# US 12,007,585 B2 · Terminal device with camera module having optical lens and method for assembling same

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- Number: US 12,007,585 B2
- Document ID: US12007585B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/285,052
- Filed: 2019-09-12
- Published: 2022-01-06
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-24
- Assignees: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Mingzhu Wang; Lifeng Yao; Zhenyu Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007585B2

## CPC

- G02B 3/04: with continuous faces that are rotationally symmetrical but deviate from a true sphere {, e.g. so called "aspheric" lenses}
- G02B 3/02: with non-spherical faces (G02B3/10 takes precedence)
- G02B 5/20: Filters (polarising elements G02B5/30)
- G02B 7/003: {Alignment of optical elements (G02B7/001, G02B7/002 take precedence; for mirrors G02B7/1822)}
- G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens}
- G02B 7/023: {permitting adjustment}
- G02B 7/025: {using glue}
- G03B 30/00: Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles
- H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly}
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
- G02B 2003/0093: {characterised by the shape}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A terminal device having a camera module having an optical camera lens is provided. The optical camera lens includes: a lens barrel having an axis and a lens barrel side face surrounding the axis, wherein the lens barrel side face includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and a lens sheet set mounted in the lens barrel and including a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses include at least one free-form lens, and the at least one free-form lens is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side, so that an imaging plane of an optical system composed of the plurality of lens sheets is deflected toward the second side.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical camera lens, wherein the optical camera lens comprises:
a lens barrel having an axis and a lens barrel side surface surrounding the axis, the lens barrel side surface comprising a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and
a lens sheet set mounted in the lens barrel and comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses comprise at least one free-form lens, and the at least one free-form lens is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side, so that an imaging plane of an optical system composed of the plurality of lenses is offset toward the second side;
wherein the optical camera lens has a mark for characterizing an offset direction of the imaging plane.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical camera lens according to claim 1, wherein the first side is a fitting side adapted to be disposed at a border of a terminal device, and the second side is an opposite side located at a position opposite to the fitting side; and the at least one free-form lens is located at a rear end of the other lenses of the lens sheet set.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The optical camera lens according to claim 2, wherein the lens barrel comprises a first lens barrel and a second lens barrel, the at least one free-form lens is mounted in the second lens barrel, the other lenses of the lens sheet set are mounted in the first lens barrel, and the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are bonded by a first glue material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The optical camera lens according to claim 3, wherein the first glue material is adapted to support and fix the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel after curing,
so that a first lens sheet group and a second lens sheet group are maintained at a relative position determined when the first lens sheet group and the second lens sheet group are actively aligned,
wherein the first lens sheet group is a lens sheet group composed of all lenses mounted in the first lens barrel, and the second lens sheet group is a lens sheet group composed of all lenses mounted in the second lens barrel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical camera lens according to claim 1, wherein the free-form lens is axisymmetric, and a direction of a symmetry axis of the free-form lens is consistent with an offset direction of the imaging plane.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical camera lens according to claim 1, wherein an optical zone of the free-form lens comprises a first region close to the first side and a second region close to the second side, and a maximum thickness of the first region is less than a maximum thickness of the second region.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical camera lens according to claim 1, wherein an optical zone of the free-form lens comprises a first region close to the first side and a second region close to the second side, and an average curvature of the first region is less than an average curvature of the second region.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The optical camera lens according to claim 5, wherein the free-form lens comprises an object side surface and an image side surface; and light incident on the free-form lens is not deflected on the object-side surface but is deflected only on the image side surface, or the light incident on the free-form lens is deflected on both the object side surface and the image side surface.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical camera lens according to claim 1, wherein the at least one free-form lens tilts an optical axis of the optical camera lens toward a direction of the deflection.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A camera module, wherein the camera module comprises:
the optical camera lens according to claim 1; and
a photosensitive assembly, wherein the optical camera lens is mounted on the photosensitive assembly.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The camera module according to claim 10, wherein the photosensitive assembly comprises a photosensitive chip, and a center of a photosensitive region of the photosensitive chip coincides with a center of the imaging plane offset toward the second side.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The camera module according to claim 10, wherein the photosensitive assembly comprises a photosensitive chip, and a central axis of a photosensitive region of the photosensitive chip is closer to the second side than a central axis of the lens barrel.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The camera module according to claim 10, wherein an outer side surface of the photosensitive assembly has a fitting side adapted to be disposed at a border of a terminal device, the fitting side of the outer side surface has a retracted surface retracted from outside to inside, and one end of the retracted surface is located on a bottom surface of the photosensitive assembly.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The camera module according to claim 10, wherein the photosensitive assembly comprises:
a circuit board;
a photosensitive chip mounted on the circuit board;
a lens holder mounted on a surface of the circuit board and surrounding the photosensitive chip; and
a color filter mounted on the lens holder;
wherein a top surface of the lens holder and the optical camera lens are bonded by a second glue material.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The camera module according to claim 13, wherein the optical camera lens and the photosensitive assembly are bonded by a second glue material, and the fitting side of the photosensitive assembly and the first side of the optical camera lens are arranged on the same side; and the second glue material is adapted to support and fix the optical camera lens and the photosensitive assembly after curing, so that a relative position of the optical camera lens and the photosensitive assembly is maintained at a relative position determined by active alignment.

