Slim pop-out cameras and lenses for such cameras
US12292671B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/12
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Digital cameras comprising a lens assembly comprising N lens elements L1-LN starting with L1 on an object side, wherein N is ≥4, an image sensor having a sensor diagonal SD, and a pop-out mechanism that controls a largest air-gap d between two consecutive lens elements within lens elements L1 and LN to bring the camera to an operative pop-out state and a collapsed state, wherein the lens assembly has a total track length TTL in the operative pop-out state and a collapsed total track length cTTL in the collapsed state, wherein SD is in the range of 7-20 mm and wherein cTTL/SD<0.6.
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