# US 2014/0192252 A1 · Array camera

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- Number: US 2014/0192252 A1
- Document ID: US20140192252A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/737,939
- Filed: 2013-01-09
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Aac Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; AAC Acoustic Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Palle Geltzer Dinesen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192252A1

## CPC

- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- H04N 23/45: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
- H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Disclosed is an array camera. The array camera includes an array camera comprising an image sensor sectioned into at least two channels and at least two lens modules each positioned on a top of one of the channels. Each channel consists of an active sensor area and a dead space. Each lens module has a barrel. Each barrel of the lens modules has an inner sidewall facing the adjacent lens modules and an outer sidewall opposite to the inner surface. Wherein, a projection of the inner sidewall of each barrel along the optical axis is an inner line on the corresponding channel of the image sensor and the inner line is substantially superposed with a part of the outline of the active sensor. The array camera has a small size.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An array camera comprising:
an image sensor sectioned into at least two channels, each channel consisting of an active sensor area and a dead space; and
at least two lens modules each positioned on a top of one of the channels, each lens module having a barrel, each barrel of the lens modules having an inner sidewall facing the adjacent lens modules and an outer sidewall opposite to the inner surface;
wherein, a projection of the inner sidewall of each barrel along the optical axis is an inner line on the corresponding channel of the image sensor and the inner line is substantially superposed with a part of the outline of the active sensor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The array camera as described in claim 1, wherein the lens module is realized as a wafer-level lens module.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The array camera as described in claim 1, wherein the outer sidewall of each lens modules is configured to be a part of a circle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The array camera as described in claim 1, wherein the inner sidewall of each lens modules comprises a first inner sidewall and a second inner sidewall perpendicular to the first inner sidewall.