### Claim 16 (depends on 4)

A camera module, wherein the camera module comprises:
the optical camera lens according to claim 4; and
a photosensitive assembly, wherein the optical camera lens is mounted on the photosensitive assembly,
wherein a top surface of the second lens barrel or a top surface of the second lens sheet group has the mark for characterizing an offset direction of the imaging plane.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

A terminal device, wherein the terminal device comprises:
a housing with a border; and
the camera module according to claim 10, wherein a fitting side of the optical camera lens and a fitting side of the photosensitive assembly are both disposed at adapting positions of the border,
an inner side surface of the border has a recessed portion recessed toward an outer side surface of the border, and the recessed portion accommodates the fitting side of the optical camera lens.

### Claim 18

An assembling method for optical camera lens, wherein the method comprises:
pre-positioning a first lens component and a second lens component so that a first lens sheet group and a second lens sheet group constitute an imageable optical system, wherein the first lens component comprises the first lens sheet group, the second lens component comprises the second lens sheet group, the second lens sheet group comprises at least one free-form lens, and
the second lens component has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and
wherein the at least one free-form lens is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side, so that an imaging plane of the optical system is offset toward the second side;
performing active alignment on the first lens component and the second lens component, wherein
the active alignment is to adjust a relative position of the first lens component and the second lens component based on an actual imaging result of the optical system; and
bonding the first lens component and the second lens component, so that the relative position of the two is maintained at a relative position determined by active alignment.

### Claim 19

An assembling method for camera module, wherein the method comprises:
pre-positioning a first lens component, a second lens component and a photosensitive assembly so that a first lens sheet group and a second lens sheet group constitute an imageable optical system, and a photosensitive chip can receive an image formed by the optical system, wherein
the first lens component comprises the first lens sheet group, the second lens component comprises the second lens sheet group, the second lens sheet group comprises at least one free-form lens, the second lens component has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side,
and the photosensitive assembly comprises the photosensitive chip, and wherein the at least one free-form lens is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side, so that an imaging plane of the optical system is offset toward the second side;
performing active alignment on the first lens component, the second lens component and the photosensitive assembly, wherein the active alignment is to adjust a relative position of the first lens component and the second lens component, and a relative position of the second lens component and the photosensitive assembly based on an actual imaging result of the optical system; and
bonding the first lens component and the second lens component, and bonding the second lens component and the photosensitive assembly, so that the relative positions of the first lens component, the second lens component, and the photosensitive assembly are all maintained at relative positions determined by active alignment.