to form a bent portion;
- wherein the bent portion, the bottom wall, and the top wall cooperatively define a containing space, and the third light-redirecting member is partially received in the containing space;
- and
- wherein the image sensor is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor.
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A camera assembly, comprising:
- a fixing member;
- a base, disposed on the fixing member and rotatable relative to the fixing member;
- a first camera module, being a periscope camera module and comprising:
- a first light-redirecting member, disposed on the base and configured to redirect light incident into the first camera module;
- a lens assembly, configured to transmit the light redirected by the first light-redirecting member;
- an image sensor, wherein the lens assembly is fixed between the first light-redirecting member and the image sensor, and the light is transmitted from the first light-redirecting member to the lens assembly and further transmitted to the image sensor;
- a second light-redirecting member, fixed between the lens assembly and the image sensor and configured to redirect the light transmitting from the lens assembly to the image sensor;
- and
- a third light-redirecting member, configured to redirect the light that is redirected by the second light-redirecting member and movable relative to the first light-redirecting member to change a transmission distance of the light from the lens assembly to the image sensor,
- wherein the fixing member comprises:
- a top wall, defining a light incident hole;
- a bottom wall, opposite to the top wall;
- and
- a plurality of side walls, connected to the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein the top wall, the bottom wall, and the plurality of side walls cooperatively define a receiving space, and the plurality of side walls comprises:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall, connected to the first side wall;
- a third side wall, connected to the first side wall;
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- a fourth side wall, connected to the second side wall and the third side wall, and the image sensor is disposed on the fourth side wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at one side of the first side wall, and the top wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at an opposite side of the first side wall;
- wherein a portion of the third side wall at a position adjacent to the fourth side wall protrudes outwardly in a direction away from the second side wall to form a bent portion;
- wherein the bent portion, the bottom wall, and the top wall cooperatively define a containing space, and the third light-redirecting member is partially received in the containing space;
- and
- wherein the image sensor is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a camera assembly, disposed on the housing, and comprising a first camera module, wherein the first camera module comprises:
- a fixing member, comprising:
- a top wall, defining a light incident hole;
- a bottom wall, opposite to the top wall;
- and
- a plurality of side walls, connected to the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein the top wall, the bottom wall, and the plurality of side walls cooperatively define a receiving space, and wherein the plurality of side walls comprises:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall, connected to the first side wall;
- a third side wall, connected to the first side wall;
- and
- a fourth side wall, connected to the second side wall and the third side wall;
- a rotating member, received in the receiving space and comprising:
- a base, disposed on the fixing member and rotatable relative to the fixing member;
- and
- a first light-redirecting member, disposed on the base;
- a lens assembly, received in the receiving space;
- a focusing assembly, received in the receiving space and comprising:
- a second light-redirecting member, disposed on the fixing member, wherein the lens assembly is disposed between the first light-redirecting member and the second light-redirecting member, and the second light-redirecting member comprises:
- a first reflecting mirror, having a first reflecting surface;
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- a second reflecting mirror, having a second reflecting surface;
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- a third light-redirecting member, mounted on the fixing member, facing the second light-redirecting member, and comprising a reflecting prism, wherein the reflecting prism comprises an incident surface, a third reflecting surface, and a fourth reflecting surface;
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- an image sensor, disposed on the fourth side wall of the plurality of side walls of the fixing member;
- wherein the first light-redirecting member is configured to redirect light incident from the light incident hole to the lens assembly, the light exited from the lens assembly is incident into the second light-redirecting member from the first reflecting surface, the first reflecting surface is configured to redirect the light incident into the third light-redirecting member, and the light redirected by the first reflecting surface is incident into the reflecting prism via the incident surface;
- wherein the third reflecting surface is configured to redirect the light that enters the reflecting prism, the fourth reflecting surface is configured to redirect the light that is redirected by the third reflecting surface, the second reflecting surface is configured to redirect the light transmitting out of the fourth reflecting surface, and the image sensor is configured to receive the light redirected by the second reflecting surface;
- wherein the bottom wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at one side of the first side wall, and the top wall is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall at an opposite side of the first side wall;
- wherein a portion of the third side wall at a position adjacent to the fourth side wall protrudes outwardly in a direction away from the second side wall to form a bent portion;
- wherein the bent portion, the bottom wall, and the top wall cooperatively define a containing space, and the third light-redirecting member is partially received in the containing space;
- and
- wherein the image sensor is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.