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US 12,007,672 B2Granted
Compact folded camera structure
AssigneeCorephotonics Ltd.
InventorsGal Shabtay, Ephraim Goldenberg, Itay Yedid, Gil Bachar, Noy Cohen
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Abstract
Folded cameras and dual folded-upright cameras that reduce a mobile electronic device and specifically a smartphone bump footprint and height. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section of the folded camera. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section and a lens subsection of the folded camera.
Claims18
A folded camera, comprising:
- an optical path folding element (OPFE) section including an OPFE for folding an optical path from a first direction to a second direction, the OPFE section having an OPFE height HP in the first direction;
- a lens section positioned between the OPFE and an image sensor;
- a back focal length (BFL) section extending between the lens section and the image sensor;
- and
- a flash element positioned on the BFL section or the lens section, wherein the BFL section has a BFL section height HBFL in the first direction, wherein the lens section has at least one adjacent lens section height HL in the first direction and wherein HBFL<HL.
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A method of manufacturing a folded camera, comprising:
- providing an optical path folding element (OPFE) section including an OPFE for folding an optical path from a first direction to a second direction, the OPFE section having an OPFE height HP in the first direction;
- providing a lens section positioned between the OPFE and an image sensor;
- providing a back focal length (BFL) section extending between the lens section and the image;
- and
- providing a flash element positioned on the BFL section or the lens section, wherein the BFL section has a BFL section height HBFL in the first direction, wherein the lens section has at least one adjacent lens section height HL in the first direction and wherein HBFL<HL.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.