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US 12,619,126 B2Granted
Dual-aperture zoom digital camera with automatic adjustable tele field of view
AssigneeCorephotonics Ltd.
InventorsGal Shabtay, Ephraim Goldenberg, Eran Kali, Noy Cohen, Gil Avraham, Ruthy Katz
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are digital cameras including an upright Wide camera configured to provide a Wide image with a Wide field of view (FOVW) and a folded Tele camera configured to provide a Tele image with a Tele field of view (FOVT), wherein the Tele camera includes a rotating OPFE operative to provide a folded optical path between an object or scene and a Tele sensor, wherein rotation of the OPFE moves FOVT relative to FOVW.
Claims7
A mobile device, comprising:
- a screen on a front side of the mobile device;
- an upright Wide camera having a first field-of-view (FOV1), a first resolution, and a first image sensor that lies in a plane parallel to the screen;
- and
- a folded Tele camera having a second field-of-view (FOV2), a second resolution, a Tele lens module, an optical folding element (OPFE), and a second image sensor,
- wherein FOV2<FOV1,
- wherein the OPFE is a prism having a reflective surface, the prism configured to receive light from a first direction and redirect the light to a second direction different from the first direction,
- wherein the reflective surface of the OPFE has an angle α with the screen that fulfills 30≤α≤60 degrees, and
- wherein the upright Wide camera and the folded Tele camera are disposed on a back side of the mobile device, the back side being opposite to the front side.
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