Digital image capturing devices including lens modules with dual actively-aligned integrated sensor-lens assemblies

A digital image capturing device (DICD), comprising:

• a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) facing in a first direction and defining a first optical axis, wherein the first ISLA includes a first mount having a first body portion;
• a second ISLA facing in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction and defining a second optical axis offset from the first optical axis, wherein the second ISLA includes a second mount having a second body portion;
• and
• a bridge member positioned between the first ISLA and the second ISLA to fixedly secure together the first ISLA and the second ISLA, wherein the bridge member is configured as a discrete structure separate from the first body portion and the second body portion, wherein the bridge member defines a longitudinal axis that is generally parallel in relation to the first optical axis and the second optical axis.

A method of assembling an optical module for a digital image capturing device (DICD) including first and second identical integrated sensor-lens assemblies (ISLAs), the method comprising:

• actively aligning a lens and an image sensor of the first ISLA, wherein the first ISLA includes a first mount having a first body portion;
• actively aligning a lens and an image sensor of the second ISLA, wherein the second ISLA includes a second mount having a second body portion;
• providing a bridge member configured as a discrete structure separate from the first body portion and the second body portion;
• connecting the bridge member to the first ISLA;
• connecting the second ISLA to the bridge member such that optical axes defined by the first ISLA and the second ISLA are offset from one another and the first and second ISLAs are oriented in generally opposite directions;
• and
• actively aligning the first ISLA and the second ISLA with respect to one another.